A group of U.S. tech giants, including Apple, Google and Microsoft, have collectively denounced the new so-called “anti-encryption” law passed by the Australian parliament last week. The bill was passed less than a day after the ruling coalition government secured the votes from opposition Labor lawmakers, despite strong objection from tech companies and telcos. “The […]
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Ex-Facebook exec Kirthiga Reddy becomes first female investor at SoftBank’s Vision Fund
Following speculation that SoftBank is hiring a China-based team, so the Japanese investment giant has brought on a first venture partner (and first female) for its $100 billion Vision Fund. Kirthiga Reddy, a former executive with Facebook, has taken the role and, in doing so, she becomes the first female member of SoftBank’s Vision Fund […]
View More Ex-Facebook exec Kirthiga Reddy becomes first female investor at SoftBank’s Vision FundJapan’s Sansan raises $26.5M to help Southeast Asia get more from business cards
The humble business card is a target for disruption in Southeast Asia after Japanese contacts management startup Sansan raised JPY 3 billion ($26.5 million) to expand its business into the region. Founded way back in 2007, Sansan helps bring business intelligence to companies through a system that helps build connections between users and both internal employees […]
View More Japan’s Sansan raises $26.5M to help Southeast Asia get more from business cardsLinkedIn cuts off email address exports with new privacy setting
A win for privacy on LinkedIn could be a big loss for businesses, recruiters, and anyone else expecting to be able to export the email addresses of their connections. LinkedIn just quietly introduced a new privacy setting that defaults to blocking other users from exporting your email address. That could prevent some spam, and protect […]
View More LinkedIn cuts off email address exports with new privacy settingLinkedIn is beginning to look a lot like Snapchat
It was only a matter of time: the Stories trend has officially made it to LinkedIn. Yes, that somebody-would-like-to-connect-with-you LinkedIn.
The professional networking service, never one to dive into a social media trend too quickly, is finally d…
LinkedIn launches its own Snapchat Stories: ‘Student Voices’
The social media singularity continues with the arrival of Snapchat Stories-style slideshows on LinkedIn as the app grasps for relevance with a younger audience. LinkedIn confirms to TechCrunch that it plans to build Stories for more sets of users, but first it’s launching “Student Voices” just for university students in the U.S. The feature appears […]
View More LinkedIn launches its own Snapchat Stories: ‘Student Voices’Bain Capital Ventures has a fresh $1B to invest in startups
Bain Capital Ventures has raised $1 billion across three new funds.
View More Bain Capital Ventures has a fresh $1B to invest in startupsLinkedIn adds events to make it easier to network IRL
LinkedIn wants to make it easier to meet up IRL.
The company is launching a new events feature, which lets users arrange offline meet-ups to compete with platforms like Meetup.
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LinkedIn Learning now includes 3rd party content and Q&A interactive features
LinkedIn, the Microsoft-owned social network for the working world with some 580 million users, took a big step into professional development and education when it acquired Lynda.com for $1.5 billion and used it as the anchor for LinkedIn Learning. Now, with 13,000 courses on the platform, LinkedIn is announcing two new developments to get more […]
View More LinkedIn Learning now includes 3rd party content and Q&A interactive featuresVimeo subscribers can now publish videos directly to LinkedIn
Vimeo announced today a new feature that will allow videos to be published directly to LinkedIn. The added support is a part of the company’s “Publish to Social” feature, which already offers publishing to Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, and is available to paid subscribers. The expansion to LinkedIn is another example of the company’s shift […]
View More Vimeo subscribers can now publish videos directly to LinkedInThe largest software acquisition ever: IBM to buy Red Hat for $34B
At a price typically reserved for semiconductor companies, telecoms, and pharmaceutical giants, IBM announced today it would pay a record $34 billion in cash and debt to acquire enterprise open source provider Red Hat. Eclipsing Microsoft’s $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn, this is the biggest software acquisition in history. It’s not the biggest tech acquisition […]
View More The largest software acquisition ever: IBM to buy Red Hat for $34BBessemer Venture Partners has a brand new $1.85B fund
Another VC firm has raised its largest fund ever.
View More Bessemer Venture Partners has a brand new $1.85B fund