LinkedIn, the Microsoft-owned social networking platform for the working world with over 500 million users, is making a significant change as it continues to look for ways to make its platform more useful (and used). The company is relaunching Groups by rolling it into its main app by the end of the month after quietly […]
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Russell Crowe gets annoyed with all those LinkedIn requests, too
Celebrities are just like us! They get annoyed with LinkedIn emails, too.
Don’t believe us? Just ask Russell Crowe, the actor known for his roles in L.A. Confidential, Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind, and a bunch of other popular stuff.
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LinkedIn adds voice messaging because we’ve definitely been clamoring for that
In a truly bizarre move, LinkedIn is adding voice messages to the professional networking platform. The voice recording feature, which will roll out to all users over the coming weeks, is available via the iOS or Android app. Users can receive messages on both mobile and on the LinkedIn website. The voice messages can be […]
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If you think unsolicited messages would be much better as voicemails, then LinkedIn’s newest feature is just for you.
The company announced Thursday it’s adding a voice messages to its service, giving us yet another reason to leave our LinkedIn inbox…
Security, privacy experts weigh in on the ICE doxxing
In what appears to be the latest salvo in a new, wired form of protest, developer Sam Lavigne posted code that scrapes LinkedIn to find Immigration and Customs Enforcement employee accounts. His code, which basically a Python-based tool that scans LinkedIn for keywords, is gone from Github and Gitlab and Medium took down his original […]
View More Security, privacy experts weigh in on the ICE doxxingReid Hoffman to talk ‘blitzscaling’ at Disrupt SF 2018
When it comes to scaling startups, few people are as accomplished or consistently successful as Reid Hoffman . While the rest of us consider scaling a startup to market domination a daunting task, Hoffman has continued to make it look easy. In September, Hoffman will join us at TC Disrupt SF to share his strategies […]
View More Reid Hoffman to talk ‘blitzscaling’ at Disrupt SF 2018The largest buys of tech’s Big Five: a look at M&A deals
In startup land, the mandate is to get bought, go public or die trying. And, as far as getting bought goes, one of tech’s Big Five could be a desirable acquirer.
View More The largest buys of tech’s Big Five: a look at M&A dealsEvernote is spinning out its Chinese business and it plans to take it public
Here’s a unique approach to Western companies doing business in China. Today, Evernote — the U.S. note-making service — span out its China-based unit into an independent entity with “full autonomy” over its business and services. Evernote introduced its Yinxiang Biji China-based service in 2012, but now it is transitioning to a minority shareholder with […]
View More Evernote is spinning out its Chinese business and it plans to take it publicIf you want to succeed, let fires burn
Not all problems need immediate solutions.
Entrepreneurs can feel like most of their job is extinguishing metaphorical fires, but spending too much time trying to solve problems can burn the chance for success.
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By keeping its head in the cloud, Microsoft makes it rain on shareholders
Thanks in part to its colossal cloud business, Microsoft earnings are drenching shareholders in dollars. For the quarter ending March 31, 2018 the tech ringer from Redmond saw its revenue increase to $26.8 billion (up 16%) from $23.2 billion, with operating income up 23% to $8.3 billion, up from $6.7 billion. Income was a whopping […]
View More By keeping its head in the cloud, Microsoft makes it rain on shareholdersLinkedIn’s AutoFill plugin could leak user data, secret fix failed
Facebook isn’t the only one in the hot seat over data privacy. A flaw in LinkedIn’s AutoFill plugin that websites use to let you quickly complete forms could have allowed hackers to steal your full name, phone number, email address, location (ZIP code), company, and job title. Malicious sites have been able to invisibly render […]
View More LinkedIn’s AutoFill plugin could leak user data, secret fix failedFacebook moves to shrink its legal liabilities under GDPR
Facebook has another change in the works to respond to the European Union’s beefed up data protection framework — and this one looks intended to shrink its legal liabilities under GDPR, and at scale. Late yesterday Reuters reported on a change incoming to Facebook’s T&Cs that it said will be pushed out next month — meaning […]
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