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Google+ Updates Android App, Adds New Design And Other Features
LinkedIn Launches ‘Apply With LinkedIn’ Button For Company Websites
Hunting for a new job is not always the most pleasant experience in the world. It can often be stressful, time-consuming and difficult. Thankfully, LinkedIn has just made the process a whole lot faster and easier with the launch of the new Apply With LinkedIn button for websites. From now on, any time that you see the button on a company website or on LinkedIn... Read more » LinkedIn Updates Profile, Adds Sections For College Students And Recent Graduates
College students and recent graduates are among the generation who was the quickest to embrace social networking, but with the competitive job market, these budding professionals are less likely to have real-world job experience to list on their social networks. This is why LinkedIn has added some new sections to their profiles. Now all users can showcase a wide... Read more » INFOGRAPHIC: Could We Be Facing A Tech Bubble?
Even though the recession hit, it seems like tech startups are raising funds at enormous rates, huge companies like Zynga and LinkedIn are filing for IPOs and long standing companies like Microsoft are acquiring some of the top tech services on the market for billions of dollars. The technology industry is on its way up with soaring valuations and highly demanded... Read more » INFOGRAPHIC: How We Are Using The Professional Social Network LinkedIn?
LinkedIn is a popular professional social network that really reflects the modern era of social networking. Instead of regularly emailing old contacts to stay in touch or setting up lunch dates to talk about potential positions, we connect with old employers and mutual friends through the social network just like we organize events and gossip with our college buddies... Read more » Facebook Ranked Top For Speed And Reliability, LinkedIn And YouTube Runner Ups
Facebook is the top social network because of a number of factors. There has to be a reason that 750 million people visit the site monthly, right? Well, we can say for one thing that the network's speed and reliability is certainly what has helped it break records in usership. It was rated the fastest social network in the first quarter of 2011 right above... Read more » LinkedIn Launches Groups API
LinkedIn has announced the launch of an API for its Groups feature. Millions of professionals use LinkedIn Groups every day to connect and share information with fellow professionals. There are now almost 1 million groups on LinkedIn and the service has launched the API to help group owners to enable new ways for their group members to engage with each... Read more » LinkedIn Launches SpeechIn App, Listen To News Headlines On-the-go
LinkedIn has launched a new app that lets you hear news from LinkedIn Today read aloud. The app, which is called SpeechIn, won the company's most Hackday event in May. SpeechIn was developed by Joseph Chow and reads news from LinkedIn's social news service while you are on the go. Chow says that the Web-based app leverages Bing's Text-To-Speech software. He adds... Read more » LinkedIn Share Price Soars 11% After Analysts Recommend Buying Stock
The share price of professional social network LinkedIn jumped 11 percent on the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday after Bank of America, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and UBS began coverage of the stock. The share price rose by $8.31 to $84.69 at 2:27 EDT in composite trading, after climbing as high as $86.50 at one point in the day. Bank of America, JPMorgan and Morgan... Read more » Facebook Rises To Second Most Popular Website In UK, Passes Microsoft
In the U.K., Facebook has reportedly overtaken Microsoft's websites in monthly visits for the first time last month. It's no surprise that the social network, who was recently said to have 750 million monthly users worldwide, has become the second most popular website in the U.K. next to Google. In May, Facebook garnered 26.8 million users in Britain, which was a... Read more » STUDY: 22 Percent Of Grandparents Use Social Networks, Facebook Among Most Popular Networks
Don't be surprised if you see a friend request from Grandma sometime soon. More grandparents are using social networks than we think! How else would they keep up with the daily happenings of their growing grandkids? According to a new online survey, 22 percent of grandparents over the age of 60 are connected to a social network. Facebook is overwhelmingly the... Read more » 
