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Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26.2 billion

Microsoft is announcing today that it plans to acquire LinkedIn for $26.2 billion. Microsoft’s deal to acquire the work-focused social networking giant is an all-cash transaction.

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gizmig2874d ago

It is indeed the biggest move in the internet history for Microsoft.

proudly_X2874d ago

Didn't see this coming.. Let see what happens next, there is a major silent restructuring happening in Microsoft IMO

gizmig2873d ago

They must have bigger plans for converting vast amount of professional data Linkedin have.

-Mezzo-2873d ago

Yup, didn't expect this as well, for all i thought it was doing good and had good income.

But selling doesn't always mean that you're doing bad.

007Tech2873d ago

looks like...mivrosoft is xpanding their business

garrettbobbyferguson2872d ago

Maybe now I'll have a better chance of getting a job through linkedin.

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Galaxy S25 to Integrate Advanced Google AI Features

Samsung's Galaxy S25 is set to elevate Google AI integration, extending to hardware depths.

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James Webb Space Telescope finds 'extremely red' supermassive black hole growing

The supermassive black hole is 40 million times as massive as the sun and powers a quasar that existed 700 million years after the Big Bang.

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NASA radar images show stadium-sized asteroid tumbling by Earth during flyby

The asteroid zoomed by Earth at a perfectly safe distance of around 1.8 million miles (2.9 kilometers).