Archive for the ‘LinkedIn News’ Category
Monday, November 7th, 2011
Spend 15 minutes and read this 3-page article about Reid Hoffman. It's the best read that I've seen on the founder of LinkedIn, his history, etc.
If you are interested in the WHY of LinkedIn, you need to learn about the man who was behind it.
A King of Connections is Tech's ...
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Friday, October 14th, 2011
Seems like a logical progression on the path they've been on for the last year+.
What do you think about it?
Reference Link: LinkedIn Launches Company Status Updates [How to Get Started]
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Monday, August 22nd, 2011
Many say they are :(
Check out this question on LinkedIn Answers: Has anyone else noticed that endorser names on LinkedIn recommendations have disappeared?
This could have been about a dozen different features that have disappeared.
I wonder where LinkedIn is headed - if they keep taking away functionality from free users they ...
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Thursday, August 18th, 2011
I saw an interesting title on my LinkedIn Group and clicked over to learn more. Check out this biting title:
LinkedIn Pulled A Facebook And Messed With Your Info -- Here's How To Fix It
Wow. That is a strong accusation. Facebook has become notorious for screwing (there's not ...
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Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
LinkedIn filed to become a public company (IPO -> initial public offering), which means they had to document a lot of stuff they haven't had to as a private company.
It's kind of a bare-all document.
You can read the entire thing here, at the SEC website.
You can read some thoughts here, ...
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Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
LinkedIn finally announced they have 100 million people who have signed up for their service.
These are not 100M users... but people who have opened an account (less the duplicates, of course).
Congrats to LinkedIn - that is a great milestone!
(check out the cool image at the bottom of this post that ...
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Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
On a LinkedIn Group I saw a message that indicated LinkedIn is reducing free account services (AGAIN)... this time it's a really big reduction.
I just tested and there is no change for me, but maybe it just isn't rolled out in my account yet. I honestly hope ...
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Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
Weird title, I know. I didn't know how to appropriately wrap this one up.
Yesterday, right before I had a very important webinar on LinkedIn, I found my LinkedIn account was inaccessible. I had to use Plan C, which is never fun.
I was prompted to do a "forgot password," but I was ...
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Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
I used to own LinkedIn Help dot com... but LinkedIn took it away (and let it die).
Here's the last bit of this history, as I let LinkedIn help dot net go:
It was fun while it lasted ... :)
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Thursday, July 1st, 2010
I've been seriously following LinkedIn's progress for a few years now but recently just learned about Ian McCarthy. Not sure why it has taken me so long to figure out who he is, since he is the guy who drives the actual product.
I was reading up on the new changes ...
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