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LinkedIn Shares Slide After Disappointing Outlook

LinkedIn's surging share price cooled Friday as the social network projected slower revenue growth next quarter following a decision to lower the number of display ads that the website shows.

 

LinkedIn spruces up mobile app to widen appeal

Online professional networking service LinkedIn is dressing up its mobile application to impress people who are increasingly scrolling through content on smartphones....

 

Why Did LinkedIn Acquire Pulse For $90 Million?

Content has become a large initiative on LinkedIn’s web property, but it hasn’t translated as well to its mobile apps. More users are shifting to mobile, and as the Pulse team was mostly focused on mobile, they can contribute to LinkedIn’s content efforts specifically on mobile platforms.

 

LinkedIn Shares Soar As Q4 Earnings Beat Street

LinkedIn reported fourth quarter 2012 earnings that beat Street expectations, sending shares soaring in late trading.

 

Digg Sold To LinkedIn AND The Washington Post And Betaworks

Digg

Sun Valley and self-driving cars aside, the story of the day today is that social news site Digg has sold its remaining assets for $500K to the NYC-based tech firm Betaworks. While that number is indeed in the ballpark, we’re hearing from multiple sources that the total price of the Digg acquisition was around $16 million, including the price paid for IP by a previously unreported acquirer, LinkedIn.

 

LinkedIn confirms password leak, eHarmony has one, too

LinkedIn confirmed Wednesday afternoon via its blog that user passwords had been compromised and eHarmony said the same thing.

 

Report: Hacker claims to upload 6.5M LinkedIn passwords

LinkedIn Passwords Leaked

A Russian hacker claims to have uploaded almost 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords, The Verge reports. LinkedIn in says in a tweet that "Our team is currently looking into reports of stolen passwords. Stay tuned for more."

 

LinkedIn challenger Viadeo raises $32M to take over China

Proving that second place doesn't always equate to being the first loser, the world's number two social network for professionals, Viadeo, (LinkedIn is number one), is getting $32 million in fresh financing.

 

LinkedIn Page Views Head North On New Features, Mobile Apps

The newest addition to LinkedIn's growing features list is 'apply with LinkedIn,' a web plug-in that allows job seekers to directly contact employers.

 

Why LinkedIn's Fundamentals Don't Support Its Share Price

LinkedIn’s stock opened at $83 after its IPO was priced at $45 and reached an intra-day high of around $123 on the first day. And then a month of carnage started which saw the stock plummeting by 51% from its all-time high. Even though the stock has impressively recovered, climbing almost 75% from its June 20 lows of $60, we remain fundamentally bearish on LinkedIn.

 

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