Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!
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@DustinB3403 said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:
Advertising on AOL, they might as well castrate them selves. The ads on AOLs' site is just at insanely high levels of stupid.
LinkdIn I could see as being a good advertising tool, but I don't really see how they are going to leverage it.
LinkedIn has a LOT of data in it. There is a ton of Facebook like focused marketing options.
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@DustinB3403 said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:
Advertising on AOL, they might as well castrate them selves. The ads on AOLs' site is just at insanely high levels of stupid.
LinkdIn I could see as being a good advertising tool, but I don't really see how they are going to leverage it.
Not ON AOL, to AOL. MS had their advertising division - and they sold it TO AOL.
I guess to use Scott's example, they could have felt that the current staff/content, etc was crap and instead of trying to fix it, they ditched it.. then turn around and buy a better one.
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@Dashrender said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:
@DustinB3403 said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:
Advertising on AOL, they might as well castrate them selves. The ads on AOLs' site is just at insanely high levels of stupid.
LinkdIn I could see as being a good advertising tool, but I don't really see how they are going to leverage it.
Not ON AOL, to AOL. MS had their advertising division - and they sold it TO AOL.
I guess to use Scott's example, they could have felt that the current staff/content, etc was crap and instead of trying to fix it, they ditched it.. then turn around and buy a better one.
Probably far less about staff and far more about platform. Developing a new LinkedIn is probably impossible. Buying the existing one is easy. Fixing a marketing team with no platform is impossible, etc.
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@Dashrender said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:
I'd not be surprised if they are not being paid a LOT for that. Is it really HP not HPE?
Actually I have no idea who's making the Windows phone.
Yeah, neither does the general public.
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@ChrisL said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:
I'd not be surprised if they are not being paid a LOT for that. Is it really HP not HPE?
Actually I have no idea who's making the Windows phone.
Yeah, neither does the general public.
lol - nice, I see what you did there
But for business, not sure it really matters.
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I guess Lynda goes with this. May be integrate with virtual academy?
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I thought windows phone was dead, now it's just Windows 10.
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@DustinB3403 said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:
I thought windows phone was dead, now it's just Windows 10.
Yeah, I think the Phone name is dead, but they have Windows Mobile, which is a version of Windows 10 for small devices.
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Twitter is full of hilarious comments, btw. Among the best are the ones like this:
EXCLUSIVE: Microsoft’s Satya Nadella accidentally acquired LinkedIn as he tried to delete his account.https://twitter.com/SirSteven/status/742354404385431552
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Interesting view point from @cakeis_not_alie
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/14/welcome_to_the_microsoftlinkedin_apocalypse/ -
Another post by an MS employee "No one from MS would be applying for jobs via Linkedin now!"
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@Ambarishrh said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:
Another post by an MS employee "No one from MS would be applying for jobs via Linkedin now!"
Ha ha ha
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