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LinkedIn Corp. and Twitter Inc. have announced a partnership that lets users instantly post status updates on both of the social networks.

SOA & WOA Magazine In these times of VC austerity and penury, Greylock Partners in the space of four weeks raised a new, over-subscribed $575 million early-stage software, services and infrastructure investment fund - " its first new fund in four years - " and enticed Linkedin co-founder Reid Hoffman to join its inner circle as an investment ...

David Sze and the others at Greylock Partners, which just closed a new $575 million venture capital fund , "don't try to sell themselves into a deal," says LinkedIn Corp.

BlackBerry smartphone users will soon be able to download and employ a LinkedIn mobile application that will allow them to access the business-oriented social networking service while on the go, via an innovative and good-looking BlackBerry application.

First came the announcement earlier in the year that Marc Andreessen was joining the ranks of "capital" -- a welcomed defection from "labor." And now my friend Reid Hoffman has jumped into the fray as well, joining Greylock Partners in their new fund .

Close November 3, 2009, 10:11 AM ET By Scott Austin This morning's roundup of the latest venture capital news and analysis across the Web: Art by Mike Lucas Easy Money - The venerable venture firm Greylock Partners proved the treacherous fund-raising environment is no challenge for brand-name firms as it rounded up $575 million in just four to six ...

Even amid the contraction of the venture capital industry, which fertilizes the seeds of new technology start-ups, some firms are expanding.

Hector Ruiz, identified last week as one of the sources of inside information in the Galleon hedge fund scandal, resigned Monday from Globalfoundries, a Sunnyvale company he helped create when he ran Advanced Micro Devices of Santa Clara.

Even amid the contraction of the venture capital industry, which fertilizes the seeds of new technology start-ups, some firms are expanding.

Reid Hoffman, the founder and chairman of popular professional networking site LinkedIn, is joining venture firm Greylock Partners as an investing partner.

Wouldn't you like to bump elbows with media moguls and hear from the likes of Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Twitter cofounder Biz Stone and News Corp.

Greylock Partners, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, today said it has closed its 13th fund at $575 million, and brought on LinkedIn co-founder and Executive Chairman Reid Hoffman as a new partner.

In recent times, the online social networking business has shown great growth in terms of constant rise in user counts and advertisement revenues.

The worlds largest professional networking portal, LinkedIn plans to appoint a country manager and set up a team to grow its business in India LinkedIn, the California-based professional networking site is closely assessing the business opportunities in India.

With 50 million members, including Richard Branson and Alan Sugar, LinkedIn's success story quietly rivals that of Facebook.

DotBlu , which we first covered in 2007 when it was called BluBet, had some of Silicon Valley's highest profile angel investors backing it.

LinkedIn may be the least glitzy of the major social media sites but it's also one of the most successful.

LinkedIn has hit 50 million users, according to a blog post today, growing from 45 million users two months ago.

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / October 14, 2009 9:47 AM / Updated at 11:30 PST with comment from LinkedIn.

On Thursday, October 22, EFF hosts the 2009 Pioneer Awards in conjunction with the Web 2.0 Summit, and keynote speaker Reid Hoffman will be answering pre-submitted questions from EFF supporters.