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19 hrs ago | SF Gate

LinkedIn and Twitter partner to spread tweets

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

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Related Topix: Social Software, Twitter, Startups

23 hrs ago | JAVA Developer's Journal

Greylock Raises $575m Fund

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 ...

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Science / Technology, Science, Computer Science, Cloud Computing

Tuesday | Tech Confidential Blog

Reid Hoffman on why he joined Greylock

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.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Venture Capital, Emerging Technology, Startups

Mon Nov 09, 2009

CIO

LinkedIn for BlackBerry Smartphones: Details and Images

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.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups

VentureBlog

Welcome Reid Hoffman to the VC Side of the Table

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 .

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups

Sat Nov 07, 2009

StartupJournal

The Daily Start-Up: Hopping On The Flight To Quality

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 ...

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Boston Metro

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Wisconsin Technology Network

Despite slump, venture firm sets up $575 million fund

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

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Contra Costa Times

Bay Biz Buzz: Insider trading suspect resigns

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.

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Related Topix: Sunnyvale, CA, Advanced Micro Devices, Semiconductors, Startups, Santa Clara, CA, Social Software

Tue Nov 03, 2009

HendersonvilleNews.com

Despite Slump, Venture Firm Sets Up $575 Million Fund

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

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Related Topix: Venture Capital, Emerging Technology, Social Software, Startups, Greylock Partners

The Industry Standard

Greylock Partners recruits LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman, raises $575M fund

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

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups

All Things Digital

Don't Tell a Soul! Media, Tech Moguls Take Manhattan for Semi-Secret...

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.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Twitter, Cable & Satellite, Comcast

Mon Nov 02, 2009

GigaOM

Greylock Gets $575M and Some Social Media Star Power

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.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Science / Technology, Cloud Computing

Thu Oct 29, 2009

CIOL

'Creating, connecting and collaborating'

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

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Dataquest

Bullish on India

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.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk

LinkedIn: the secret to the online business network's success

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

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Europe, World News, United Kingdom

TechCrunch

Even Star Investors Cana t Save DotBlu From The DeadPool

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

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Related Topix: Venture Capital, Emerging Technology, Startups, Flixster, Social Software

Sun Oct 18, 2009

Advertising Age

LinkedIn: The Purposefully Unsticky Social Media Site

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

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups

Fri Oct 16, 2009

TechCrunch

LinkedIn Flying High With 50 Million Business Users

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

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, 9

Thu Oct 15, 2009

Read/Write Web

LinkedIn Hits 50 Million Users; Still a Roach Motel

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

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups

EFF

Got Any Questions for LinkedIn Founder Reid Hoffman?

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.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups

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