Microsoft buys professional network LinkedIn for US$26bn

[GPRS Internet]

Being business orientated LinkedIn wouldn't get to same amount of publicity as a social network, that's not to say it isn't a very big network.. They have 433 million members, that's a pretty decent and marketable number if you ask me..

For Comparison WhatsApp has 500 Million users.
Instagram has 300 Million.
Twitter has 974 Million (Most of which are spam accounts lol)
Facebook has 1.1 Billion ... Siigghhhh

[pezz]

Twitter LOL.

I am sure that is expensive also. I made an account many years ago and used it about 4 times.

[pezz]

I am working on a social media application, completely different from anything else out there.

Hopefully I am successful enough to get one of these buyouts

I would use the money to lower the poverty level in the world and make sure everyone has drinking water and electricity.

[Chris]

Satya Nadella explains in a sentence the real reason he bought LinkedIn ... and Salesforce should be worried.

He said that buy buying LinkedIn's professional network:

"It helps us differentiate our CRM product with social selling. It helps us take Dynamics into new spaces like human capital management with recruiting, and learning, and talent management."

He later told analysts that connecting LinkedIn data with Dynamics is "where the magic starts to happen."

Interesting comment in the article - Microsoft believes that the total addressable market of its LinkedIn purchase is $315 billion

http://www.businessinsider.com/micro...esforce-2016-6