The offer of $196 per share represents a premium of 49.5 per cent to LinkedIn's Friday closing price
Microsoft has worked hard to exploit the advantage its mail software provides
Dubbed WorkMail, it will launch in Q2
The Verge reported that James, who has previously said he would not pay for verification, had not paid to keep the checkmark.
Lack of trust in employers has often led Chinese workers to balk at takeovers they fear will worsen employment conditions.
Microsoft Corp's new Chief Executive Officer, Satya Nadella, finally unveiled Office for Apple Inc's iPad in a polished debut.
Trying to adapt to changing market requirements amid recessionary conditions, corporate giants including Microsoft, IBM and Yahoo Inc are not only cutting jobs but are at the same hiring people in other business units, a media report says.
Experts argue that it is a sign of maturity of the industry and of Indian techies working abroad.
Nokia will unveil a low-cost smartphone running a version of Google Inc's Android operating system, despite the company's close partnership with Microsoft Corp and its competing Windows system, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
According to the study commissioned by Microsoft Corp and conducted by IDC, although some computer users may actively seek pirated software in hopes of saving money, the chances of infection by unexpected malware are one in three for consumers and three in 10 for businesses.
Gaming industry prepares for the launch of next-generation consoles from Microsoft Corp and Sony Corp.
In an interview to The Wall Street Journal, Motorola co-chief executive Sanjay Jha said he is willing to look at using Microsoft's operating system if the software company gets it right.
Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corp, has been given the 'Most Innovative People Award for Technology Innovation' in recognition of his success in revolutionising the way personal computers and MS software fit into everyday life.
Countries that attracted the fewest include Japan, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
Yahoo, Google offer big competition and it good to be underestimated, says the chairman of Microsoft.
The online service division of Microsoft Corp, MSN on Tuesday appointed Jaspreet Bindra as the country manager of its Indian arm.
The latest ruling by the Registrar of Companies (RoC) in the LinkedIn Technology Information case for violating significant beneficial ownership (SBO) norms has brought the amended rules into the spotlight. Experts suggest that more entities, particularly multinational companies (MNCs), are expected to face greater scrutiny. "Companies are closely watching this space.
Internet search major Google is likely to pick up a 5 per cent stake in media giant Time Warner's AOL for about $1 billion, the Wall Street Journal has reported.
Michael Dell is expected to take majority ownership of the world's third-largest personal computer maker.
Michael Dell struck a deal to take Dell Inc private for $24.4 billion in the biggest leveraged buyout since the financial crisis, partnering with the Silver Lake private equity firm and Microsoft Corp to try to turn around the struggling computer company without Wall Street scrutiny.
The chief executive of network computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc is due to visit India this month, the company said, to woo its army of software developers in the battle with rival Microsoft Corp.
An estimate suggests the cost of upgrading to Windows 7 or Windows 8 will be $95.
He replaces Mark Pincus, the founder of the company.
Internet major Yahoo's board of directors met on Friday to discuss Microsoft's takeover offer and to consider the option of a deal with Time Warner's AOL.The meeting follows a series of developments this week, which saw software major Microsoft threatening the internet giant with hostile takeover unless it accepts the deal within three weeks and Yahoo once again declining the offer.
Both companies are also strong supporters of open-source Linux and Java software
Slamming American immigration policies, Microsoft boss Bill Gates has said the US was shutting the door on the best and the brightest at a time when the country needed it the most.
The Common Criteria organisation, an international technology standards body, certified Linux for 'mission critical' computers.
Yahoo! Inc, the Internet company that rejected a takeover offer from Microsoft Corp., reported a 64 per cent drop in profit after advertisers curbed spending. The company also announced plans to cut at least 10 per cent of jobs.
Some of America's largest corporations contributed to a charity that the US government claims deceived donors by funneling money to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network and other militant groups, according to court documents.
Microsoft Corp dropped the code name Longhorn on Friday, announcing the next version of its flagship Windows operating system will be called Windows Vista.
In a recently published report the New York Daily News said that mega American companies like Microsoft Corp, General Electric and American Express are moving thousands of customer service call-centre jobs to India.\n\n\n\n
Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates wants to become Toyota's chief Formula One sponsor.
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'We are the only country in the world where everybody gets a digital vaccination certificate immediately... Then as we open up, as they did yesterday, which I think is a welcome move, you will have lots and lots of points where people will come in'
A group of Los Angeles investors also bid $1.2 billion for the team.
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