TECH

Microsoft buys LinkedIn for $26.2B in cash, as Bill Gates makes big move into social media enterprise

Microsoft, today, announced that it is acquiring LinkedIn, the social network for professionals with 433 million users, for $26 billion, on $196 per share, in cash. The transaction has already been approved by the boards of LinkedIn and Microsoft. LinkedIn is keeping its branding and product. It will become a part of Microsoft’s productivity and business processes segment. LinkedIn’s CEO Jeff Weiner will report to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Read the letter Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella sent to employees about the buy after the cut: (more…)

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NEWS

’50 perverts killed in bar’: The headline a Turkish newspaper website used to describe the Orlando massacre

'50 perverts killed in bar'... This is the headline that a Turkish newspaper with strong links to Turkish president Erdogan used in describing Sunday's shooting massacre in Orlando, Florida. The newspaper, Yeni Akit, which has supported Al-Qaeda in the past and is known for its hate speech against LGBT groups, Jews and Christians put up the news with the headline 'Death toll rises to 50 in bar where perverted homosexuals go!' (more…)

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NEWS

Obasanjo Urges FG to Promote Use of Gas as Vehicular Fuel

FROM LEFT: FORMER PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN OBASANJO; MANAGING DIRECTOR, NIPCO PLC, VENKATARAMAN VENKATAPATHY, AND PROJECT MANAGER, NIPCO PLC, RAJESH PRABHU, DURING THE INSPECTION OF VEHICLES USING COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS/LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS AN INITIATIVE OF GREEN GAS LTD IN OGUN ON SUNDAY(12/6/16). 4201/12/6/2016/WAS/HB/NAN/ A former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday urged the Federal Government to promote the use of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in the country. Obasanjo made the plea during a courtesy visit by the management o

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