A US judge has ruled at a company is legally allowed to scrape LinkedIn profiles for user data, despite protests from LinkedIn. Cough it up Information Technology and Services company hiQ is legally allowed to scrape data from public profiles on LinkedIn and report to employers if they believe you are looking for work elsewhere. […]
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The Pew Research Center has released a bunch of helpful social strategies to reach older generations via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest. Reaching the aging crowd With Snapchat and Instagram cornering the market on millennials, Facebook is the weapon of choice when reaching older demographics. According to Pew, 36% of users 65 and up and
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LinkedIn has announced plans to let users to seek out and connect with experts, to either gain a mentor or new employment opportunities. Nope, nope, yes! Swipe. At present, the new feature is only available to a limited selection of San Francisco and Australia-based participants. Potential mentors will have the ability to choose who is
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With over 13 million Company Pages available, LinkedIn has launched a smart guide to help businesses maximise their own Company Page. The yellow pages of now LinkedIn’s Company Pages are designed to help businesses build brand awareness, showcase proprietary practices and methodologies, and publish content. These Pages are also highly ranked within search results, lending
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Facebook is adding meta-data to all links appearing in the News Feed, and websites will have to make sure their pages are inline with the new criteria. Flipping through the pages In its ongoing quest to curtain clickbait, Facebook will be displaying page information in the form of meta-title, meat-description, and a list of the
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LinkedIn has launched a new feature allowing users to easily share multiple photos. Flip through the photos LinkedIn users need no longer be restrained to merely a profile picture and workplace wording. Want to share a snap of your work team’s company culture? How about an industry event recently attended? Now you can. The new
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LinkedIn will soon be launching analytics for users to track professional traits of perspective employers visiting their website. Know your audience Soon LinkedIn members will be able to observe the details of site visitors such as industry, company, and job title. Users will be able to compare other Pages to evaluate which content gets the
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LinkedIn is launching a dedicated app for Windows 10 to take advantage of your Windows action center. LinkedIn’s noteworthy notifications On the heels of Microsoft’s $26 billion acquisition of LinkedIn, the popular employment platform is getting integrated with Window’s operating system for more direct notifications. Described as a basic web wrapper of Windows 10, notifications
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WordPress has just added scheduled tweets, LinkedIn Updates, and Facebook posts to their admin interface. Configure your social updates as you see fit Publishing tweets and Facebook updates through WordPress is nothing new, but the improved sharing section will allow a buffer of sorts to preview just what your social posts will look like. The
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Native video sharing is now able to be uploaded via LinkedIn’s refurbished web and mobile app. Sell your skills through video Able to be recorded in vertical and horizontal formats, videos will play automatically for potential employers browsing your profile. Content creators will be able to record as much as 10 minutes of video, while
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