LinkedIn is following its social brethren into the often murky world of breaking and trending news. Here's what you need to know. Read all about it LinkedIn's Trending Storylines are a collection of curated news stories, based on your interests and developments in your industry. LinkedIn says these stories will help you keep up to speed […]

LinkedIn continues its image makeover with the release of new profile photo filters and editing tools. Strike a pose LinkedIn now gives you six photo filters which can be edited, enhanced, or cropped via LinkedIn's mobile app. Profile pics can also be tweaked to optimise brightness, saturation, and contrast. Image matters Still not convinced your

Looking for a change and want to know what jobs are hot this year? Look no further than LinkedIn's list of the most promising jobs of 2017. Medicated LinkedIn trawled its databanks for jobs with high median salaries, year-on-year growth, strong openings, and opportunities for promotion or advancement.  The two top jobs come from the

LinkedIn has released an infographic showing how to build an awesome profile on the social network for professionals. Here's what you need to know. Basic housekeeping First off, start with a profile picture. LinkedIn profiles with a picture result in 9X more connection requests. Make sure you add your current position, top five skills, and

The days of nine to five in the same job for 30 years are a thing of the past. However a new study from LinkedIn shows just how much freelancers are changing the economy. Are you one of them? Free and easy Back in the heady days of 1989 freelancers made up just 6% of

LinkedIn has announced a veritable goodie-bag of updates for data-inclined Premium members. Dive deep Both subscription options, Premium Career and Premium Business, get meaty new metrics. Premium Career members now have access to personalised insights from LinkedIn Jobs. This includes showing your connections at a hiring company, the team you might be working with, which

Hot on the heels of its desktop overhaul, LinkedIn has unveiled a new way to curate comments. Hot stuff LinkedIn recently changed the way longer form articles appeared on the platform, including an improved ability to target this content. Now LinkedIn allows you to enable, or disable comments entirely from long form articles. Inappropriate comments

LinkedIn looks set to seriously increase its targeting capabilities in 2017, thanks to a new partnership with big data outfit DataSift. Who's looking at you, kid? DataSift crunches data from its partners' social media feeds to create bespoke advertising products. The firm has previously teamed with Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr. LinkedIn and DataSift have now launched