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The social networking website LinkedIn was hacked on June 5, 2012, and passwords for nearly 6.5 million user accounts were stolen by Russian cybercriminals. [1] [2] Owners of the hacked accounts were no longer able to access their accounts, and the website repeatedly encouraged its users to change their passwords after the incident. [3]
LinkedIn is particularly well-suited for personal branding, which, according to Sandra Long, entails "actively managing one's image and unique value" to position oneself for career opportunities. [124] LinkedIn has evolved from being a mere platform for job searchers into a social network which allows users a chance to create a personal brand ...
LinkedIn introduces new mobile app, codenamed "Project Voyager", making the design more intuitive. [47] 2016: February 4: Acquisitions: LinkedIn acquires Connectifier, a web application that helps companies with their recruiting. [48] 2016: February: Company: LinkedIn's shares drop 43.6% within a single day following an earnings report, down to ...
The PLATO system was launched in 1960 at the University of Illinois and subsequently commercially marketed by Control Data Corporation.It offered early forms of social media features with innovations such as Notes, PLATO's message-forum application; TERM-talk, its instant-messaging feature; Talkomatic, perhaps the first online chat room; News Report, a crowdsourced online newspaper, and blog ...
The Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing is a post-graduate program for emerging writers offered by the Creative Writing Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Each year, it awards "internationally-competitive" nine-month fellowships to writers of fiction and poetry who have yet to publish a second book. [147]
Microsoft profits were $5.2 billion, while Apple Inc. profits were $6 billion, on revenues of $14.5 billion and $24.7 billion respectively. [207] Microsoft's Online Services Division has been continuously loss-making since 2006 and in Q1 2011 it lost $726 million. This follows a loss of $2.5 billion for the year 2010. [208]
Georgetown University is a private Jesuit research university in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States.Founded by Bishop John Carroll in 1789, [d] it is the oldest Catholic institution of higher education in the United States, the oldest university in Washington, D.C., [e] and the nation's first federally chartered university.
Network Knowledge, a member network of four PBS stations (three full-power outlets and one translator) serving Central Illinois, drastically reduces its broadcast schedule over-the-air to offer 12 to 13 hours of programming a day (weekdays from 10:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. and weekends from 10:00 a.m.-11:00 p.m.), as part of money-saving efforts ...