VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

LinkedIn, according to the latest reports, has reported a critical security issue that could allow hackers to spread dangerous malware using its Messenger service.  Although LinkedIn hosts a bug bounty program wherein security researchers can report bugs directly to security@linkedin.com, this bug remained undisclosed until professionals at Checkpoint Technologies found it.  Commenting on this, Ankush Johar, Director of BugsBounty.com, said, “Checkpoint reported the bug on 14 June, 2017, but the messenger service has been running with CV functionality since 2015. It is highly possible that malicious hackers in the underground community already knew about this flaw and could have been using it to spread ransomware and other malicious programs.” Read More

Infor has announced a new integration of Infor Customer Relationship Management (CRM) with LinkedIn Sales Navigator. According to the company, LinkedIn Sales Navigator for Infor CRM can provide users with deep relational data across all applicable devices in real time. This integration is designed to deliver new tools to assist sales professionals in discovering the best ways to get introduced through “TeamLink”, identify new contacts with contextual lead recommendations, be alerted to job and company changes, and “Icebreakers” which can be great relationship selling tools that show shared connections, experiences, and interests, plus a link to a lead’s recent activity stream.  Infor CRM can provide a complete view of applicable customer touch points across sales, marketing, customer service, and support teams, and can help organizations maximize the impact of interactions across the entire customer lifecycle. Designed and built with sales professionals in mind, LinkedI...

Microsoft shakes hand with LinkedIn Corp by signing a $26.2 billion acquisition deal. Despite of struggle by both the companies, it is expected to have a newer horizon for Microsoft’s Office suite as well as LinkedIn. Satya Nadella is optimistic about this deal as this is the biggest acquisition by Microsoft ever. It is nearly three times as large as the Skype acquisition deal five years ago. The acquisition will help Microsoft mark its presence in social media, which is dominated by Facebook and Google... Read More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Allahabad born  Rashmi Sinha and her brother Amit Ranjan, will receive Rs 640 crore from Linkedin by selling there own developed site slideshare.  The website, which was the brainchild of Sinha's husband and co-founder Jonathan Boutelle, is headquartered at San Francisco with an office in Delhi. Ranjan, an alumnus of Delhi's Faculty of Management Studies, runs the India office. About Slideshare ,The community, which was founded in 2006, has 16 million registered users and about 60 million monthly visitors. LinkedIn will pay 45% in cash and the rest in stock, the social networking firm said in a statement on its website on Friday.Nearly 7.4 million presentations are hosted by SlideShare, which has received about $3 million in funding from angel investors and venture capital firm Venrock. SlideShare's Indianness runs deeper than just the founding team or its office in Delhi. For More Details See www.varindia.c...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE LinkedIn has released an app which is faster, more visual and more social than its predecessors. It also tries to distance the network from competitors like Facebook and Twitter. As per sources, the application is said to be much faster, its navigation is simplified, and it's more visual and simplified than the earlier versions and has new features to help one find contacts. Some of the new mobile features on LinkedIn are- Groups- which let people talk about shared business interests; "People you may know" feature- to help you find contacts; New navigation around four simplified topics- Updates, You, Inbox and Groups; Speed- The new app is 10 times faster; and the company released an HTML 5 mobile website. For More Details See www.varindia.com