LinkedIn is a social networking service aimed at professionals, built around online profiles that work like a digital CV and a network of work contacts. It was founded by Reid Hoffman, a former executive at PayPal, together with several co-founders from the Silicon Valley technology community. The site officially launched in 2003, and growth was slow at first, but it became a standard tool for recruiting, job hunting and professional networking. It went public in 2011 and was bought by Microsoft in 2016. Its features have expanded to include a news feed, articles, online learning courses and job advertisements, and it has members in virtually every country.
Before and after
- 29 October 2002Release of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- 31 October 2002Discovery of Arche
- November 2002Grigori Perelman proves the Poincare conjecture
- 1 December 2002Release of Greek Wikipedia
- December 2002Launch of LinkedIn
- 5 December 2002Release of Turkish Wikipedia
- 12 December 2002Release of Wiktionary
- 2003Rise of Anonymous
- 20032003 European heat wave
More in Science & technology
- 1949Discovery of berkelium
- 1955Discovery of mendelevium
- 14 February 1961Discovery of lawrencium
- 9 November 1994Discovery of darmstadtium
- 8 December 1994Discovery of roentgenium
- 1996Discovery of copernicium
The era
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