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Reid Hoffman, executive chairman of LinkedIn speaks at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech 2009 in Pasadena, California July 23, 2009. REUTERS/Fred Prouser

LinkedIn co-founder sees IPO likely, but not soon

2 hours, 33 minutes ago

LONDON (Reuters) - LinkedIn, the world's biggest professional social network, will probably pursue an initial public offering some time but not in the near future, co-founder and executive chairman Reid Hoffman told Reuters.

  • The new Droid phone, a Motorola Inc. and Verizon Wireless phone based on Google Inc's Android 2.0 system, is shown at a media event in New York October 28, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
    Mobile Web surge continues in October: Opera Wed Nov 25, 1:55 AM ET

    HELSINKI (Reuters) - Global mobile data traffic continued to surge in October, growing at the fastest pace in seven months, Internet browser company Opera Software said on Wednesday.

  • A woman uses her mobile telephone as she passes a Nokia advert in London July 20, 2009. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor
    Infineon, Nokia co-operate on next mobile generation 13 minutes ago

    FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Chipmaker Infineon has moved one step closer to supplying chips for high-end devices of Nokia by announcing a collaboration to create chips for the next mobile network generation.

  • Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, delivers a keynote address at the company's annual conference in San Francisco, California July 23, 2008. REUTERS/Kimberly White
    Privately held Facebook sets up dual-class stock Tue Nov 24, 4:27 PM ET

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook has established a dual-class stock structure to ensure voting control by existing owners, but has no plans to become a public company, it said on Tuesday.

  • Sophie Schmidt, daughter of Chairman and CEO of Google Eric Schmidt, uses her video camera while visiting the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
    Google to put ancient Iraq museum collection online Wed Nov 25, 2:50 AM ET

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Google is putting thousands of images of ancient artifacts at Iraq's National Museum online, the Web search leader said on Tuesday, part of a U.S. bid to entice foreign firms to invest in Iraq.

  • Microsoft CFO to leave, look for bigger job Wed Nov 25, 2:53 AM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell is to leave the company at the end of the year, indicating that he is looking for a bigger job at another company.

  • A customer checks out Music Store (on a screen) with Apple iTunes at an Apple store in Tokyo in this August 25, 2006 file photo. iTunes on Tuesday began featuring downloads of live concerts by about 20 artists who are promoted by Live Nation. REUTERS/Kiyoshi Ota/Files
    Filmed concerts come to iTunes in Live Nation deal Tue Nov 24, 12:26 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple iTunes on Tuesday began featuring downloads of live concerts by about 20 artists who are promoted by Live Nation.

  • Denver Broncos receiver Eddie Royal, an afficianado of Twitter as well as Facebook, pictured during an October 2009 game, said he likes the give-and-take with fans. "They're interested, and you want to show them you're a normal person," Royal said. "It's cool to bounce back topics with them and answer questions they want to ask directly."(AFP/Getty Images/File/Donald Miralle)
    Twitter eyes acquisitions, sees making money in 2010 Tue Nov 24, 6:06 AM ET

    TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Micro-blogging site Twitter is interested in making more acquisitions as it continues to grow in popularity, co-founder Biz Stone said on Tuesday.

  • A Lenovo S12 netbook that uses the Nvidia Ion chipset is seen bearing a Windows 7 sticker at the Windows 7 Launch Party in New York, October 22, 2009. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
    Microsoft, News Corp weigh Web pact: source Tue Nov 24, 2:07 AM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has had talks with News Corp about a tie up, which would involve News Corp getting paid to take its news websites off Google Inc, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday.

  • An advertisement for the Apple iPhone is shown at a retail store of an Orange mobile phone network provider in Bordeaux, southwestern France, October 23, 2009. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
    "Jail broken" iPhones hacked by new virus Mon Nov 23, 5:09 PM ET

    BOSTON (Reuters) - Hackers have built a virus that attacks Apple Inc's iPhone by secretly taking control of the devices via their Internet connections, security experts said.

  • EReaders, price war weigh on Barnes, Borders Tue Nov 24, 5:50 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top U.S. booksellers Barnes & Noble Inc and Borders Group Inc will pay a price for coming late to market with electronic book readers, analysts said.

  • A man works on his laptop computer in his home in Sacramento, California in this undated handout photo. AT&T unveiled on Monday an offering that lets customers using its network for Web-surfing on laptop computers or netbooks avoid the obligation to sign a two-year contract with the operator. REUTERS/Handout
    AT&T offers pay by day, week, month data options Mon Nov 23, 4:58 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc unveiled on Monday an offering that lets customers using its network for Web-surfing on laptop computers or netbooks avoid the obligation to sign a two-year contract with the operator.

  • A photo of the Google Inc. logo is shown on a computer screen in San Francisco, California July 16, 2009. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith
    Google buying display advertising startup Mon Nov 23, 3:26 PM ET

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Web search leader Google Inc said it is buying Silicon Valley display advertising technology startup Teracent, which expands its competition with display leader Yahoo Inc.

  • A photograph of a computer screen showing the website eBay is shown here in Encinitas, California in this April 22, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Mike Blake
    eBay says fixes search glitch on website Sun Nov 22, 6:55 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - eBay Inc said on Sunday it had restored a search function on its website overnight Saturday after a glitch led to searches returning either limited or no results throughout the day.

  • Tweets or bleats? Tool measures importance on Twitter Mon Nov 23, 8:04 AM ET

    SINGAPORE (Reuters) - You've got followers and post regularly, but ever wondered how popular you are on Twitter? An online tool that evaluates "tweets" can tell.