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Be Somebody New: LinkedIn Learning Opens Up their Courses for 1 week Photo courtesy of LinkedIn Learning On LinkedIn's blog there is a quote " Learning means growing." Here's your chance to grow. LinkedIn announced last Friday that they are opening their coffers for one week to show you the breadth of LinkedIn Learning. On September 22,  LinkedIn announced they finally pulled the Lynda.com library of online training courses into its main service. Lynda.com, now LinkedIn Studios, is still based in Carpenteria and still going strong. 

We Believe In Tech, Startups, Design & You The Weekend Edition by Nerd Stalker Articles that caught the Nerd Stalker crew's eye from the last week.

We Believe In Tech, Startups, Design & You Microsoft’s M&A: Ranking The LinkedIn Deal Alongside The Tech Giant’s Other Acquisitions http://bit.ly/23jC75L Meet the 9-year-old iPhone app developer who’s better at coding than most adults http://bit.ly/265jkjN  Open Letter from Buffer Executive Team Shows Transparency bit.ly/1UT8d4K 9 Secret Google Search Tricks bit.ly/1V4Ekf4 Honey, They Shrunk the AC Unit bit.ly/263MbFj How Would You Incorporate Robots Into Your Daily Routine? bit.ly/1YyZOqu Driverless bus harnesses IBM's Watson to shoot the breeze with passengers bit.ly/21soEXM Circle of Life – Products life cycle visualization bit.ly/1sHkmkh Promoting a design system across your products bit.ly/1sHkWyu

Interesting Comments about the M&A of LinkedIn by Microsoft Photo Courtesy of Microsoft From jokes about reminding you to download Windows 10 in LinkedIn to paranoia about failed Microsoft integrations. Is it Human Capital Management system play? Check out some interesting and funny reactions from around the social world.

Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2B in cash, makes big move into enterprise social media Huge news today in the world of M&A in enterprise and social networking services: Microsoft has announced that it is acquiring LinkedIn, the social network for professionals with some 433 million users, for $26.2 billion, or $196 per share, in cash. The transaction has already been approved by both boards, but it must still get regulatory and other approvals.

Data and Diplomas: On LinkedIn's Acquisition of Lynda.com

In this episode, Sean Charles (aka ＠SocialMediaSean) and Greg Viloria (aka @SocialGreg) talk about the social stories and events of the week. And here’s what we discussed: News: Facebook to Begin Cutting Back on Promotional Posts from Pages in News Feed | via @allfacebook http://buff.ly/1zrLy4m News: Facebook invites you to 'Say Thanks' | via @JLaffertyIF http://bit.ly/1zrMiGC News: Pinterest Doubles Its Male User Base | via @SocialTimes http://bit.ly/1xsopAY News: LinkedIn - We Tried The LinkedIn Feature People Say Ruined Their Job Search | via @businessinsider http://read.bi/1EPK4Uz What is a Fan - Discussion[Video from SF MusicTech Summit]

Watch Adolfo and Greg's picks of the week for their show. Nerd Stalker's Top stories: Young people aren't reliable predictors of tech trends. So where does that leave Snapchat? (Farhad Manjoo/Wall Street Journal) http://bit.ly/1824Bcs Coin consolidates 8 swipe-able cards into 1 | @SFGate sco.lt/5YTkDh New, Massive Solar Power Plant Goes Online in Japan - Core77 http://bit.ly/1azPVPf An Intel Store in NY? theverge.com/2013/11/14/510… Implantable bio-patch grows bone where it's needed http://bit.ly/1822GEF Things You No Longer Needed Because of Smartphones | via @LaughingSquid   sco.lt/6SmB05 Speed Round: An Oscilloscope Watch! http://bit.ly/1822dSS LinkedIn Kicks Off Its Pulse Integration bit.ly/17UxKGm via @allthingsd by @MikeIsaac American Eagle, Target, and other retailers follow Wal-Mart in opening labs in Silicon Valley (Anne D'Innocenzio/Associated Press) http://apne.ws/1azUJ7m Smartphone Video Ads Over 100% More Effective with M...

Well, Sean and Greg are at it again. After a long hiatus, Social Time TV is back again. In this episode, Sean Charles (aka SocialMediaSean) and Greg Viloria (aka SocialGreg) talk about the big four Social Networks: Facebook, Google+, Twitter and LinkedIn, give some of the latest insight into each one and who they pick as the throne holder. Give it a view or a listen!

Our social guys Greg Viloria ( @SocialGreg ) and Sean Charles ( @SocialMediaSean ) give the social media weekly updates from Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Pinterest and others. In this episode, they talk about Vertical Social Fashion Network - Polyvore, Facebook Messenger gets a new voice, What Facebook is doing with Gowalla and more.

Our social guys Greg Viloria ( @SocialGreg ) and Sean Charles ( @SocialMediaSean ) give the weekly updates from Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Pinterest. In this episode, they talk about Twitter's API battle with Kred, FBs lighten's the Zynga Anchor, LinkedIn wants to tell you what skills your need and more.  Links to the Backstories of Social Time Social Speed Round Pinterest to Amazon: no pinning for you on Black Friday Facebook Moving Away From Voting Scheme  / Facebook Is About To Send One Billion Emails Global Pages Launch on Facebook – Should Brands Make the Switch? Twitter Is Giving $100 In Free Advertising To 10,000 Small Businesses Pinterest pins hopes for broader appeal on holiday marketing push - "30 Days of Pinspiration"  Twitter rolled out new image search functionality, competition w/Instagram intensifies The Social Time TV Main Stories Twitter Kred creator PeopleBrowsr fires back at ...

Exciting times at Nerd Stalker. We just added another podcast extending our reach to Social Media. Our Nerd Stalker staff writer, Greg Viloria, aka @SocialGreg, and Sean Charles, aka @SocialMediaSean, are hosts to our new weekly podcast - Social Time. They will be doing their podcast/vidcast via a Google+ hangout.

Download MP3 Our Top Stories A: Bribery, Porn, and Spam Are the Path to Riches in the App World http://is.gd/JVMXGo  (:11) G:Thousands could lose internet access July 9 due to virus bit.ly/PdhjLg  (3:59) A: That was Quick. Facebook Shuts Down Face.com APIs http://tnw.co/PvCw3f  (6:21) G: Facebook e-mail mess: Address books altered; e-mail lost bit.ly/LoS9mW   (9:08) A: Facebook to Launch Job Postings Board--Sources http://is.gd/1nPlRO  (13:44) G: Apple pays $60-million to settle China iPad trademark dispute bit.ly/N7clbJ  (16:17) Speed Round: What the Twitterverse is Talking About and What Our Community Wants to Hear  A: Def Leppard re-record own songs to win back digital download revenue http://vrge.co/Rv6odm  (21:03) G: Facebook Testing “Want” Button? bit.ly/LtWOEl  (22:22) A: Chris Rieger's Levitating, Wirelessly-Powered LED Light - Core77 http://bit.ly/RzVRNZ  (23:22) G: LinkedIn Says Twitter Posts No Longer ...

Download MP3 Adolfo Foronda (@nerdstalker) and Greg Viloria (@SocialGreg) Weekly Picks for the Nerd Stalker Techweek Podcast: Apple to ditch Google Maps in iOS 6, use in-house mapping solution http://is.gd/kBOztW (00:37) Where To Now For Yahoo? Thompson Out, Loeb & Co In ; Yahoo CEO blames search firm for error bit.ly/JIQQ10 via @ SFBusinessTi ; Yahoo CEO apologizes -- for being a distraction | @ scoopit via @ DocDoCc bit.ly/IzO0LH / Yahoo CEO blames search firm for error bit.ly/JIQQ10 via @ SFBusinessTimes (3:40) Americans Now Spend More Time On Facebook Mobile Than Its Website http://is.gd/UFC1Qx (8:06) The Password Protection Act of 2012: Latest Attempt To Protect Facebook Users bit.ly/JmJLEu @ allfacebook (12:15) Mozilla and Google accuse Microsoft of unfair browser competition | ZDNet http://zd.net/IMMfts (14:13) Chirpify lands $1.3 million to sell music and concert tickets through Twitter bit.ly/IFJbQX via @ geekwire (19:38) Speed round, what our c...