LinkedIn, the social network for the working world that now has some 450 million members and is in the process of being acquired by Microsoft for $26.2 billion, today took the wraps off its newest efforts to expand its site beyond job hunting and recruitment, its two business mainstays. The company has launched a new site called LinkedIn Learning, an ambitious e-learning portal tailored… Read More
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LinkedIn doubles down on education with LinkedIn Learning, updates desktop site
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E-Learning Platform Lynda.com Buys Compilr To Add In-Browser Coding Tools, Price Around $20M
Lynda.com, the online education platform that raised its first and only round of $103 million about a year ago, is today announcing an acquisition that will further Lynda.com’s reach with developers and expand the kinds of services it can offer to users. It’s acquiring Compilr, Halifax, Canada-based startup that runs a platform for people to learn, write and test code from within a browser. The… Read More