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Internet giant Google is the most desirable employer globally, according to survey by more than 267 000 millennials. Universum’s Talent Survey asked business and engineering/IT students in the world’s 12 largest economies to choose their

Microsoft, marking the one-year anniversary of Windows 10, said the operating system is running on more than 350m active devices. More than 96% of Microsoft’s Windows enterprise customers – those who have older versions of

Dimension Data’s Internet Solutions has launched a new on-demand portal that allows business customers to buy access to local and global cloud computing platforms. The “aggregated cloud services portal”, called SkyLight, provides access to

Clash of Clans could be the type of tent-pole entertainment that helps Asia’s biggest Internet company build a Marvel-like universe of movies, comic books, online videos and t-shirts. Tencent Holdings, in which South Africa’s Naspers has a

Apple CEO Tim Cook is hosting a 28 June fundraiser for US house speaker Paul Ryan and his political operation, according to two Republican aides. Some of the money will go to the National Republican Congressional Committee

In the latest episode of TalkCentral, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg talk about Microsoft’s blockbuster acquisition of LinkedIn and what it all means. Also this week, they discuss Apple’s Worldwide Developer

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said he’s enthusiastic about the company’s US$26,2bn acquisition of LinkedIn, viewing it as an opportunity to build a business network for the working world like Facebook has created for

Salesforce.com was a rival potential bidder for LinkedIn in the process leading up to the professional networking website’s acquisition by Microsoft, according to people familiar with the matter. Salesforce was advised by Goldman Sachs in the

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has explained the rationale behind the tech company’s plans to buy LinkedIn for US$26,2bn.
In a letter to staff, Nadella said he believes that access to LinkedIn customers will benefit the sales of Microsoft