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LinkedIn has become a fixture of corporate cyberspace, with more than 800 million registered users worldwide.
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Founded in 2003 in Silicon Valley as a platform for professional networking, and purchased in 2016 by Microsoft for US$26 billion (S$35.2 billion), it has become a fixture of corporate cyberspace, with more than 800 million registered users worldwide. Its 171 million American members outnumber the country’s labour force. High-school students are creating profiles to include with their college applications.
