Six months after news of the acquisition was released, Microsoft's takeover of the professional social network has closed. The aim had been to complete the deal by the end of the year, and the two companies managed to hit the deadline after the European Commission gave it the go-ahead. The $26.2 billion acquisition is being billed as helping to accelerate the mission to "connect the world's professionals". Despite the acquisition, things should remain unchanged at LinkedIn, at least to start with. But the site will ultimately start to integrate more of Microsoft's products and services such as Outlook, Windows 10's… [Continue Reading]