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mvip on June 13, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B

Was this Microsoft's elaborate $26bn marketing plan to get the media to look away from Apple's WWDC announcements?

CephalopodMD on June 13, 2016 [–]

My thoughts exactly! Not that that's the main idea, but it is an odd coincidence that the announcement was today.

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