Microsoft set to swallow LinkedIn for $26.2 bn; check out the top acquisitions by the IT behemoth

Microsoft has been buying companies regularly over the years and among them are Skype (2011), aQuantive (2007), Fast Search & Transfer (2008), Navision (2002), Visio Corporation (2000), Yammer (2012), Nokia (2013) and Mojang (2014). (AP) Microsoft Corp. has revealed that it is buying professional networking service site LinkedIn for about $26.2 billion, which has more than 430 million members who mostly network with professionals, upload their resumes and search for jobs on the site. Micros