Microsoft links up with LinkedIn, but with strings attached

After showing LinkedIn off to its mates, Microsoft has been told it’s a keeper, and that it can officially get its merge on.
Back in June, Microsoft took LinkedIn on a $26 billion date, in an attempt to woo it and its shareholders. Unsurprisingly, the professional social media site was pretty impressed, and wanted to take the relationship further.
While both parties were keen, the biggest step in allowing the relationship to truly blossom was for Microsoft to get approval from its mates. T