Social networks have been booming over the past year and LinkedIn is no stranger to that success. According to the company’s fourth quarter earnings report, advertising and subscriptions boosted its revenue by 105 percent. The numbers speak for themselves: fourth quarter revenue surged to $167.7 million, beating Bloomberg’s analysts’ estimates that were averaging at $159.8 million and Thomson Reuters’ data with revenue estimated at $160 million. Fourth quarter net income rose to $6.9 million... (more...)