According to an NBC related site, CEO Jeff Weiner just gave every employee an iPad mini. LinkedIn employee Darain Faraz, a communication manager at the company, tweeted about receiving the Apple device from his company and praised Weiner for the gift. Krista Canfield, a senior communication manager at LinkedIn, confirmed the news by stating that ""We wanted to acknowledge the hard work and accomplishments of all of our employees in 2012. During today's biweekly All Hands meeting, we surprised our employees with iPad Minis as a small gesture of the company's gratitude for their contributions," she said. By the way, that translates into a giveaway of 3,458 iPad minis.