LinkedIn’s well-groomed app platform goes live

There’s nary a sheep to be tossed on business network LinkedIn’s new developer platform, which has officially gone live.
The array of internal- and partner-created applications includes a “reading list” app from Amazon, a trip-tracking app from TripIt, file sharing from Box.net, and presentation apps from SlideShare and Google Presentation.
“One of the big differences between LinkedIn [...]

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LinkedIn unveils Surveys business for researchers

LinkedIn on Thursday announced the launch of LinkedIn Surveys, a service from the LinkedIn Research Network that allows market researchers and investors to access the site’s 30 million professionals for market intelligence by creating a survey, and either opening it up to the entire LinkedIn community or targeting a select group.
In order to increase the [...]

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