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LinkedIn apps arrive - another platform play

LinkedIn has finally switched on its own OpenSocial-powered apps platform, which, on the surface at least, borrows quite a bit from Facebook. Full Article at ZDNet

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  1. This initial roll out features productivity applications that range from gathering information that professionals around you are generating to enhancing your abilities to collaborate and communicate more effectively. You’ll be able to work much more closely with your contacts on LinkedIn with tools such...
    SOURCE: ZDNet 13 months ago
  2. Apps won’t be allowed to use third party ad networks - instead, they’ll have to work with LinkedIn’s ad system.
    SOURCE: ZDNet 13 months ago
  3. They are more specific than what you can find on Facebook , for example -- which is anything and everything, basically.
    SOURCE: TechNewsWorld 13 months ago
  4. Our audience is a professional audience, it’s not the typical social network audience ... They don’t want noise.
    SOURCE: Malaysia Sun 13 months ago
  5. We pay a lot of attention to the mode that people are in when they visit LinkedIn ... LinkedIn isn’t a time killing application; it's a time-saving application. They're in a problem-solving mode.
    SOURCE: Fast Company 13 months ago
  6. What is different about LinkedIn is that it is keeping these applications focused on the business user
    SOURCE: TechNewsWorld 13 months ago
  7. CompanyBuzz is experiencing technical difficulties
    SOURCE: BetaNews 13 months ago
  8. We see their user base as a very attractive potential customer base
    SOURCE: Malaysia Sun 13 months ago
  9. More than 30 million professionals worldwide come to LinkedIn to get business done, so we set out to offer applications that enable people to more effectively collaborate with their networks on a wide range of daily professional activities.
    SOURCE: Brand Republic 13 months ago
  10. Each is different, depending on the partner. For some, we use an affiliate revenue share model, others will be part of the premium program.
    SOURCE: TechNewsWorld 13 months ago
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