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    Test-Driving LinkedIn's New Apps Platform
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    But early this morning, business-networking site LinkedIn unveiled its new developer platform, loaded with apps aimed at wooing the buttoned-down crowd to its site more often. "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." Rather than open up its platform, as Facebook has done, LinkedIn is introducing eight new internal- and partner-created apps that have been tailored to the office. Full Article at Fast Company
    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 12 months ago
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Test-Driving LinkedIn's New Apps Platform
  1. LinkedIn has been very successful in its revenue model ... The focus now is on providing more to our clients.
    SOURCE: Fast Company 12 months ago
  2. Is this a new business line in itself? No ... But are we providing a lot of utility for the 30 million professionals? Yes. And that activity and utlity will bolster the other four ways that we do make money.
    SOURCE: Fast Company 12 months ago

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