LinkedIn has added a bundle of new productivity tools to its network. The goal of the nine apps — all built on the LinkedIn Intelligent Applications, or InApps, platform — is to facilitate file-sharing, scheduling and other business-oriented activities. Applications from Amazon, Box.net, Google, Huddle, Six Apart, SlideShare, Tripit and WordPress are among those now available to LinkedIn users. Tapping third-party developers to enhance a closed network has become a common tactic among social networks.
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LinkedIn Adds New Collaboration Apps to Professionals' Toolbox
Posted by: Erika Morphy October 29, 2008 01:08 PMLinkedIn has added a bundle of new productivity tools to its network. The goal of the nine apps — all built on the LinkedIn Intelligent Applications, or InApps, platform — is to facilitate file-sharing, scheduling and other business-oriented activities. Applications from Amazon, Box.net, Google, Huddle, Six Apart, SlideShare, Tripit and WordPress are among those now available to LinkedIn users. Tapping third-party developers to enhance a closed network has become a common tactic among social networks.