Following in the footsteps of Facebook and MySpace, professional network LinkedIn announced on Monday a platform that gives third-party developers access to its application programming interfaces. The set of APIs and widgets in LinkedIn’s Intelligent Application Platform — dubbed “InApps,” for short — allows partners to build LinkedIn features into their applications, as well as develop applications that will run within LinkedIn using the OpenSocial development model, the company said.
LinkedIn Unchains Platform
Posted by: Katherine Noyes December 10, 2007 11:14 AMFollowing in the footsteps of Facebook and MySpace, professional network LinkedIn announced on Monday a platform that gives third-party developers access to its application programming interfaces. The set of APIs and widgets in LinkedIn’s Intelligent Application Platform — dubbed “InApps,” for short — allows partners to build LinkedIn features into their applications, as well as develop applications that will run within LinkedIn using the OpenSocial development model, the company said.