After ourinitial speculation, it appears that LinkedIn’s IPO is happening. In a statement on theLinkedIn blog, the company has just stated that it has filed its registration statement for IPO. While this is good news for anyone wishing to buy into the company, present sockholders of LinkedIn are set to be very happy. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined....
Third party developers have beenaskingfor an API forLinkedIn‘s Groups feature for some times and finally todayit’s arrived. As a launch demo for what it can do, LinkedIn is showcasing Microsoft’sWorldwide Partner Conference 2011site. Through the API, attendees can share comments about event sessions and activities for others in real-time, and use LinkedIn to stay in touch after the event with no extra effort.” The API allows developers to pull in Group Discussions by Popularity and Recency; display users’ Group memberships and suggested Groups; allow users to join Groups;, post Group discussions and comment on, ‘like’ and follow discussions....
LinkedIntoday launched adeveloper platformwith new APIS and social plugins that can be easily added to any site. While social networks like Facebook and Twitter opened their platforms up to developers quite some time ago, LinkedIn is only just beginning to enter the playing field — perhaps owing to its somewhat less social, more professional nature. The new plugins are easily embeddable with a few lines of JavaScript, making them accessible to anyone capable of making changes to their site, not just developers....
LinkedInhas refreshed its mobile presence today with the launch of redesigned apps for iPhone and Android, plus a brand new HTML5 mobile website. The worklife-focused social network says mobile use of LinkedIn is increasing at a rate of 400% year-on-year and the company has expanded its mobile development team in response. As such, the new apps provide a newly optimised experience for the fastest-growing part of the service. The iPhone and Android apps have been reorganised around four core areas....
LinkedIn, the professional networking site which went through one of thebiggest IPOsof recent times, has justannouncedthat it has reached 10 million members in India. The company which kick started itsAPAC operationsin Mumbai, India in November 2009, before spreading to Australia andSingapore, said a major part of its first year in operations was spent understanding Indian professionals and spreading awareness about LinkedIn to them, so that they could leverage LinkedIn for their career development....
