"We've just heard from LinkedIn that the Sequoia-backed business network will be cutting 36 of 370 employees, or around 10% of the company. LinkedIn is saying that some of these employees..." read more » DiscussBury
Information Week via reuters brings news of 8 new applications involving Linkedin. The apps integrate Google and Amazon services among some of the larger names involved. This is being done "in a pus read more » DiscussBury
Kevin Kelleher suggests that social networks will soon begin to experience the economic downturn that has been spreading throughout the economy. He suggests many of the smaller social networks will shut down, with Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn surviving amongst others. read more » DiscussBury
"It is not enough to be a destination site anymore. Everyone now wants to become an ad network. MTV Networks on Monday announced that it has expanded its vertical ad network strategy by building..." read more » DiscussBury
Erick Schonfeld writes, "At a time when most social networks are still trying to figure out how to make money from advertising, one social network is bucking the trend. LinkedIn, the social network for business professionals, has so much demand from advertisers that it will be launching its own ad network on Monday." read more » DiscussBury
Jason Kincaid reports that LinkedIn has released some new group features which iron out existing bugs and help encourage communication between business professionals. read more » DiscussBury
Sarah Perez writes an overview of the new LinkedIn app for Apple's iPhone and suggests this is part of a continuing trend in seeing the iPhone used for business. read more » 2 CommentsBury
LinkedIn has become the latest in a string of social networks to join the DataPortability Work Group which will aim to make user data portable between networks. read more » DiscussBury
