LinkedIn Upgrades iPhone App With New Inbox And Recent Activity In Profiles

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Friday, November 19th, 2010

LinkedIn has just updated its iPhone app with better communication capabilities, focusing on improving the inbox and recent activity of connections.

The iPhone app includes a newly designed inbox that allows you easily navigate the messages you have received on LinkedIn. At the bottom of the app you tap to access both sent and archived messages in your account.

LinkedIn has also made it easier to access recent updated from your connections, and has added a “Recent Activity” tab to connections’ profiles. Similar to regular updates, you can like or comment on any one of the updates, or re-share it with your network.

LinkedIn consistently updates it’s iPhone app, most recently adding company buzz and support for Retina Display.

The company recently announced that it now has 85 million members and is adding a member per second.

Company: LinkedIn
Website: linkedin.com
Launch Date: May 1, 2003
IPO: NYSE:LNKD

With over 100 million users representing over 200 countries around the world, LinkedIn is a fast-growing professional networking site that allows members to create business contacts, search for jobs, and find potential clients. Individuals have the ability to create their own professional profile that can be viewed by others in their network, and also view the profiles of their own contacts. Competitors to LinkedIn include sites such as XING, Doostang and Ecademy. Of note, LinkedIn won...

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