LinkedIn Updates Mobile App to Include Search for Jobs, Companies and Groups

LinkedIn, a social network for professionals, has updated its Android and iOS apps to expand LinkedIn functionality for users on the go. Users can now use the app to search for jobs, companies, people, and groups as well as browse helpful tips from LinkedIn. This update comes after LinkedIn redesigned their mobile app in April.… Continue reading LinkedIn Updates Mobile App to Include Search for Jobs, Companies and Groups

How the Klout Score is Calculated

A lot of people complain about the lack of transparency and inaccuracy of Klout because they have no idea how the Klout score is calculated. In Klout’s defense, Klout has dramatically improved its transparency. Klout now shows your past interactions from your social networks that contribute to your score. As with most things in life… Continue reading How the Klout Score is Calculated

8 LinkedIn Tips and Basics that All Users should Practice

We all know about LinkedIn, but the business networking site still tends to fly under the radar more often than not. These LinkedIn tips and basics will ignite your profile and experience. LinkedIn (LNKD) showed up on the NASDAQ back in May 2011 and currently trades at $171.95. The Mountain View, CA company led by… Continue reading 8 LinkedIn Tips and Basics that All Users should Practice

Feedly’s IFTTT Channel and Web App Goes Live Days Before Google Reader is Shutdown

Feedly’s quest to replace and improve on Google Reader before its demise July 1st reached another milestone: a fully functional channel on IFTTT. The integration with IFTTT now allows users to create recipes that automatically combine actions on Feedly with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Evernote and pretty much any other major web app. For those of… Continue reading Feedly’s IFTTT Channel and Web App Goes Live Days Before Google Reader is Shutdown

iOS Rumor: Could Deep LinkedIn Integration be Available in iOS 7?

Posting content to LinkedIn from your iPhone may be easier come this fall. Apple is reportedly testing deep LinkedIn integration into iOS 7, according to 9to5 Mac. The single-sign-on would give LinkedIn similar capabilities to those of Facebook and Twitter on iOS devices. The news comes from a 9to5 Mac reader who found LinkedIn code and text… Continue reading iOS Rumor: Could Deep LinkedIn Integration be Available in iOS 7?

Why Social Sites are Dancing the Two-Step Verification

When it comes to dancing with danger, major sites seem to prefer a less hip but more stable partner while shuffling to the two-step verification beat: your mobile phone. See, when internet accounts tend to get compromised, they are oftentimes illegitimately accessed from a new computer (or unknown device). Google Google provides a 2-step verification,… Continue reading Why Social Sites are Dancing the Two-Step Verification

REPORT: Google+ Overtakes Twitter as 2nd Most Popular Social Network in US

While Facebook continues to lead all social networks by a wide margin, Google+ has overtaken Twitter as the 2nd most popular social network in the US, according to a March 2013 Survey by Burst Media of over 2,500 adult US internet users. Despite a lot of early criticism about Google+ being a ghost town, the… Continue reading REPORT: Google+ Overtakes Twitter as 2nd Most Popular Social Network in US

Now Add Rich Media to Your LinkedIn Posts

Following their update that allows you to attach rich media like photos and videos to your profile, LinkedIn now allows you to add rich media to your posts. Have an interesting presentation to share, or a photo of a company gathering? These can now go out to your LinkedIn connections directly from your posts. You… Continue reading Now Add Rich Media to Your LinkedIn Posts