Business and professional networking site LinkedIn recently purchased news reader Pulse and has followed up that acquisition with a major update of its iOS and Android app. Not only is it their first big update for the site in two years, it also is designed to take advantage of the big numbers of mobile users LinkedIn is getting.
LinkedIn has now released new iPhone and Android apps with an updated UI. The overall look and feel of these apps has been greatly overhauled and it is miles ahead of the previous version. Along with this update, LinkedIn has also revamped its mobile site and it too features the overhauled user interface. Apps for both iPhone and Android have been built from the ground up specifically for each platform, meaning that the app is now radically faster as it does not have to download elements from the web. In an other update recently, LinkedIn added @mentions to spur up conversations on the network. Check this quick video demo of the new features to decide -- whether it's enough to overtake Twitter, Facebook or something else for your social dashboard remains to be decided
The completely redesigned apps have a richer content stream up front and center, the stream will show the tailored updates news and original posts from Influencers. Liking and commenting is now directly available in the stream. There’s a brand new navigation pages which offers more enhanced personalization options. Sliding the main homepage screen to the right reveals a customizable navigation page that comes preloaded with features that a user might need on the fly. If there is a downside to this, it would be the mobile ads that will start to appear on the apps. Why shouldn't they? Consider that of the 155 million visitors each month to LinkedIn, 27% of them now visit via the mobile app which is up from just 8% two years ago. Kiran Prasad, head of mobile engineering for LinkedIn, says that the apps will continued to be updated, focusing on "personalization".
The new LinkedIn app can now be downloaded from iTunes App Store and Google Play Store.
LinkedIn has now released new iPhone and Android apps with an updated UI. The overall look and feel of these apps has been greatly overhauled and it is miles ahead of the previous version. Along with this update, LinkedIn has also revamped its mobile site and it too features the overhauled user interface. Apps for both iPhone and Android have been built from the ground up specifically for each platform, meaning that the app is now radically faster as it does not have to download elements from the web. In an other update recently, LinkedIn added @mentions to spur up conversations on the network. Check this quick video demo of the new features to decide -- whether it's enough to overtake Twitter, Facebook or something else for your social dashboard remains to be decided
The completely redesigned apps have a richer content stream up front and center, the stream will show the tailored updates news and original posts from Influencers. Liking and commenting is now directly available in the stream. There’s a brand new navigation pages which offers more enhanced personalization options. Sliding the main homepage screen to the right reveals a customizable navigation page that comes preloaded with features that a user might need on the fly. If there is a downside to this, it would be the mobile ads that will start to appear on the apps. Why shouldn't they? Consider that of the 155 million visitors each month to LinkedIn, 27% of them now visit via the mobile app which is up from just 8% two years ago. Kiran Prasad, head of mobile engineering for LinkedIn, says that the apps will continued to be updated, focusing on "personalization".
The new LinkedIn app can now be downloaded from iTunes App Store and Google Play Store.
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