LinkedIn launches Targeted Status Updates today and 7 bullets points you want to check out – what you don’t know will hurt you!

19 Jun, 2012Apps, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, mobile, pinterest JD wall, Social Media, top 10

This a feature that increases the relevance of conversations between companies and LinkedIn members, is now open to the 2 million companies who have LinkedIn Company Pages.

Check out LinkedIn’s blog post here to learn more and watch their video below

Also, some other stuff catching my eye

I’ve been doing a lot of interesting pinning over here, 141 and counting
Bullhorn got bought by an investment firm last week
Yammer and Microsoft getting it on? here
Tired off typing passwords into your computer all the time, here’s an amazing app from Ford to help you with that, check out the video here - brilliant idea!
New Search Engine Aims to Google the Real World - interesting so I wonder does it search on the basis of a hiring manager screeching “I need a new c++ developer now”?!?
3 great tips of what you should consider if going mobile, here - mobile apps approaching 1 million across all platforms; 5.9 billon mobile phones in the word!

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