LinkedIn to Developers: Link In

LinkedIn is letting developers link in to the technology behind the professional networking site, according to The New York Times‘ Bits and TechCrunch.

TechCrunch reported that LinkedIn is releasing 11 different APIs in three distinct categories: allowing developers to let users access their information, profiles, connections and messages via oAuth login; giving users the ability to make actionable decisions about information, but letting them message their LinkedIn contacts, post updates, accept contacts and more; and embedding LinkedIn search in other applications.

LinkedIn vice president of search and platform products Adam Nash told Bits:

We tried to use each of those partnerships to figure out: Where can LinkedIn add the most value to how you use business applications? What we see happening is an increasing demand for business applications, and we think that LinkedIn uniquely has the right quality of content.

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