Sobees Adds LinkedIn Compatibility

Thanks to the move by LinkedIn to release its application-program interface to third-party programmers, Sobees added the professional networking site to the list of social-networking sites supported by its native desktop app, which already included Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and FriendFeed, TechCrunch reported.

The Sobees desktop client is a Windows native desktop app with built in .NET and a Web application built with Microsoft Silverlight, according to TechCrunch. It will mine LinkedIn for connections updates, status updates, applications updates, jobs posted, groups joined, recommendations and profile changes, and updates can be performed via the client.

Sobees also told TechCrunch it is launching a native Android Twitter client with support for multiple Twitter accounts, search and most basic Twitter functionality, with an iPhone version on the way, as well.

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