LinkedIn has been busy this week releasing ’stuff’. There was an updated version of their Firefox toolbar, which I installed on Friday, and now there is a mobile service.

The best part of the toolbar for me is the ability to link quickly to the LinkedIn profile of anyone who sends email to my Gmail account. There are other useful elements, of course, and you can find the full specification here.

Now there’s a mobile version of LinkedIn. The best thing about this will be accessing questions and answers on the go. I could also see sending LinkedIn invitations as a new form of exchanging business cards in meetings etc. But whatever works best for you: social networks thrive on the innovation of their users, after all.

The best way to find out about mobile LinkedIn is to point your phone to m.linkedin.com. There’s also a YouTube video from one of the lead engineers at LinkedIn, which I’ve added below. 

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