The late Octoberlaunch of LinkedIn's application platformushered in new capabilities for the social network aimed at professionals.LinkedIndecided to start small, adding a list of nine free applications aimed at boosting your productivity and sharing Web content.
We've tried out four of them so far. They have their proverbial pros and cons, but overall, they're a good start in bringing more interactive content to the world's largest business social network. In order to add one, simply go the left side of your LinkedIn home page and click on the "applications" link, which will take you to theLinkedIn application directory.
1.GooglePresentation
Did you really crush that微软幻灯片软件presentation you gave when you were on the road last week? Well, if your friends and colleagues missed it, they might ask you to e-mail it to them. Pretty soon, your email box fills up with .ppt attachments.
With Google's Presentation App for LinkedIn, you can respond to those inquiries with a URL directing colleagues and others to your LinkedIn profile, where your slideshows will be embedded for everyone to see. The app, which appears on screen as a YouTube-sized widget, has easy click-through arrows, and the ability to change to a full screen.
Not a huge Google Apps person? Not to worry, Redmond-lovers, Google Presentations allows you to upload Microsoft Office PowerPoint presentations no problem.
2. Company Buzz
这LinkedIn-developed app strives to help you track your company's image online. It's also a fun app for all you gossipers out there looking to get the latest dirt on your company. It pulls in information about your company from two places. The first source: other LinkedIn users who post information to the business social network about the company. The other source:Twitter, the microblogging service that allows users to share short messages of 140 characters or less. Many companies have begunusing Twitter to interact with customers.
3. Box.net
Box.net是一种服务，让你在线存储和共享您的文件。它带来了合作的，功利的，let's-GET-一些工作，做起来难用处LinkedIn。通过该服务，您可以共享文件过多，包括Word，Excel，PDF文件，视频，并与客户或同事等数字文件，例如。要使用该服务，你必须sign up for a Box.net account, which is free for up to 1 gigabyte of data.
A word of caution: while Box.net does have privacy settings that allow you to control who can access your files, it might be helpful to view your public profile on LinkedIn and check out the Box.net widget. Make sure you didn't just share your new sales pitch with your competitors and the rest of the world. (Your IT admin would probably have an ulcer if he knew you were storing that document on Box.net anyway, but these things happen).
4. My Travel (by Tripit)
A nifty little app for you road warriors out there, My Travel lists your current location as well as any upcoming trips you have planned. Built byTripIt的, a Web-based app that manages itineraries and your various travel plans, the LinkedIn app signs you up for a free account with the service. This app can be especially helpful for your LinkedIn connections who are wondering whether or not you're in town (without having to send you an email or calling you in order to find out).
Once signed up, you can also follow other LinkedIn users who are using the My Travel app. This could be especially helpful if someone you know has a trip planned near wherever your company is headquartered and you want to plan a meeting while they're in town.
如果您查看商务旅游作为一种荣誉徽章，然后检查了统计页面。您的旅游统计数据，因为它是所谓的，将跟踪你已经采取了多少人次，在路上访问你走过英里，天，以及城市和国家。
缺点？也许你不希望别人知道你在哪里，在任何时候。
This story, "LinkedIn's New Free Apps, Part One" was originally published byCIO .