Advertisement
Promo

Online business Toolkit

Twitter, LinkedIn announce tie-up

Caroline McCarthy CNET News

Published: 10 Nov 2009 09:20 GMT

  • Email
  • Trackback
  • Clip Link
  • Print friendly
  • Post Comment

A new partnership has been announced between Twitter and LinkedIn. The two companies explained on Monday that LinkedIn status messages can now sync with Twitter.

"The business-use case of Twitter is turning out to be very important, and more and more people are finding that the persona they create for themselves on the web is part of their resume in many ways," Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said in a joint video with LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, which was posted to the LinkedIn blog.

In short, LinkedIn's 'status' feature now syncs with Twitter with an optional check box, a feature that the two companies say should be rolling out over the next few days. Likewise, users can set their Twitter status as their LinkedIn status by using the hash tag #li or #in.

For more on this story, see Twitter, LinkedIn team up for self-promotion free-for-all on CNET News.

  • Email
  • Trackback
  • Clip Link
  • Print friendlyPrint with EPSON

Did you find this article useful?


Full Talkback thread

0 comments

Company/Topic Alerts

Create a new alert from the list below:







Sentry Posts Blog

Symantec website breached

Security company Symantec has said that one of its websites was successfully breached. Romanian security researcher 'Unu' posted details of the breach in a blog post on Monday. Unu... More

Post a comment

Campaigners criticise '£10bn NHS IT ov...

The National Health Service's flagship IT project has been criticised by a tax campaign group for running billions of pounds over budget. The NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT)... More

2 comments

Climate research centre compromised

One of the UK's leading climate change research centres has had a security breach. The Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia (UEA) suffered a compromise of information,... More

1 comment

Video icon

Video

Google Chrome

Roundup: Full coverage of Google Chrome

The search giant has launched a beta of its own open-source browser, sending a clear challenge to Microsoft in the way it lets users work with applications More

Blog: Google Chrome has Microsoft's code inside, says MS manager

And furthermore, he says, that's a good thing... More

Blog: Google Chrome — nine things we've found since launch

Google must be very happy with the coverage Chrome has gathered. But it's not all good news... More


Skip Sub Navigation Links to CNET Brand Links

Help

Become part of the ZDNet community.

Newsletters