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Ryan Hoover@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
Smart of LinkedIn to create an app targeted toward younger audiences. @thekenyeung has a great overview of the app on VentureBeat. Note: it seems like the app may not be available in the App Store or Google Play quite yet. This probably wasn't supposed to be announced Sunday evening.
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Ali Afridi@alikafridi · VC @ Lightbank
@rrhoover @thekenyeung Timing also seems to be off since most students already have internships or full-time jobs lined up.
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Tyler Hayes@thetylerhayes · Bebo
@rrhoover Re: not supposed to be announced now vs. later: @thekenyeung's VB piece is well-researched with interviews with LinkedIn employees, so it's clear this piece has been in the works for a while—there's a press push behind this. If it wasn't supposed to be announced now, I'm guessing that's on VB and not LinkedIn. But I'm just looking in from the outsi… See more
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Ken Yeung@thekenyeung · Staff Writer, VentureBeat
@thetylerhayes @rrhoover LinkedIn has informed me that it has pulled the apps and will relaunch them at 6am PT on Monday.
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Zach Kahn@zkahn94 · Brand Marketing at Vox Media
@rrhoover @thekenyeung I've had this app for a little over a month. It's a good idea but doesn't provide much utility.
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Kia K.@imkialikethecar · words...
@thetylerhayes @rrhoover @thekenyeung actually, that is a LinkedIn mess up -- they put up not only the app's website on Sunday but the actual app in the Play store briefly "for testing" and it was flagged by diligent Android bloggers. No, it's not on VB as you're choosing to assume for whatever reason...
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billy smartt@bsmartt13 · unemployed for two weeks! Free man!
@rrhoover I feel they're sitting on a myriad of gold mines. Glad they're making move(s), if only because they have a monopoly on their dataz...
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Cory@isellar · Student, NAIT
@rrhoover doesn't seem to be available in Canada yet. That's a little disappointing.
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Justin Wilson@jawhster
@zkahn94 I agree. May provide more value after more usage so can "learn" more from preferences to improve its recommendations. I created www.dreamplaybook.com and find it to be much better, showing career paths by major.
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Justin Wilson@jawhster
@bsmartt13 thought it was "our" data, haha. I applied for LinkedIn developer access for www.dreamplaybook.com, a maps application of career paths, and was denied. Can I deny them from using my data? ;)
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