LinkedIn overhauled its desktop offering earlier this year. Not content with that, the social network for professionals has rolled out a slew of new updates based on user feedback. Here's what's new. Notifications You now have more control over the type of Notification you receive, and can customise them based on your preferences. For example, you can

LinkedIn has unveiled a new format to more efficiently share professional info to employers with only a few clicks. Pre-filled forms quicken the process LinkedIn says 80% of sponsored content is engaged via smartphone, when it comes to job opportunities. The platform is streamlining the process of filling out forms via mobile devices with the addition

Who’s In is Microsoft’s latest adventure in the social realm. It's designed to help friends plan group dates, making dinners, movies and visits easier to organise. Asking who’s in? Users set up groups of recipients and select a group activity they’d like to propose. To invite folks to attend (or give feedback), users then hit

LinkedIn has added a bunch of new features to Sales Navigator, including enhanced CRM and PointDrive integration, and an Enterprise edition. Lead me on Until now, manually logging activities into Sales Navigator was a time-intensive affair. Using Navigator's new CRM Sync, you can add activities such as taking notes, sending InMails, and placing calls, with

While you can schedule pretty much everything from emails to Facebook posts and tweets, text messages are often left out of the loop. Happily, Scheduled app is here to help. Plan ahead While Scheduled technically doesn't allow you to schedule texts in advance (thanks to Apple prohibiting the feature), it offers a nifty workaround. Once

Dark Social is a term used to describe all the social media sharing that occurs in private, such as email and instant messaging. For example, sending a private recommendation to a friend via iMessage, sharing that recipe using Facebook Messenger, or an email to a friend about an offer you came across on a website.

LinkedIn is following its social brethren into the often murky world of breaking and trending news. Here's what you need to know. Read all about it LinkedIn's Trending Storylines are a collection of curated news stories, based on your interests and developments in your industry. LinkedIn says these stories will help you keep up to speed

LinkedIn continues its image makeover with the release of new profile photo filters and editing tools. Strike a pose LinkedIn now gives you six photo filters which can be edited, enhanced, or cropped via LinkedIn's mobile app. Profile pics can also be tweaked to optimise brightness, saturation, and contrast. Image matters Still not convinced your