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CNET Update - LinkedIn inserts profiles into e-mails

2013-10-24
linkedIn has a way to put profile details into emails I'm Richard Carey and this is your cnet update linkedin has a new program for iPhones that puts people's profile data within an email message so right below the name of the sender you can get a quick look at what this person does for a living and how you're connected it all shows up in your normal iphone email inbox but to have it work you're essentially giving linkedin access to your email accounts and putting trust in linkedin servers although linkedin promises that your information is kept private it still can make people uncomfortable and LinkedIn doesn't have a flawless record with security last year hackers were able to steal millions of LinkedIn passwords but right now this only works with some email clients like gmail yahoo and AOL LinkedIn is also working on a version of this for Android and iPhone users you can sign up at intro linkedin com in other app news Twitter's six-second video maker vine it's added new ways to edit a video and change the order of your clip mashup instead of only giving users one chance to get it right the sessions tool lets users save a post and come back to it later and you can work on up to ten videos at once the time-travel feature lets users remove reorganize or place any shot within a post before it's shared this makes it a little easier now to make a good vine video but some users did like the challenge before if you're in the market for a new computer microsoft has once again cut the price of its original surface pro tablet by one hundred bucks it now costs seven hundred dollars for a 64 gig model of the pro which is loaded with a full version of Windows 8 this year's brand new surface pro 2 starts at nine hundred dollars a stylus pen is included with the pro models but the snap on keyboard covers they're sold separately Tebow's latest DVR machine now has new features for mobile users the romeo pro and the romeo + let users stream live TV shows and recorded programs to their ipads iphones or touches the future works even if the owner is outside of the home it just requires a Wi-Fi connection to work and only one iOS device can stream at a time tebow also says that not all content may be available to stream due to copyright issues so those limitations could put a damper on the experience in time this app will also be on Android and it's also going to support streaming over a cellular connection that's your tech news update for more details head to cnet com / update and be sure to follow along on Twitter from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey
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