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Re: Integrating Microsoft and LinkedIn

#3

Post by nkozyra »

SmellyGeekBoy wrote: post #2

> LinkedIn notifications within the Windows action center Err... I'm not sure I like the sound of this. Isn't this just for application updates / system stuff?

Don't worry, I'd trust LinkedIn with access to anything. They have a pretty stellar history of being on the up-and-up.

Re: Integrating Microsoft and LinkedIn

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Post by bad_user »

SmellyGeekBoy wrote: post #2

> LinkedIn notifications within the Windows action center Err... I'm not sure I like the sound of this. Isn't this just for application updates / system stuff?

Isn't the point of that action center to be integrated with apps that have notifications to push?

Re: Integrating Microsoft and LinkedIn

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Post by SmellyGeekBoy »

s3r3nity wrote: post #4
SmellyGeekBoy wrote: post #2

> LinkedIn notifications within the Windows action center Err... I'm not sure I like the sound of this. Isn't this just for application updates / system stuff?

No - I get notifications for different apps there (ex: Twitter.)

Ah, I see. I have to admit I haven't knowingly enabled notifications from anything else so all I get are Adobe updates / GeForce drivers / new hardware notifications. I dread to think how disruptive it would be to get a desktop notification every time I get a piece of recruiter spam on LinkedIn!

Re: Integrating Microsoft and LinkedIn

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Post by throwaway7767 »

nkozyra wrote: post #3
SmellyGeekBoy wrote: post #2

> LinkedIn notifications within the Windows action center Err... I'm not sure I like the sound of this. Isn't this just for application updates / system stuff?

Don't worry, I'd trust LinkedIn with access to anything. They have a pretty stellar history of being on the up-and-up.

I suspect you're being downvoted because your sarcasm isn't obvious enough.

Either that or you're living in a parallel universe where LinkedIn is a completely different company.

Re: Integrating Microsoft and LinkedIn

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Post by rubidium »

Microsoft owns my "employee" identity thru office 365.

I don't love them owning my "job-searching" identity too.

Seems like the most valuable service they have to offer is to corporations. "Want to know how often your employee is updating their resume? Pay us for access." Of course they'll spin it differently, but in short that's the value.

Re: Integrating Microsoft and LinkedIn

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Post by SmellyGeekBoy »

bad_user wrote: post #5
SmellyGeekBoy wrote: post #2

> LinkedIn notifications within the Windows action center Err... I'm not sure I like the sound of this. Isn't this just for application updates / system stuff?

Isn't the point of that action center to be integrated with apps that have notifications to push?

I thought so. But surely then the announcement would be "LinkedIn Windows Store app coming soon". I read it as some lower level integration with the Live account I use to sign in to Windows. Perhaps I'm being overly paranoid.
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