An API is like a magic box. We send data in a specific format. We then get data back in a specific format. This magical box is simply a script kept on a server. It acts as a gatekeeper — we tell the ...

LinkedIn has shut off API access to fellow professional social network Viadeo and a number of other startups who have been tapping into LinkedIn’s firehose of data via its open API program. The other ...

LinkedIn is leaking again. The least-cool social network known to mankind suffered a massive data breach this week, affecting some 700 million users — more than 90 percent of the network’s overall ...

LinkedIn’s new API is a big deal. Why? Because LinkedIn’s members are established professionals, and many of them pay for their membership. Privacy and control ...