Social networking giants Twitter and LinkedIn announced overnight that they had formed a partnership to bring tweets to LinkedIn with users now able to integrate profiles by updating different accounts on both sites at the same time.
LinkedIn, the professional social network which counts just over 51 million members around the world, announced the changes in a blog post yesterday. Users now have the ability to update their ‘status’ box on both sites with one message simultaneously.
“The idea is simple: When you set your status on LinkedIn you can now tweet it as well, amplifying it to your followers and real-time search services like Twitter Search and Bing. And when you tweet, you can send that message to your LinkedIn connections as well, from any Twitter service or tool,” LinkedIn co-founder Allen Blue wrote in a blog post.
Twitter said the partnership would allow users to better connect with each other and extend their own social circles.
“Showing your stream in places off of Twitter.com will connect you to even more people. Shared interest in tips, news, leaders and perspectives can thrust conversations into virtual brainstorms and even business opportunities,” Twitter posted.
The changes are expected to roll out over the next few days for all users.
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