BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) and business-social-networking service LinkedIn today showed off a brand new LinkedIn mobile application for BlackBerry smartphones at RIM's second annual BlackBerry Developer Conference in San Francisco. It’s about time. BlackBerry smartphone users will soon be able to download and employ a LinkedIn mobile application that will allow them to access the business-oriented social networking service while on the go, via an innovative and good-looking BlackBerry application. LinkedIn’s Adam Nash with RIM’s David Yach The news is particularly significant because BlackBerry users, many of whom are businesspeople, represent a large percentage of LinkedIn’s target user base. Facebook for BlackBerry, MySpace for BlackBerry and countless BlackBerry applications for popular micro-blogging service Twitter have been around for years. But BlackBerry owners were out of luck when it came to LinkedIn; the LinkedIn mobile website was their best option. But today, LinkedIn’s Adam Nash, VP of search and platform products, along with RIM’s Software CTO David Yach, demonstrated the brand new LinkedIn for BlackBerry application in front of more than 1,000 attendees at RIM’s second annual BlackBerry Developer Conference in San Francisco. The application offers all the basic LinkedIn functionality, including messaging and profile viewing. It also displays notification alerts on the BlackBerry home screen “ribbon.” And it integrates with a variety of native BlackBerry applications such as the calendar, so you can, say, click on a meeting attendee’s name and then view their LinkedIn profile. Overall, the application looks very impressive, and I’m anxious to finally be able to manage my LinkedIn account via a BlackBerry app. I’ve been asking for LinkedIn BlackBerry for years. I literally penned an open letter to both RIM and LinkedIn. LinkedIn informed me that it certainly heard my pleas–and the pleas of countless other frustrated BlackBerry users. But I was honestly beginning to wonder if LinkedIn would ever make it to the BlackBerry platform. It’s unclear when exactly the application will become publicly available, but the following screen-shots give you can idea of what to expect. AS FREE CIO BlackBerry NewsletterGet better use out of your BlackBerry and keep up-to-date on the latest developments. Sign-up » Related content opinion Website spoofing: risks, threats, and mitigation strategies for CIOs In this article, we take a look at how CIOs can tackle website spoofing attacks and the best ways to prevent them. By Yash Mehta Dec 01, 2023 5 mins CIO Cyberattacks Security brandpost Sponsored by Catchpoint Systems Inc. Gain full visibility across the Internet Stack with IPM (Internet Performance Monitoring) Today’s IT systems have more points of failure than ever before. Internet Performance Monitoring provides visibility over external networks and services to mitigate outages. By Neal Weinberg Dec 01, 2023 3 mins IT Operations brandpost Sponsored by Zscaler How customers can save money during periods of economic uncertainty Now is the time to overcome the challenges of perimeter-based architectures and reduce costs with zero trust. By Zscaler Dec 01, 2023 4 mins Security feature LexisNexis rises to the generative AI challenge With generative AI, the legal information services giant faces its most formidable disruptor yet. That’s why CTO Jeff Reihl is embracing and enhancing the technology swiftly to keep in front of the competition. By Paula Rooney Dec 01, 2023 6 mins Generative AI Digital Transformation Cloud Computing Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe