LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network, launches new Intelligent Applications (InApps) platform to enable companies to develop professional applications for LinkedIn’s over 30 million members. To kick-off the launch, LinkedIn has worked with a selection of leading companies whose solutions help professionals with various activities ranging from file sharing to project management to business travel.

Nine applications that you see live on LinkedIn include Amazon, Box.net, Google, Huddle, Six Apart, SlideShare, Tripit and WordPress as well a Company Buzz application developed by LinkedIn.

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Squarespace launches V5, the web publishing tool for bloggers, small companies, and authors. Squarespace V5 redefines publishing for the web with a handful of new customization options and partnerships with Oracle and Peer1 to offer extended features to its customers.

Squarespace Inc. is a privately held publishing software company founded in 2004 by Anthony Casalena, and based in the SoHo district of lower Manhattan. Since its inception, Squarespace has blossomed into a product that powers tens of thousands of sophisticated websites for businesses, bloggers, and professionals worldwide.

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WordPress has now unveiled its own first Open Source application that lets you write posts, upload photos, and edit your WordPress blog from your iPhone or iPod Touch. With support for both WordPress.com and self-hosted WordPress (2.5.1 or higher), users of all experience levels can get going in seconds. It is a must have application for all WP users if you own an iPhone or iPod Touch.

The only thing I’d like to see in future releases is the ability to view and approve comments.

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Reason to rejoice for Bloggers, the great news is … that there is now another blogging platform where you can get a blog for free and even put up Google Adsense on your blog.

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StayPress is a collection of plugins that will turn a standard WordPress or WordPress MU into a property management and bookings system. So the StayPress system able to manage property rentals, hotel room rentals and more. The new StayPress system takes over from the previous clearskys.net collection of plugins and brings everything together into a more manageable and co-ordinated group.

Downloadable version of the StayPress plugins will be launch soon, they are also planning a hosted version of the system for those who do not want the trouble of running their own website.

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