LinkedIn's new "Intro" is not only the worst idea I've heard in quite a while; it's a bad idea with almost no upside. Here's what you should know about Intro before you even think about using it.

Several years ago, I used and enjoyed a Gmail plug-in service called Rapportive. It added a panel inside Gmail which provided details about the people who sent you messages — a really handy thing to ...

I just got an e-mail from LinkedIn with the subject line “We’re retiring LinkedIn Intro.” Intro is the service the company unveiled last October that cleverly inserted contact information into the ...

LinkedIn's newest feature, called Intro, stirred up controversy last week when the professional social network introduced it -- and a few other features -- at an event about its mobile offerings.

LinkedIn released a new product today called Intro. They call it “doing the impossible”, but some might call it “hijacking email”. Why do we say this? Consider the following: Intro reconfigures your ...

SEATTLE -- LinkedIn's new Intro functionality, launched by CEO Jeff Weiner earlier this week, is intended to make the business networking service more mobile friendly. But it also runs the risk of ...

LinkedIn has announced that it will shut down its Intro service next month. LinkedIn Intro was introduced last fall and was unique in that it used clever coding to connect LinkedIn contacts data with ...

Earlier today LinkedIn launched a new iPad app and what appeared to be a pretty slick feature for iOS Mail called Intro. It presents the a profile of email senders right within the body of the message ...

LinkedIn just announced that it’ll be shutting down Intro, a service meant to integrate LinkedIn contact details right into the iOS Mail app, after less than four months. LinkedIn simply said it was ...

LinkedIn continues to fine tune its services, and has announced on its blog that it will shut down three services it currently provides. The professional social networking company said it aims to ...