Ad hoc network chat apps like FireChat could be made more powerful by a technology in development that would let phones link up over distances of up to 500 meters (see "Future Smartphones Won't Need Cell Towers to Connect").
As it readied a new version of the cards that plug in to laptops to let users link up with their office network, it discontinued the predecessor, assuming customers would upgrade.
Make way for another major update to the LinkedIn platform: today the company is relaunching its Contacts section as a smart contact management system that will let users link up and integrate connections on LinkedIn with those from Google, Yahoo and Microsoft apps; Evernote; TripIt; your iPhone and more, and then serve as a "personal assistant" to help manage the interactions you make with them.
On the desktop, Apple has its own equivalent of intents – Applescript's object handlers – but hasn't let mobile apps link up in the same way.
CouchSurfing is a social-networking Web site that lets travelers link up with like-minded people all over the world who have a couch, spare bedroom, patch of open floor or backyard to offer -- absolutely free.
The Venezuelan diplomat and medical doctor Francisco Kerdel-Vegas has invented and written about his project with UNESCO, which aimed at letting emigrants link up with their country of origin, in this case Venezuela, to contribute to the improvement of its scientific, economic and political environment through lectures, master-classes and simply establishing ties.
It transmits voice over the Internet and lets users link up in virtual conference calls.
On the side of integrating with other services, FeedHenry lets developers link up apps with salesforce.com, SAP, Oracle, and device management services like AirWatch and MobileIron.
The Wikinvest portfolio tracker lets anyone link up their real brokerage accounts to Wikinvest so they can keep tabs on their actual holdings, which are updated automatically every time you make a trade.
The Wikinvest portfolio tracker lets anyone link up their real brokerage accounts to so they can keep tabs on their actual holdings, which are updated automatically every time you make a trade.
