LinkedIn Conquered Work — Now It Wants the Rest of Your Life | Wired Business | Wired.com

More on the Graphs R Us theme

"The social network made abundantly clear during a press event Wednesday just how ambitious it has become. LinkedIn was a simple website for its first seven years, but now it is a website plus a suite of five apps — including one, unveiled Wednesday, that processes all your email and tries to insert shrunken LinkedIn profiles into every message. Company executives said LinkedIn is more than social media, it’s a “global economic graph” with enthusiastic users on every continent (even Antarctica!). It shouldn’t be used only during work hours, LinkedIn executives said, but through the evening from home, since people typically check their devices until 9 p.m. or so."

LinkedIn Conquered Work — Now It Wants the Rest of Your Life | Wired Business | Wired.com