LinkedIn snaps up email add-on Rapportive - Rumour

Wed Feb 8 2012, 13:03 PM

Business social network LinkedIn is rumoured to be buying Rapportive, a Gmail add-on designed to enhance contact information, for a rumoured USD10m, although the deal is still believed to be under negotiation. Rapportive is a Gmail-only plugin that adds shared content, tweets, social media buttons and notes to a user’s Google Contacts. Neither company has spoken out to confirm or deny the rumours, which were published by VentureBeat.

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