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LinkedIn will now let you show off exactly what skills you have with all your favorite workplace apps

Connected Apps will automatically update your LinkedIn profile with your skills
Adobe and GitHub are being added to the supported list soon
LinkedIn has 1.3 billion users, so this should help you stand out

LinkedIn has launched a new initiative to let users show which software they actively use on their profile in a bid to verify competency claims.

The company explained in a blog post the intention of Connected Apps is to provide evidence of real product usage, instead of just self-declaring skills, making it easier for recruiters and employers to verify claims.

"Once connected, each app generates a simple statement based on your real activity," the Microsoft-owned platform explained.

LinkedIn verifies your claimed skills by seeing which apps you use

The connection works by linking supported apps directly to a LinkedIn profile, and then the system will automatically populate details of how the individual uses any given...

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Handling IoT Data at Scale: Why Unlimited Bandwidth VPS Matters for Connected Devices

The Internet of Things (IoT) has transformed the way businesses collect information.Smart sensors monitor factory equipment, wearable devices track health data, and connected vehicles share real-time information with central systems. Plus, smart homes rely heavily on such high tech devices. According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the number

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In the windmills of our mind, how much sovereignty is good enough for the Dutch?

Business is booming for Notilyze, a Dutch analytics firm turned sovereign cloud provider in the Netherlands. US President Donald Trump could be credited with sparking appetite for the recent boom in sovereign infrastructure of all types. However, the uncomfortable tensions between the US and Europe were in motion long before

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Celebrating the AI Act delay? The EU AI Act’s chatbot and content rules apply this week

If your business celebrated the European Union’s (EU) delay of high-risk AI penalties, don't open the champagne just yet. On August 2, 2026, Article 50 of the EU AI Act goes live, bringing new transparency requirements for the AI tools businesses already rely on. While backend compliance

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Who are these non-humans in my enterprise? Cisco expands IAM portfolio to provide answers

Non-human identity management is difficult because we are dealing with identities that never sign in in the way humans do. Rather we are dealing with entities that include service accounts, API keys, workload tokens, SaaS app grants, and, of course, AI agents, all of which exist in the chaos of

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