The traditional business phone line may be dying a slow death but Canadian start-up Hookflash is looking to speed up its demise. The Calgary-based company is launching an iPad app (s aapl) by the same name Thursday that integrates LinkedIn's directory (s lnkd), giving business users a free over-the-top alternative for voice, HD video and messaging. It's the first communications app to build upon LinkedIn's social graph and demonstrates some of the latent potential in the network of 160 million people.
LinkedIn-powered Hookflash iPad app wants to replace your business phone
The traditional business phone line may be dying a slow death but Canadian start-up Hookflash is looking to speed up its demise. The Calgary-based company is launching an iPad app (s aapl) by the same name Thursday that integrates LinkedIn's directory (s lnkd), giving business users a free over-the-top alternative for voice, HD video and messaging. It's the first communications app to build upon LinkedIn's social graph and demonstrates some of the latent potential in the network of 160 million people.
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