LinkedIn ‘Events’ tool to ensure safe online conversations

(IANS) New Delhi: Microsoft-owned professional networking platform LinkedIn is set to launch a ‘Made in India’ feature called ‘Events’ that will allow members to create and attend events directly on both the app as well the web.
LinkedIn Events will be available on October 17 globally, starting first with English-speaking markets. It will roll out to non-English markets later.
The USP of the product is the ability to enable safe online conversations and offline events.
With the new feature, members would be able to meet and talk to a like-minded group of members with ease by having control of the attendee list, Ajay Datta, Head of Product, LinkedIn India told IANS.
“LinkedIn Events is the first product built out of the Bengaluru R&D Centre for a global audience. The Bengaluru R&D Centre has also conceptualized and built LinkedIn ‘Lite’ Android app in 2017, which has now scaled to 70-plus emerging markets across the world and supports 21 plus languages,” Datta informed.