LinkedIn Puts A Face To E-Mail With 'Intro,' Sees Mobile Usage Soar

executives did their best to tune out to reports of connection problems for about an hour on Wednesday morning, making a slew of announcements about how the professional networking site was repositioning itself for a more mobile future. There were several new features being added to LinkedIn's five mobile applications, and a remarkable new stat: 38% of LinkedIn's monthly unique visitors now access LinkedIn through a mobile device, up from 8% in the first quarter of 2011.