• TechCrunch, Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1:40 PM

Professional social network LindedIn is adding new features to its Groups offering, which lets members create an open forum around a specific subject or profession where users can comment and share news and information. Along with updating the look and feel of Groups, LindedIn is now making threaded conversations within groups similar to face-to-face professional interactions "by removing the wall between original remarks and off-site content such as news articles," reports TechCrunch.

Users can now share links on Groups the same way they would on the homepage, while their profile pictures will now be attached to any comment they make on a group. Presently there are over 650,000 groups on LinkedIn, with the largest -- an e-marketing association -- amassing 200,000 members. As a whole, LinkedIn recently surpassed 70 million members.

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