Yammer – Twitter for Your Business Now On iPad
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Yammer’s innovative business networking service is now available for the iPad. The app has been well-received for the iPhone, but with the increase in iPad’s popularity among businesses, the company decided to develop an optimized version.
According to the company’s blog, the iPad optimized version features, “… [A] clean left toolbar to access the most common functions, such as: my feed, direct messages, @ mentions, unread message counts, RSS feeds, bookmarks, groups, profiles, company directory, and others. Each message in the feed is fully threaded and can be expanded to include all responses within a thread, with the ability to drill down on each team member’s profile view. “
Yammer, created in 2008, is a private social networking site for businesses. The concept is focused on communication within a business’ structure. The basic service is free, however, there is a premium version that is beneficial for larger companies and businesses that require a lot of communication, but are not able to meet up in person.
Yammer’s service works to facilitate easier, faster communication between co-workers and associates, thereby allowing a business to become more efficient. It has a group function that allows for private conversations among employees that are relevant to that topic, like brainstorming on the new company logo. The use of the hash tag (#) helps organize topics. By incorporating Yammer into a company’s networking system, the need for email communication is greatly reduced.
If your company is already a member of Yammer, the iPad app will be an added benefit to your communication possibilities. If you have never heard of Yammer, tell your boss to give it a try. It won’t cost anything to see if it improves your company’s efficiency. And, it may be just the justification you need to convince your company to pay for your new iPad (wink, wink).
It is available in the iTunes store for free.
