The original article: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/10/a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-linkedins-mobile-engineering/2/ http://arstechnica.com/

The original article: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/10/a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-linkedins-mobile-engineering/2/ http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/10/a-behi... And this is really intersting: Finally LinkedIn tested, and ultimately chose to adopt, something surprising. The company embedded an extremely lightweight HTTP server in the application itself. The HTTP server exposes native functionality through a very simple REST API that can be consumed in the embedded HTML controls through standard JavaScript HTTP requests. Among other things, this server also provides access to the user’s contacts, calendar, and other underlying platform functionality.