LinkedIn has called time on a lot of third-party developers after becoming irritated by how many of them were using its open APIs. It’s announced plans to_shut down all but four of them and restrict wider integration to official partnerships. In a blog post, Adam Trachtenberg, Director of LinkedIn’s Developer Network, says “we’ve seen some exciting applications from our developer community” but “while many delivered value back to our members and LinkedIn, not all have.” He explicitly offers shout-outs to three big partners –_Samsung, WeChat_and_Evernote_– and the members of its_Sponsored Updates partner program. But developers who haven’t signed a partnership…

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