VentureBeat (July 26) -- LinkedIn has acquired PointDrive, a provider of sales presentation tools, as part of efforts to empower more salespeople across its professional social network. Founded in 2013 by David Pessis (BS 2002, Computer Science) and Bill Burnett, PointDrive is a sales-oriented application aimed at helping salespeople share content with customers. It takes any file, link, or video and packages it up so you can pass it along to sales prospects, with the intention of creating an engaging presentation and, ultimately, sealing the deal.