Refresh: LinkedIn acquires Palo Alto meeting preparation startup

LinkedIn has acquired Refresh, a Palo Alto startup that developed an iOS app that provides information about people its users were scheduled to meet. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed but it was described as a talent and technology acquisition. The Refresh app will shut down on April 15 and about a dozen of its employees will join LinkedIn's Mountain View operations. "The inspiration for Refresh came in 2004 when I was in Afghanistan with Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson…