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We Need To Kill The Business Card Once And For All

Posted from TechCrunch 86 days ago
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The business card needs to die, and everyone knows it. They're clumsy, easy to lose and virtually useless as one of the last bits of information that we pass non-digitally (they kill trees, too). The cell phone market could easily put business cards out of their misery, but instead of conforming to a single standard for contact exchange, handset manufacturers offer proprietary solutions or none at all. FriendBook, an iPhone application from Tapulous, looked like it might hold the answer. The app uses a physical "handshake" to swap information - users simply put their iPhones next to eac... (original story)