We Need To Kill The Business Card Once And For All
<img src="http://www.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/bannedcards.png" class="shot2"/><br /><br />The business card needs to die, and everyone knows it. They're clumsy, easy to lose, and virtually useless unless you take the time to enter them into your computer's address book (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.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://tapulous.com/friendbook/demo/">FriendBook</a>, 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 each other and shake them. Granted, this would only work on iPhones, but it could have paved the way for similar apps on other phones. But as of yesterday the fate of FriendBook is now in jeopardy due to the <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/26/tapulous-cofounder-mike-lee-ejected-from-company/">departure</a> of its lead developer (and Tapulous cofounder) Mike Lee. So is all hope lost?
Bury
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