INNOVATION ECONOMY

Apps bring business cards into the 21st century

By Scott Kirsner

Globe Correspondent / February 19, 2012

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Have you noticed how, in our increasingly digital era, we still hand each other scraps of paper when we first meet? These little rectangles accumulate in shirt pockets, purses, and desk drawers. In the 20th century, we knew what to do with them: we stapled them to other pieces of paper and inserted those pieces of paper into a Rolodex. In the 21st century, though, we want phone numbers and e-mail addresses to be digitally accessible.

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