Discovered a great new app that will help in w/ your digital Rolodex: CardMunch
The app is simple. You take a picture of a business card and upload it to CardMunch. CardMunch has people type in the person's information and store it as a clean, mobile contact. It also keeps a photo of the original business card as a backup.
Since CardMunch is owned by LinkedIn, the app automatically finds the person's profile, pulls in shared connections, and pulls in highlights from their bio.
Cards are transcribed quickly and are listed in alphabetical order.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/cardmunch-iphone-app-for-business-cards-2012-8#ixzz23wBtgn1v
1 comment:
I think this is a great idea - and I'm surprised that it hasn't happened yet. Who even owns a rolodex in this day and age? I found the hardest thing about receiving business cards is actually keeping them until I need the information/am able to get it into my computer or phone.
CardMunch has a great idea, and linking up with LinkedIn helps feed a need.
However, just to take this even further - in the future, people will be able to add business card information right to their face through recognition software, as we discussed/saw in class today.
The idea that one could take their phone, aim it at someone, and see the person's business card information, the presentation that they are working on, and other information that the person chooses to show is mind boggling.
CardMunch is just the predecessor of information association and the manner in which they are processed and shown by our phones.
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