Scanners can bridge gap between business cards, high-tech

October 8, 2008 By Etan Horowitz

Even though many phone numbers and e-mail addresses are just a Google search away, low-tech, paper business cards remain popular. So what's the best way to get contact information from the business card into your computer or phone?

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humanist - Oct 09, 2008
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The rest of the world has already discovered how to get business contacts into your address book: 2D bar codes are printed on the back of the business card and the users scan them with THEIR PHONES rather than another clunky peripheral..

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