Networking made even easier

First there were the simple times where networking involved a face to face encounter and some phone calls. Then came along email, Facebook, LinkedIn and a whole other range of tools for the personal or professional networker to make use of. The Americans have devised a tool to make all this a little bit easier. ‘Poken’ is a digital business card – a keychain sized gadget which stores all your email addresses, online IDs and contact information. When you meet another person with the gadget, you can touch the devices together and exchange data through its wireless technology. The theory is you will never be lost in a sea of business cards or struggling to find them on Twitter again. Poken will be available in the UK this summer and it sounds like it could be a useful gadget to have.