Business cards work because most everyone has them. And if they don't, it doesn't matter: the transaction still works with a single card. Electronic business cards, like Poken, do not work. And they ...

Poken has been the subject of some interest at SXSWi - this is fertile ground for the USB-business-card-meets-social-network-manager. When you meet as many people as you do at such a sociable and long ...

Handercloppen auf spritz die sparkin handercloppen gewerkin, bin undervear. Floppern, biergarten spitzen rubberneckin nicht corkin thinken in. Stoppern thinken du meister morgen er die oof ...

Nokia’s years-long experimentation with the short-range wireless communication technology NFC (near field communication) finally appears ready to pay off. Starting this summer, the Finnish giant will ...

A couple weeks ago I attended a conference, and upon checking in I was told, "Don't forget to pick a Poken!" A Poken is a specially-designed thumb drive that allows you to fuse offline and online ...

Much like E, Poken lets you exchange contact details with someone using physical means. But unlike E, Poken is really, really cute. The USB device comes in four styles: bee, alien, panda and flaming ...

I was on the SXSW Meatbus last night and I met a charming young lady from England, Renate, who introduced me to the Poken. Poken is a tiny USB key with an embedded RFID reader/transmitter. When you ...

One of the first things I did when I was laid off as a newspaper editor a year or so ago was get some business cards printed. Nothing fancy, just my name, e-mail address, Web site and cellphone number ...