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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Poken are like paperless business cards, for the online set: A round little USB keychain stores your basic contact details, along with “profiles for most social-networking sites,” so you can share ...

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 ...

Technologically advanced ways to exchange contact information have come and gone, but the business card seems to always remain. The latest gadget to take on the challenge is Poken, and unlike prior ...

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 ...

Poken, those little thingers that you touch together to trade contact info we talked about last SXSW, are now smaller. The Poken Pulse is a 2GB memory key with Poken RFID scanning built in. When you ...

afaqs! explores a social media gadget named Poken, which can be leveraged for networking and brand building purposes Before revealing this gadget named Poken, it is important to understand the genesis ...