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LinkedIn Finds a Wallet Slot for the Networking Moment
· New York time
LinkedIn is adding personalized, scannable digital business cards that users can store in digital wallets and use when meeting people offline. The feature connects an in-person introduction with a professional profile, reducing the distance between a handshake and the follow-up. For creators and other independent workers, that could simplify exchanging details at events. It also gives the phone another role in a conversation supposedly taking place away from it. The old paper card could disappear into a jacket pocket; its successor can disappear into a much more sophisticated collection of forgotten intentions. Technology has streamlined the introduction. Remembering why you wanted to contact the person remains a stubbornly human feature.
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