Folk, the next-generation CRM started by European startup studio eFounders, is going live today. If you’ve paid attention to TechCrunch, I’ve already covered Folk in the past. Since then, the prod
A third-party contacts app you’re not using may be handing out your home address to its users. In November, former Yahoo CEO and Google veteran Marissa Mayer and co-founder Enrique Muñoz Torres
Apple is closing a loophole that allowed app developers to access users’ potentially sensitive and private data. With the launch of iOS 13, apps that request access to users’ Contacts will
If there’s a special place in your heart for single-purpose utilities that solve a nagging problem, then you’re going to want to skip your daily Starbucks coffee and instead buy yourself a
HiHello, the latest startup to take aim at business cards with its own digital alternative, has raised a $2.5 million seed round to continue its efforts in building a better contact management solutio
Facebook has become the de facto way people today keep up with their friends and family and, at times, their wider network of professional acquaintances and colleagues. But its inattention to user dat
Microsoft’s $26.2 billion acquisition of business networking site LinkedIn is starting to pay off – at least in terms of product integrations that make sense. The company today announced t
Managing a large database of contacts can get messy, which is why a number of startups over the years have attempted to tackle this space with a wide variety of apps that attempt to streamline the pro
Rapportive users have not been happy about the email plug-in's performance and changes following its acquisition by LinkedIn. Instead of rich contact info and tools for following and friending email c
A company called Evercontact has just launched a new app that allows you to automatically update your iPhone’s address book with new contact information extracted from email signature lines. The
One of the handiest "set-it-and-forget-it" tools I have at my disposal is the automated address book updater from Evercontact (previously WriteThatName). The subscription-based service automatically s
The average mobile-carrying consumer today has around 1,600 contacts when apps, email and a phone’s address book are added up. A startup called Brewster wants to make that list easier to use.
Google has announced a new licensing deal with big pharmacy corporation Novartis to bring its “smart” contact lenses, with the power to help diabetics track their blood glucose level, to p
If you’re still in search of a better Contacts application than the one that ships on your phone, a newly launched gesture-based app called Mingle might catch your attention. This app, built and
Zoove, a company offering a registry of unique mobile numbers for brands and consumers (StarStar Brand and StarStar Me, respectively) is now introducing its third product, a contact-sharing service ca
After a <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/05/10/major-bummer-writethat-name-wants-you-to-pay-to-keep-it-from-spamming-your-friends/">little bit of a rough start</a>, the automatic address book upda
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.cobookapp.com/">Cobook</a>, a Mac contact management app that <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/12/06/cobook-brings-its-unified-address-book-to-iphone/">made i
Brewster, the relationship-centric contacts app for iPhone, is today releasing a <a target="_blank" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/brewster-address-book/id440979190?mt=8">new version</a> -- its
Cardign (pronounced like the sweater) is a new app for iPhone launching today from a Toronto-based startup. The app has a neat little trick, since it uses facial recognition via pictures snapped with
When I want to find a number to actually call someone on the phone and I know it's in an email signature somewhere, I generally search for that person's email address in Gmail and find the number that
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