Do you poken?

Introducing the Poken Pulse

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:14:40 -0400

Introducing the Poken Pulse

free iPhone or Macbook, anyone?

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:22:32 -0400

free iPhone or Macbook, anyone?

King Kong vs Po-Kong

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:00:48 -0400

King Kong vs Po-Kong

Business Card Redux - Michelle Rafter, inc.com

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:43:15 -0400

Poken It looks like a toy, but the miniature character with the oversized hand hides a USB drive that stores a name, address, phone number, social networking accounts and other traditional business card information in an encrypted personal ID number. Meet another Poken user and swap information by pressing the infrared sensors embedded in the hands together to give each other a “high four.” Plug the USB drive into a computer and it brings up a Web browser and downloads any new contact data into the user’s account on the Poken website. CEO Stephane Doutriaux created the device while finishing MBA school in Switzerland in 2008. Since then he’s raised $2 million, moved the company’s headquarters to Silicon Valley, signed up distributors in 25 countries and struggled to keep up with orders from places like Germany and The Netherlands that have gone gaga over the tiger, geisha, panda, alien and 20-odd other Poken characters. In the United States, Poken was completely out of stock in late May, forcing fans like Kelly Guimont, a Portland, Ore., tech support specialist and avowed lover of all things digital, to wait until sometime in June for new shipments to arrive. “I want a Poken so bad I don’t even know what to do with myself,” Guimont says. “They are so the cutest things ever.” They may be cute, but they serve a real purpose and unlike some smart phone-based business card apps, Pokens don’t need a constant 3G connection to work, Doutriaux says. On the horizon: a Poken convention badge.

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Say Goodbye to Business Cards? - MarketWatch’s Emily...

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:14:46 -0400

Say Goodbye to Business Cards? - MarketWatch’s Emily Glazer reports.

Take two Pokens, bump them together, and what do you get? An easy way to exchange and collect contact information, plus you can dump all those business cards. But is the U.S. market ready for these gadgets?

Aww. Just read this lovely post from Shawn Collins on the...

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:51:50 -0400

Aww. Just read this lovely post from Shawn Collins on the Affiliate Tip blog. We’re glowing like, er… pokens!

Shawn even joined the PokenGirl Afilliate program to help share the love. What a rockstar! If you love Poken, and want to earn revenue or goodies by referring your website visitors, feel free to follow :)

sex up your poken card

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:49:42 -0400

sex up your poken card

Product Update

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:07:20 -0400

Product Update

Awesome POKEN video from German promoters ‘world of...

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:43:51 -0400

Awesome POKEN video from German promoters ‘world of poken’ (www.worldofpoken.com) - Go Gadget Go!

Our strategy for adding social networks to Poken

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:54:00 -0400

Our strategy for adding social networks to Poken:

Blogpost from Dave Brown, our CIO, explaining:

how we authenticate profiles
why support is currently restricted to 30 social networks
and how we will expand suport from 50 to 100 networks in coming months

#twitter × #iPhone × #iMac = #Poken (via @nextbaron)

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:55:04 -0400

#twitter × #iPhone × #iMac = #Poken

(via @nextbaron)

Spanish Poken contest: Poken-ize a movie poster

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:52:00 -0400

Clipset.net, Spain’s premier tech & gadget blog, has launched a cool Poken competition: http://www.clipset.net/2009/07/17/concurso-poken-de-pelicula/

For your chance to win, dust off your Photoshop skills and redesign any movie poster by adding a poken to it. Fun!

By the way, this contest is only open to Spanjards. You can always start a competition in your own hood…