Evernote has teamed up with LinkedIn to make digitizing and archiving business cards easier and more searchable with a new card-scanning app for iOS.

Evernote said that the new app will enhance the way business cards are captured, displayed, and recalled by automatically building a content-rich note around every business card a user scans.

With full contact information, a link to their current LinkedIn profile, a photo, and a section for notes, business cards become searchable contacts in Evernote.

Starting today, existing Evernote users can connect their accounts with LinkedIn to get a complimentary year of business card scanning, usually a premium feature.

User can take a photo of the card using iPhone or iPad loaded with the app. Evernote immediately digitizes it and, through its integration with LinkedIn, creates a searchable note in the user account with the most up-to-date, relevant information about new contact.

Evernote CEO Phil Libin was quoted by Fast Company as saying, "LinkedIn is how we get the quality to be good."

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"We scan the card, we extract all the information visually, then we work with LinkedIn to search all of their information. You get this really good, fast, high-quality rich profile."

The company said that the app is currently only available on iOS, and an Android version will be launched this summer.