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HERE’S HOW TO MAKE IT BETTER. APPS CAN HELP YOU UPDATE AND MAINTAIN YOUR DIGITAL ADDRESS BOOK—WITHOUT STEALING ALL YOUR PERSONAL DATA YOUR CONTACTS APP CONTAINS ALL THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT ALL THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE. WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM A FEW APPS, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR DIGITAL ADDRESS BOOK EVEN BETTER. Photo: Photo Illustration by Emil Lendof/The Wall Street Journal; Photos: iStock By David Pierce Updated May 5, 2019 12:44 pm ET Print Text 16 My Facebook friends are mostly just people I met at parties. Most of my LinkedIn connections are strangers I thought made me look “professional,” and I follow hundreds of people on Twitter and Instagram whom I’ll never meet in real life. But there’s really only one “friends list” that actually deserves the title: the contacts app on my phone. CONTINUE READING YOUR ARTICLE WITH A WSJ SUBSCRIPTION INTRO OFFER €2 PER MONTH Subscribe Now Already a subscriber? 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