Everyone has caller ID these days, but sometimes you want to block your phone number when you make a call. Fortunately, blocking your phone number is pretty easy to do - simply follow these steps for ...

People know it is you calling when your caller ID pops up on their phone, but it doesn’t have to be like that. There are two ways to keep your identity secret while making a call: one is permanent; ...

These days there are just too many friends and family members that call us and we need to see which one is calling, after all, some may invite us to a great party while others can be a royal pain that ...

Since my start in 2008, I've covered a wide variety of topics from space missions to fax service reviews. At PCMag, much of my work focused on security and privacy services, as well as a video game or ...

In our prior discussions, we successfully navigated the intricacies of the iPhone settings to block unwanted calls from identified numbers. This is an incredibly helpful feature when you’re dealing ...

Just because you carry a smartphone around all the time doesn't mean you want just anyone calling you. PrivacyStar (free in Google Play, optional subscription) aims ...

While spam and scam calls are declining in the U.S., they are still a big problem. According to the 2024 Truecaller Insights report, 56.2 million Americans lost over $25.4 billion last year. The ...

The WhitePages Current Caller ID Android app, which displays not only the names of callers but also their location and social media updates, just received an update that allows you to easily block ...

Do you get bothersome phone calls on your Verizon phone? You can do call and message blocking from 24/7 automated phone system call, spammers, cold callers, salespeople, or anybody else with whom you ...

Whitepages announced today that it is spinning out its popular CallerID app into a new company called Hiya. Whitepages CEO Alex Algard will also be CEO of the new entity, which employs 40 and will ...

Blocking robocalls from spoofed numbers may soon become easier, as the Federal Communications Commission is preparing to give carriers authority to take more aggressive action against this type of ...

Apple (AAPL, Financial) is on course to roll out a new service, which may well be called Business Caller ID, sometime early next year. The service will allow users to recognize business callers easily ...