Swedish startup Truecaller_has announced a partnership with Microsoft that will_see its Live Caller ID feature arrive for Windows Phone users. Founded in 2009, Truecaller is a_cross-platform call and_contact management service, claiming_more than 85 million users globally._It’s like an international crowdsourced telephone directory – everyone who registers with Truecaller opens their contacts, including telephone number and name, to the community. These numbers_are then made available to subsequent registrants, who can see the name of the caller regardless of whether_they’re already saved to their own address book or not. The community also flag miscreants, including spammers and sales people, so you can...
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