TrueCaller Blog - Blog http://www.truecaller.com/blog TrueCaller is a mobile application showing you who the caller is before you answer. Tue, 15 May 2012 10:26:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Infograph – Hur träffsäker är nummersöktjänsterna i Sverige? http://www.truecaller.com/blog/2012/05/15/infograph-hur-traffsaker-ar-nummersoktjansterna-i-sverige/ http://www.truecaller.com/blog/2012/05/15/infograph-hur-traffsaker-ar-nummersoktjansterna-i-sverige/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 09:06:48 +0000 TrueCallerAdmin http://www.truecaller.com/blog/?p=2823

[The infograph is in Swedish]

Recently we made a market research to find out how good our number lookup service is compared to the other services in Sweden. Here’s the result.

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I’m Known For…
Being the IT-guy that solves techie stuff

My Current Project
Exercise swimming, in my bathroom

My Greatest Achievement
Covered 2.2km for 1h in a swimming pool

My Biggest Regret
Every change is for the best

I Truly Respect
The bro-code

Moments I’d Like To Forget
You can’t go back and change your start, but you can start now and change your finish ;)

How I Pay For My Gadgets
I invest in gold and properties

Blocks I’ve Been Around
Eilat, Wieliczka, Lviv

Things That Really Happened
I got lost in Prague once

Where I’d Like To Be 10 Years From Now
Alive

Why TrueCaller
Find a job that will be your hobby and you won’t work a single day in your life

My Other Website
www.fbi.gov

 

Personal

What I’m Currently Addicted To…
Following the guidelines of “Rich Dad, Poor Dad”

This Is Annoying Me…
Extremely hot weather

This Is Making Me Worry…
Nothing actually, I read this book about how to stop worrying – and I stopped worrying

I’m Running From…
My house duties

This Is Making Me Think – Hard…
Spelling English words

This Makes My Teeth Itch
Dentist visit

Can’t Do Without
My fitness exercise

Favorite Voices
HitFM, LuxFM

My Most Awkward Moment
Waking up and not remembering what happened last night

My Secret Ambition
Becoming a professional poker player or public figure

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Scaling up network and servers is what Lorin eats for breakfast. He hates high entropy and talking about himself in the 3rd person.

I’m Known For…
Being an obsessive and compulsive bassist player

My Current Project
I’m currently looking for the perfect telescope for deep sky viewing and astrophotography

My Greatest Achievement
Under construction

My Biggest Regret
Not having my greatest achievement yet

I Truly Respect
Life

Moments I’d Like To Forget
New Years party 2003

How I Pay For My Gadgets
I don’t do gadgets

Blocks I’ve Been Around
San Mateo, Bucharest and in my own mind

Things That Really Happened
I’ve never broken any bone

Where I’d Like To Be 10 Years From Now
On Earth’s orbit

Why TrueCaller
I like small companies and you guys are TOO friendly

My Other Website
Si-bemol.ro

 

Personal

What I’m Currently Addicted To…
Drums

This Is Annoying Me…
When I get a uncreative task

This Is Making Me Worry…
My wife

I’m Running From…
Large crowds

This Is Making Me Think – Hard…
How Tori Amos creates her music

This Makes My Teeth Itch
Ignorance, and to be more precise when I act ignorant

Can’t Do Without
Toothbrush

Favorite Voices
Kurt Cobain, Tori Amos and the voices inside my head

My Most Awkward Moment
Still New Years Eve 2003

My Secret Ambition
To not die, ever

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TrueCaller is totally the smoking-ist app on the Android operating system. Now all you Android fanatics can benefit from the TrueCaller caller ID application that connects phone number directories from all around the world into one easy-to-use app, for free. Yes, free. TrueCaller also protects you from spam calls and enables them to search half a billion phone numbers worldwide.

What can you do with TrueCaller for Android?

· Global Number Lookup service enables you to search and find people from around the world.

· Caller ID functionality instantly shows the identity of those pesky unknown callers from abroad, anywhere in the world a call is received.

· Call Filter protects and warns you of fraud, spam and unwanted calls. If a call is received from any of the fraud, spam or unwanted numbers that TrueCaller has listed, a notification will appear to warn of the potentially unwanted call. You have the power to answer or block the call.

Run now and download the app at – http://m.truecaller.com/

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It’s an honor to announce that Nami and Alan have been the invited to be the only keynote speakers at the Ericsson Application Awards together with Ericsson’s CTO Ulf Ewaldsson.

The ceremony starts 11 am, Tuesday, May 22. If you’re not able to be attend, you can tune in and watch the whole broadcast live. See more information here: http://www.ericsson.com/thecompany/events/eaa2012/webcast

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What´s new?

  • Search has been improved to make the global search easier
  • Connection fixes have been made
  • Speed improvements made for search
  • Better support for older BlackBerry devices
  • Caller ID using 3G and BIS has been improved
  • UI improvements

Try it out — you’re going to love it.

Special thanks to the BlackBerry Development Team who approved our update in just a matter of hours! You guys are awesome!

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Have you ever wondered what’s going on behind the curtains at TrueCaller? And have you ever wondered what Umut eat for lunch, and how it looks like to hack for 13 hours? You can now follow TrueCaller on Instagram! We will reveal all the fun stuff that’s going on at TrueCaller HQ.

Our username is “TrueCaller”, come and join the fun!

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