Once you have signed up for the service, MyAKA smartly assigns a mobile number that is in the same area code as your real number. This way, your contacts won’t know if you are using your real number or not. People can then call or text your second number and it will go straight to your phone. Once you add a contact, MyAKA will assign a unique ID that matches the contacts’ number so you can call and SMS your contacts through MyAKA.

MyAKA also routes your mobile plan to allow messaging and calls to your phone so that you won’t have to carry a second device.

Having a second number also unlocks features offered by MyAKA such as Pause for your MyAKA number, instant blocking, view call history, view usage, and view number list online.

MyAKA proposes that you put your trust in them in to ensure your real number is hidden from others. It is easy to reveal our mobile number – every time we sign up for a membership, talk to a business contact, or complete transactions, we always end up giving out our number. With MyAKA you are protected from accidentally providing your number to people you do not know and go on with your life worry-free about your personal information.

MyAKA offers a range of prices from the minimal 100 text plan up to 500 call and SMS plans.

Features:

• Protect your real number by getting an alias.
• Call and text from your alias number seamlessly.
• Add contacts that you want to converse through MyAKA.
• Easy setup.
• Check call info, usage history, and MyAKA contacts online
• Pricing available in different text and call plans.

Check out MyAKA @ www.myaka.com

Safety Photo+ is an iOS application sized at 7.4MB and compatible with iPod Touch, iPhone, or iPad running iOS 4.1 or later. The app lets you selectively lock photos by importing them from your library into the application. Locked photos can be viewed only after your selected passcode has been entered.

You can also take private photographs directly from within the application. Other features of the app include the ability to create photo albums, moving and copying photos, and uploading or downloading photos to or from your computer. The app even lets 2 iOS devices with Safety Photo+ share photos with one another.

Features:

• A user-friendly phone app.
• Compatible with iOS devices.
• Lets you lock your photos with a passcode.
• Lets you import photos from your existing photo library to lock.
• Lets 2 iOS devices with the app installed to share photos.

Check out Safety Photo+ @ http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/safety-photo/id456637671?mt=8 (By Umar from AllthatIsApple)

The app also has a plus version which has more features like the ability to send SMS remotely, export logs to PDF and many more. The plus version is subscription based but I couldn’t find the price of the subscription on their site.

Features

• Track your lost Android phone.
• Remotely wipe data and lock the phone.
• Plus version with more features available.
• Similar tools: TekTrak, LazyDroid, Wifi Photo Transfer, Android Screencast, and Webkey.

Check out OVERVI3W @ market.android.com/details?id=com.UnfairWare.PC.com.UnfairWare (By Abhijeet from GT Mobiles)

Once added, you can quickly see a person’s whereabouts in real-time over a Google Maps overlay. The app runs in the background, allowing for constant tracking 24/7, and even if your child wants to remove it, they will need a password to uninstall the app. Most importantly, Footprints can measure the speed of the person as he moves, which is interesting if your kid is driving.

Footprints is one of the few tools that has no qualms about debates in privacy, since they believe that when used correctly it helps keep the family safe. The accuracy of the tool is suspect but at least you’d know if your child is in a bad neighborhood or not.

Features:

• Know where your friends and family are.
• Share location in Facebook.
• Real-time location update.
• Available for iOS devices only.
• Similar tools: Puntalo, BuddyWay, NavXS, ChildPulse, Lookout, Prey and FindMyiPhone.

Checkout Footprints @ itunes.apple.com/us/app/footprints/id400119299?mt=8

iPhone Tracker is a tool that decodes and maps location data saved by your Apple device. The developers of the app thought it necessary to show how easily this location data can be decoded. This location data is recorded whether or not your GPS has been turned on because the source is your carrier’s tower triangulation.

The app serves an important purpose of clearly showing how this location data can be a threat to one’s privacy. You should check out the app and see how accurately your own whereabouts are being recorded by your carrier and your Apple device.

Features:

• A tool to track your iOS device’s whereabouts.
• Decodes location data saved by your Apple device.
• Displays location on a map.
• Comes as a ZIP and a TAR file download.

Check out iPhone Tracker @ https://github.com/petewarden/iPhoneTracker (By Umar from TechCityInc)

To start using UnknownCaller, just enter the phone number that you want to look up and click “Search”. It will then make a query using a third-party website to verify the information. You can also discuss the phone number with other people who may have received calls from the same number so you can help each other out.

Unknown Caller works very well for people who are fed up with prank callers or unethical telemarketers – just do a search and find who they are so you can file a complaint.

Features:

• Simple reverse phone lookup.
• Discuss specific phone numbers.
• Find caller name and current address.
• File a complaint for these numbers.
• Similar tools: Sullr, NumberZoom, and Tp2Location.

Check out Unknown Caller @ http://www.unknowncaller.info

Net Safety App has been made with support from Google and Verizon. The app sends you security tips every now and then. You can choose the intervals with which these tips are sent. These tips cover wide ranging topics like inappropriate material for children, online safety, teen concerns, and protecting your financial information online. With these tips you can stay notified of the latest online threats and protect yourself against them. Sources for these tips include Common Sense Media, ConnectSafely.org, OnGuardOnline.gov, and GetNetWise.org.

Features:

• A user friendly smartphone application.
• Compatible with Android devices.
• Sends you tips to protect yourself against online threats.
• Choose the frequency of tips.
• Keeps you informed of different online threats.
• Similar tools: NetSmartz Workshop, FamilySafetyCenter, FamilyShield, SafetyWeb and Zoodles.

Search for “Net Safety App” at the Android Marketplace or check it out @ www.androidapps.com/apps/534219-net-safety-tips-on-the-go-internet-education-foundation (By Umar from TechCityInc)

To start using Puntalo, choose your phone’s brand and model on your dashboard. Then you will be instructed how to install Puntalo on your phone. Once installed, you can start adding new people to notify and create an area within the map where you expect the phone to be at a given time.

When you lose your phone, Puntalo will tell you where you phone is while locking your phone to make sure your personal information is kept away from strangers. Your lost phone will be tracked on the map, and if you can’t get it back, you can remove the data in your phone remotely to protect your privacy.

Puntalo currently works only for Nokia, Sony Ericsson, and Samsung. While the app is free, you can sign up for a premium account to get SMS and e-mail notifications, remote phone lock, remote phone wiping, and more.

Features:

• Free and paid options available.
• Track your family and kids
• Use it track and find your lost or stolen phone.
• Real time monitor lets you know when your phone has arrived/left at a specific area on the map.
• Remove date remotely if your phone gets stolen.
• Similar Tools: BuddyWay, NavXS, ChildPulse, Lookout, Prey, and FindMyiPhone.

Check out Puntalo @ www.puntalo.com

Babble.ly is a free web service that masks your phone number by a URL. After entering your phone number, you get a verification phone call during which you use a PIN code; this is when the generated URL is activated. A call is placed to your phone when somebody visits this URL. If you accept the call, the URL visitor can voice call from his browser to your phone.

Through your Babble.ly account you can get URLs for different phone numbers and manage all of them from a single dashboard.

Babble.ly’s simple functions will greatly help you while placing ads on online forums; instead of providing your actual number and compromising your privacy, you can use the URL to let interested buyers find out more.

NOTE: At the moment Babble.ly only supports conversations of up to 10 minutes long and only works with US phone numbers.

Features:

• A user friendly web service.
• Lets your friends place calls to your phone through the internet.
• Does not need you to reveal your actual phone number.
• Supports conversations up to 10 minutes long.
• Lets you manage multiple phone URLs.
• Similar tools: Numbr.

Check out Babble.ly @ www.babble.ly (by MOin from ThumbPress)

App Lock is a free smartphone application for Android devices. The application’s function is simple yet highly useful ““ it password protects any application you choose. After installation, the app automatically locks the Gmail app and your phone’s settings with the default password ’8888′. You can modify this password anytime and add more apps to the locked list. With your options set, the applications you choose will be inaccessible until you key in the right password.

Features:

• A user friendly smartphone application.
• Compatible with Android devices.
• Secures your installed applications with a password.
• You can add any application to the locked list.
• Helps protect your data.

Check out App Lock @ www.appbrain.com/app/app-lock/com.cc.applock (via TechnoSpot) (by MOin from ThumbPress)