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

RingShuffle is available for free from iTunes. Sized at 2.4 MB, the app requires iOS version 3.0 or later to run. The function of the app is to provide you with a ‘shuffle’ phone number – a disposable phone number that is valid for 7 days. This number forwards all calls to your permanent phone number. By simply sharing your shuffle phone number you can control until when people are still able to call you. When your dealings are over you can simply reshuffle the number or wait for it to expire i.e. 7 days.

Features:

• A user-friendly smartphone app.
• Made for iOS devices.
• Provides you with a temporary phone number.
• Number redirects calls to your phone.
• Temporary number is valid for 7 days.
• Similar tool: Numbr.

Check out RingShuffle @ itunes.apple.com/us/app/ringshuffle/id458055752?mt=8 (by MOin from Urban Savior)

Browser Phone Userscript is a browser script for Chrome and Firefox that automatically makes phone numbers on webpages clickable. You can click on the numbers and they are sent to a browser phone using the Twilio client.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Makes all phone numbers on a webpage clickable.
• Calls numbers on a webpage.
• Uses the Twilio client.
• Similar tools: Numbr, PrivatePhone, Phone2Location and Phone Number to Word.

Check out Browser Phone Userscript @ menonvinay.posterous.com/browser-phone-userscript (by MOin from Urban Savior)

It has a huge number of firms listed in its iPhone and Android app, and you just need to select the one you want to talk to, and press “Have someone call me.” FastCustomer automatically goes through the IVR options, waits to get the employee on the line and then connects you to them.

The service is currently available only in the US but eventually plans to expand to other countries. They also plan to have paid plans too. For now, it is completely free to use. So use it if you are in the US to save time and energy on customer care calls.

Features

• Skip long waiting times on customer care calls.
• Available as iPhone and Android app.
• Similar tools:  LucyPhone, IVRHacks, DialAHuman and GetHuman.

Check out FastCustomer @ www.fastcustomer.com (By Abhijeet from GT Mobiles)

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

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)

Using this tool is as easy as entering any number that you want to check in the search field. ReversePhoneLookUp accepts only U.S. 10-digit numbers as of the moment. The tool will then load for a few seconds to investigate the number, then provide you with detailed data including the the area code, service provider, type of phone, zip code coverage, carrier type and more. The site also shows if the phone number had any complaints filed, and displays a Google Map to show where the phone number is located.

The service is provided free for anyone in the U.S. making it a great alternative for paid services that usually cost from $5 to $15. In addition, there is no limit to how many times you can look up a number. With this free service, there are lots of things you can do, one of which is checking out whether you were given a fake number by a girl or knowing the address of the person who just gave her/his number.

Features:

• Free; no sign up required.
• Unlimited phone lookups.
• Get the name of the owner of the phone number.
• Get the address, zip code, and a map to location.
• Works for landlines and mobile phones.

Check out ReversePhoneLookup @  www.reversephonelookup.com

In most cases, the tool will also display the name of the phone provider. You can also use the tool to gather information for many international numbers as well, but it is important that they are entered in the right format. The tool can also be used with your Google account to identify location of all your contacts and be added to your browser search engine (Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer).

Features:

• Identify geographical location for nay phone number.
• Also works for many international numbers.
• Add to your Google account or your browser search engine.
• No registration required.
• Similar tools: Cell Revealer & Phone Lookup, WhitePages, Sullr, Phone Number to Word and Tp2Location.
• Also read related articles:
  Top 8 Sites to Identify The Owner Of A Phone Number
  How To Trace a Mobile Phone Location with Google Latitude

Visit Phone2Location @ www.phone2location.com

The first service is Cell Revealer. It works in a straightforward fashion. You enter the phone number you have and results pop up (if found). Call Revealer performs an actual reverse lookup in the caller ID database to retrieve the information for you while the other sites just provide you with limited information found in phonebooks and other public sources. A limited number of lookups are allowed for free.

If Cell Revealer fails to find your number, you can give Phone Lookup a try.

Both sites work in the same way and work only for numbers in the US. While the success rate of these sites is not 100%, it is still quite impressive. The services are worth a try next time you are being bothered by an anonymous number.

Features:

• Easily find who cell phone number belongs to.
• Simple user friendly procedure.
• Perform an actual reverse lookup in the caller ID rather than just searching the public sources.
• Both sites combine to produce better chance of finding the number’s owner.
• Similar tools: WhitePages, Sullr, Phone Number to Word and Tp2Location.
• Also read related articles:
  Top 8 Sites to Identify The Owner Of A Phone Number
  How To Trace a Mobile Phone Location with Google Latitude.

Check out Cell Revealer @ www.cellrevealer.com and Phone Lookup @ www.phonelookup.com (by MOin from ThumbPress)

LucyPhone is a free web service that acts as a customer telephone switchboard so that you don’t have to wait on hold again when calling customer service.

To use LucyPhone, go to the website and search for a company name or type any toll-free number. Then enter your phone number and click the start button to initiate the service. LucyPhone will call you first then patch you through to the company. Interact with the company’s phone menu normally and once you are put on hold, just press ** and your call will be disconnected.

Once an agent is available on the line to talk to you, LucyPhone will call you back straight away and connect you to the customer service representative. You may also repeat pressing ** when you are put on hold again.

For more info watch demo video:

Features:

• Never wait on hold when calling customer service.
• Add a company’s number to the LucyPhone directory.
• Tweet about your LucyPhone call or publish it in Facebook.
• Free, signup is optional.
• Similar tools: IVRHacks, DialAHuman and GetHuman.

Check out LucyPhone @ www.lucyphone.com