Truecaller is a global phone directory application for smartphones and feature phones, and accessible via a Web site, developed by True Software Scandinavia AB. It finds contact details globally given name or telephone number, and has an integrated caller ID service using Crowdsourcing to achieve call-blocking functionality and social media integration to keep the phonebook up-to-date with pictures and birthdays. The name Truecaller comes from the app being able to show the True name of the Caller. The client is available for Android, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Series 40, Symbian, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone.
HISTORY
Truecaller was developed by True Software Scandinavia AB, a privately held company in Stockholm, Sweden founded by Alan Mamedi and Nami Zarringhalam in 2009.
It was initially launched on Symbian and Microsoft Windows Mobile on 1 July 2009. It was released for Android and Apple iPhone on 23 September 2009, for RIM Blackberry on 27 February 2012, for Windows Phone on 1 March 2012, and for Nokia Series 40 on 3 September 2012.As of September 2012 Truecaller had five million users] performing 120 million searches of the telephone number database every month
FEATURE AND FUNCTIONALITY
The service is a global telephone directory that has caller ID, social media integration and call-blocking functionality. The application covertly uploads users' phone books and makes them part of its crowd-sourced database.
The service gains global coverage from its crowd-sourced data, which enables it to work even in countries such as the UK and India where public data is not available.The app is available in more than 100 countries worldwide.
Truecaller is available for Android,Apple iPhone,RIM BlackBerry, Nokia Symbian, Windows Phone 7, and Windows Mobile smartphones, Windows Phone 8
LANGUAGES AND LOCALISATION
As of 2012 Truecaller was available in 12 languages and locales: English, Arabic, Swedish, German, French, Chinese, Swedish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish.
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