App may prove useful in online commerce and certain social situations
Just as it is when you think of a snappy comeback hours after it would have been useful, this application from RingCentral catches my attention too late to have saved me from having done the “Dumbest thing I’ve done in a long time.”
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Called RingShuffle, the app provides a randomly generated temporary telephone number that will redirect calls to your regular number for a fixed period of time – the default is seven days – and then expire. The idea is to protect yourself from unwanted future calls in those situations that compel you to provide a number to a person or company you’d rather not have your number.
Mashable has details here.
And here’s where RingCentral provides both a vivid visual representation of when the app may come in handy, as well as a sign-up form, which I didn’t try because it would require me to give out my real phone number.
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