robocalls

Two Southcoast schools received bomb threats Monday morning.

New technology emerged earlier this week that can block robocallers. The service is called Nomorobo and works by channeling all of a user's calls through one of Nomorobo's online servers. Before the call even rings on the user's phone the service analyzes it to determine whether the call should go through or be blocked by comparing the number to a database of fraudulent numbers...