Google is working on a ‘lookup’ button for unknown callers on Android Illustration: The VergeGoogle is working on a feature that is so simple and so useful that I’m shocked it hasn’t been part of our lives for a decade: a way to look up a phone number that just called you, right from your recent calls screen. X user AssembleDebug tipped off PiunikaWeb to a new “Lookup” button in the beta version of the Google Phon…

LPT: Vote early to avoid canvassers and cold callers I’m volunteering for a local candidate and getting my first experience with the inner workings of a political campaign. One thing I’ve learned is that campaigns can get your info (name, address, phone number, etc) from the registrar. As part of that info, we can also see if you requested a mail ballot and whether you have voted yet. Obviously if…