Why is it that the newest innovations fade to become old hat so suddenly? It wasn't so long ago that Caller ID was the best thing in the telecommunications industry, with telemarketers finally meeting their match as we could see who was calling us before we answered the phone.
But the development of cell phones negated that great idea as the ability to trace a cell phone number was almost impossible.
This was because numbers were scattered between cellular providers and were not on one database for all to refer to.
But now, thanks to the development of reverse cell phone number search websites even that hurdle has been cleared.
We can now find out who is inundating us with those irritating spam texts or even who our spouse has been talking to.
Reverse number searches are useful for a number of reasons, not least for the two mentioned above.
You could also finally get in touch with that long-lost friend or distant relation, or even find out who your teenager has been communicating with from their bedroom.
If you want to trace a cell phone number then you just enter the number in question into the website search box and wait just a few seconds.
Before you know it, you'll have the address, name and employer details of the number's owner.
There is no shortage of sites that say they'll do the search for free, but this isn't true.
The fact is, they will all apply a charge to you before handing over the information that you have been looking for.
So be warned