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Facebook is giving Android phones caller ID I'm Bridget Carey and this is your CNET update Facebook is entwined in too many facets of our digital lives but now the social network is weaving itself into your phone calls Facebook launched a caller ID app for Android phones it's called hello it tells you who is calling even if you don't have that number saved in your phone that's because Facebook has a massive database of phone numbers from its users and it can match a phone number with a name a majority of Facebook's billion plus users share their phone number with Facebook however this app will only tie your name to your phone number if in your privacy settings you allow people to look you up by the phone number you provided to Facebook and by default that's turned on for everyone now when Facebook matches the name and number it also shows other information such as where the person lives their job and how many friends they have in common with you the details are based on what you're allowed to see if you visited their profile if you to look up a restaurant and if that restaurant is on Facebook it'll show you hours and directions along with caller ID Facebook hello lets you block calls from commonly blocked numbers these calls go straight to voicemail Facebook is growing its mobile audience and that includes separate apps a tones like Instagram and whatsapp 300 million people use Instagram each month 800 million use whatsapp and 600 million people are using facebook Messenger Facebook is making lots of moolah on mobile 73% of its advertising revenue this past quarter came from mobile ads and a majority of people are checking into Facebook every day on a mobile device now as Facebook expands its mobile reach Amazon is expanding its delivery reach by delivering packages to the trunk of your car as if getting a package to your door within an hour wasn't easy enough next month Amazon is testing a way to put your junk in your trunk the test is in Germany now with DHL and the German automaker Adi when you check out you tell Amazon the location of your audio card and when the DHL delivery person gets to a set GPS location they can digitally open your trunk for a moment without the keys the package goes in and the trunk is closed yeah I'm looking forward to learning how this won't be used by car hacking thieves and speaking of deliveries the Apple watch will begin to show up on doorsteps Friday for some of the very first people who pre-ordered two weeks ago but another SmartWatch is also arriving soon the LG watch urbane is going on sale in the u.s. next week in the Google store it's the first Android wear watch to have the latest software feature that lifts at work on Wi-Fi without your phone nearby that your tech news update you can head over to cnet.com for more from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey