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#1 mjs27541

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Posted 24 April 2014 - 06:57 PM

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     Another new task automation app has launched on the Play Store today.  IFTTT, short for If This Then That, has been available for iOS for some time, and has been a while in the making for Android.  Another Tasker-ish app, IFTTT is more app driven, and allows for simpler if-then (hence the name) relationships between apps you have installed.  So say you want your newly uploaded Instagram photos to also post to your Flickr account.  You simply create what IFTTT refers to as a "recipe" to establish the causal relationship between the apps, and you're off and running.  This is a very basic example, and at this point IFTTT only seems limited by the number of apps which can be set up in causal relationships.  It's available for free in the Play Store, those interested in checking it out can do so

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Posted 29 April 2014 - 10:33 AM

aargh first App Config then this.. what to do, what to do?


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Posted 29 April 2014 - 11:43 AM

I know right? I really need to sit down and learn how to use tasker, but its great to see options out there for the less patient among us, like me :lol:

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Posted 29 April 2014 - 04:47 PM

Me too

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Posted 30 April 2014 - 12:30 PM

Tasker is the bomb. I swear by it and have for quite a few years.


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