Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

Automating tasks saves you time and boosts productivity in the long run, which I've observed in my many years of using Apple Shortcuts to automate everything from my Health data logs to app blocking.

I love tools that save time. Especially when they take care of technical stuff for me automatically. That’s why I use IFTTT—If This, Then That. IFTTT lets you link together the sites or devices you ...

IFTTT’s already dead simple Do collection of apps is about to get even better: two of the apps have just been supercharged with Apple Watch support, allowing you to run an IFTTT recipe on your watch ...

Amazon will cut off Alexa integration with IFTTT on October 31st, breaking automations for anyone still using Alexa triggers and features in their applets. Amazon will cut off Alexa integration with ...

Twitter. Facebook. Evernote. Dropbox. Gmail. Instagram. YouTube. RSS feeds. Email. Keeping up with the growing list of social networks, essential apps, and incoming data streams that have become part ...

The concept of saving time with an automation service using IFTTT is enticing, but it could waste more time in reality instead of saving it. IFTTT means If This Then That, and is a popular web service ...

If you’re a user of popular personal productivity service IFTTT (If This Then That) who also has an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, maybe you’ve wished that you could use iOS push notifications in your ...

With all the advances and conveniences that iOS offers, there’s one place that OS X continues to trump Apple’s mobile platform: automation. But with the appearance of IFTTT for iPhone, that gap is ...