IFTTT is an automation tool that lets you easily script actions that link together a wide variety of devices and services. It was co-founded in 2010 by Linden Tibbets and Jesse Tane, with the goal of ...

When my ignition turns on, that means that I am leaving my office, which could mean for lunch (I’ll be back in an hour), an off-site meeting (I’ll be back in an hour or two), or it’s the end of the ...

When If This Then That emerged in 2012, it was something of a curiosity, albeit a wonky one. The service allowed users to tie together disparate applications into "recipes." Through IFTTT, for example ...

IFTTT automates the steps that we need to take to obtain the information that we need and perform the actions that we desire; it’s essentially the digital butler of the Internet Programmers are very ...

"If This Then That" can connect your lights to Spotify, Google Calendar, and much more. David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps ...

Google Home makes it easy to automate your connected devices, but you can only do so much with the platform. Take your smart home to the next level by integrating Google Home into IFTTT (If This Then ...

You may think of the Web as a big tubular mesh of interconnectedness, but really, apps and sites tend to be more like islands than Kumbaya-singing cooperative circles. Evernote doesn’t seamlessly save ...

The irony of having a "connected home" is that if your devices run on different platforms, it's a challenge getting them connected. While Nest may play well with your Philips Hue or LIFX bulbs, a ...

If you aren’t familiar with IFTTT — short for “If This Then That” — it can be a little tough to wrap your head around. The basic gist of the platform is this: It cleverly links together hardware, ...

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 ...