The IFTTT Recipes that Will Make Your Life Better
Activate these "recipes" and you'll be an efficiency machine in no time.
By Damon BeresLoading
What is IFTTT?
<a href="http://ifttt.com">IFTTT</a>—which stands for "If This Then That"—is an online‚Ķ
Organize your photos.
If you've got an iPhone, check out <a href="https://ifttt.com/recipes/103371">this recipe</a> by alexander…
Get the latest scores.
Whenever there's breaking news from ESPN about your favorite sports team, IFTTT can send you a text message. <a…
Boost your home security.
With a <a href="http://www.belkin.com/us/wemo-switch">WeMo motion detector</a> you can use <a…
Find your lost phone.
Handy! <a href="https://ifttt.com/recipes/1828">This recipe</a> by delphigreg triggers IFTTT to call your…
Escape a bad meeting.
Trapped across the table? Enable <a href="https://ifttt.com/recipes/12269">this recipe</a> by IFTTT user…
Watch the stock market.
Keep tabs on your investments via text message with two recipes: <a href="https://ifttt.com/recipes/78406">This…
Back up your Facebook photos.
If you haven't created back-ups of your uploaded memories—in case something ever happens to your Facebook‚Ķ
Get the weather, faster.
A <a href="https://ifttt.com/myrecipes/personal/5206617">recent recipe</a> created by IFTTT user…
Be the first to know about a zombie outbreak.
Or any other major disease, of course. IFTTT user cpaone constructed a <a…
Sync your social life.
Perfect for catfish schemers out there—or anyone who doesn't want to bother with manually swapping out profile pics on‚Ķ
Celebrate quitting time!
A <a href="https://ifttt.com/recipes/39856">recipe by mattysty</a> will send your phone a text message at…
Chronicle your social life.
If you "check in" wherever you go via Foursquare, <a href="https://ifttt.com/recipes/95">this…
Send season's greetings.
One <a href="https://ifttt.com/recipes/6165">oddly specific recipe</a> by glastohead will allow you to…