{"id":9443,"date":"2013-12-15T15:15:57","date_gmt":"2013-12-15T23:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/?p=9443"},"modified":"2017-06-04T12:12:11","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T19:12:11","slug":"ifttt-can-now-automate-actions-based-on-your-iphones-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/ifttt-can-now-automate-actions-based-on-your-iphones-location","title":{"rendered":"IFTTT can now automate actions based on your iPhone\u2019s location"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By <a class=\"author fn\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/users\/Jacob%20Kastrenakes\">Jacob Kastrenakes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The clever automation service IFTTT is getting a lot more powerful today with the addition of location features. In <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/ifttt\/id660944635\" target=\"_blank\">an update to IFTTT\u2019s iPhone app<\/a> that\u2019s rolling out now, the service will be able to begin watching your location, allowing it to automatically trigger tasks based on where you are. When you\u2019re nearing home, you could have IFTTT automatically turn on your connected light bulbs, send an SMS to your roommate that you\u2019re on the way, or send out a tweet that you\u2019re back, among dozens of other possibilities. It\u2019s also added in special triggers for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Foursquare that can let you automate a task whenever you post from one of them at specific location.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2013\/12\/12\/5203308\/ifttt-adds-location-automation-triggers\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jacob Kastrenakes The clever automation service IFTTT is getting a lot more powerful today with the addition of location features. In an update to IFTTT\u2019s iPhone app that\u2019s rolling out now, the service will be able to begin watching your location, allowing it to automatically trigger tasks based on where you are. When you\u2019re [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1470,43,1512],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-automation","category-business","category-mobile-phones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9443"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65093,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9443\/revisions\/65093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}