An Amazing Tool: IFTTT

Have you heard of If This Then That (IFTTT)?  This app connects apps together, so they work best for you.  Visit the IFTTT site and sign up for an account.  Next, connect some of your apps, Gmail, Evernote, SMS (yes, texting on your phone), Facebook, etc.

When it comes to using this service, the possibilities are endless, but here are a few examples:

• Get a text every night of what tomorrow's weather will be.
• Track the time & your location in a spreadsheet.
• Automatically text someone when you are headed home.
• Have blog posts automatically emailed to you.
• When you post a photo to Instagram, have it automatically sent to Dropbox.

For just about any action you wish to automate that includes any app supported by IFTTT, you can find a recipe for.  Because there are so many possibilities, a Google search will give you so many more ideas.

Tax Calculator

Figuring out sales tax on the fly is not fun.  It can be easier with an app like the Sales Tax Calculator Free.  Download it on your phone, put in the tax rate, then you're all set.

When you're ready to use it, type in the price and it gives you the tax amount and total with tax.

This is a great app to have on-hand!

Read Email Receipt

Sometimes you would like to know when the recipient reads the email you send.  In Google Apps, PB&J Water has a feature set where you can know when someone opens the email.

Evernote, Take Your Stuff With You

It's hard to do a "Quick Tip" on Evernote!  Evernote is a note app you can put on all your devices and it syncs over all those devices.

But that description seems so lacking.

Automatic Photo Backup

If you're looking for an automatic backup of your photos on your phone and an easier way to get your photos to your computer, Flickr might be your answer.

Flickr offers a terabyte of free photo storage, that's enough space for half a million photos!  And the best part is you can set the Flickr app to automatically send the photos you take on your phone to your Flickr account in the cloud.

What's That Password?

Do you have trouble remembering passwords because there are so many?  Maybe you use the same password for everything; that's risky!