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8-bit Miniboss posted:Slice got to be garbage with its recent update. I need a new package tracking app and since I can't think of any that work similar to Slice, I'm open to the ones that you input the tracking info manually I guess. Get Pushover or Boxcar and use IFTTT: https://ifttt.com/recipes/69097 for Pushover, https://ifttt.com/recipes/74139 for Boxcar e: or use it with SMS: https://ifttt.com/recipes/122145 or email: https://ifttt.com/recipes/110403 IFTTT really is the best.
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It should be noted that IFTTT isn't strictly an app. I've been using it for a few years for work related stuff before even realizing it had an app to create recipes. Maybe I'm just saying things are common knowledge, but just-in case anyone is here thinking it's an iOS-bound thing...
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noirstronaut posted:It should be noted that IFTTT isn't strictly an app. I've been using it for a few years for work related stuff before even realizing it had an app to create recipes. Maybe I'm just saying things are common knowledge, but just-in case anyone is here thinking it's an iOS-bound thing... It just got an app in the last few months.
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8-bit Miniboss posted:Slice got to be garbage with its recent update. I need a new package tracking app and since I can't think of any that work similar to Slice, I'm open to the ones that you input the tracking info manually I guess. I don't like the new changes either but the basic functionality is still there, you just have to add one more tap. I agree though the changes are pointless.
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noirstronaut posted:It should be noted that IFTTT isn't strictly an app. I've been using it for a few years for work related stuff before even realizing it had an app to create recipes. Maybe I'm just saying things are common knowledge, but just-in case anyone is here thinking it's an iOS-bound thing... Are any of you concerned about them having access to your entire digital identity? Wouldn't that make them a prime hacking target?
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Josh Lyman posted:This latest discussion got me to log back into the account I created but never used. What they share is kinda up to the service and how each connect works doesn't it? Like Dropbox for example, I have to put files in Public anyway for the recipe I'm using. Some accounts act like Facebook where they are giving limited access and you can deny it at any time. Your stuff is already all over a bunch of servers anyway so it's up to who you trust.
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Oct 19, 2013 13:01
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Bass Bottles posted:In the Spotify app, you can skip songs by swiping the the album art to the left. This is great for when you want to skip songs without looking at the phone, such as when driving. Cartunes does this
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Is there a way to have my phone open my garage door? I might even be ok with purchasing some sort of bluetooth adapter deal if its not too crazy expensive.
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Wadjamaloo posted:Is there a way to have my phone open my garage door? I might even be ok with purchasing some sort of bluetooth adapter deal if its not too crazy expensive. This guy hacked a way to open his garage with siri: http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=25118 Not expensive, but you need some hacker knowhow to get it running.
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Wadjamaloo posted:Is there a way to have my phone open my garage door? I might even be ok with purchasing some sort of bluetooth adapter deal if its not too crazy expensive. Yes that market is exploding right now and all the media/service giants are jumping in on the craze. There are independent products that do this as well as packages you can buy that usually include other security features. But no, obviously you will not be able to just close your garage door without having some sort of device to receive a signal from your phone that it needs to be closed.
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xzzy posted:This guy hacked a way to open his garage with siri: This becomes almost trivially easy if you use a PiFace…and you can even add reed or pressure switches to monitor other doors.
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Bass Bottles posted:In the Spotify app, you can skip songs by swiping the the album art to the left. This is great for when you want to skip songs without looking at the phone, such as when driving. Car Tunes. E: gently caress, didn't see there was another page.
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I liked safari in iOS 2 - 6. Enough so that I've bought several devices. I hate the new swipe controls in ios7 safari, and googling doesn't show a way to turn them off. Is there a fast browser I can download similar to the old safari? Preferably with Adblock support.
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Oct 20, 2013 20:26
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Is there an app (or ifttt recipe) that will monitor a website (or a group of websites in my bookmarks) and notify me if the page updates or chances?
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Oct 20, 2013 20:47
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Is there a simple app for tracking personal, day to day spending and then have a look at some pretty charts on a web page so I can see, for instance, exactly what proportion of my income I am spending on anime? I'm in the UK so can't use Mint - which seems to be the go-to recommendation for anything like this.
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Pissflaps posted:Is there a simple app for tracking personal, day to day spending and then have a look at some pretty charts on a web page so I can see, for instance, exactly what proportion of my income I am spending on anime? I've always preferred Pageonce (Now check.me) to Mint anyway but I wouldn't be surprised if it was also US only. I clicked around on their page and didn't find anything saying it was but... yeah.
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Oct 21, 2013 13:48
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Pissflaps posted:Is there a simple app for tracking personal, day to day spending and then have a look at some pretty charts on a web page so I can see, for instance, exactly what proportion of my income I am spending on anime? It has a month-long free trial, and it requires a computer to sync up to (and dropbox) but I love it. It's normally 60 bucks but it occasionally goes on sale for $15 on Steam, and if you do some of the live web-trainings you can maybe win a free copy. I bought it when it was on sale but how much value I've gotten out of it in the last four months was honestly worth the 60 bucks. They're also working on a full version of the program for iPad that won't require a computer, but who knows when that's gonna come out. 100 HOGS AGREE fucked around with this message at 14:04 on Oct 21, 2013 |
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I've been trying Spendee for day to day expense tracking. It's pretty new (it's a swishy, iOS 7 looking thing) and not too bad. There are a few annoyances which the developer says they are addressing in upcoming updates. Not sure if I'll stick with it myself (YNAB is tempting me as I'd find a Mac component super useful) but worth mentioning as a new-and-currently-being-developed addition to the category.
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Move to the US, then use Mint.
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Important detail: You Need A Budget does not have the capability to automatically import transactions.
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:Important detail: You Need A Budget does not have the capability to automatically import transactions. But you can go to your bank website and download an ofx or qfx file and import them quite easily.
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Liquid Penguins posted:I liked safari in iOS 2 - 6. Enough so that I've bought several devices. I hate the new swipe controls in ios7 safari, and googling doesn't show a way to turn them off. Is there a fast browser I can download similar to the old safari? Preferably with Adblock support. I assume you're talking about needing to do a flick down in order to bring the interface back after you've scrolled down? You can instead bring it back by tapping either the url or the very bottom of the page. The only other swipe controls I can think of are forward/back and closing tabs but those all have buttons associated with them.
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I installed a new budget app called level, haven't used it yet but the screenshots looked really clean and elegant. I feel like mint and check have a lot if clutter.
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:Important detail: You Need A Budget does not have the capability to automatically import transactions. It kind of goes against their whole mind set of money management in that they feel you should manually record transactions but yeah you can download quicken files through it pretty easily. I think if you buy it from steam though they can't provide you the upgrade discount that they usually offer when you buy it from their site. Just something to think about.
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Thankyou for your help everyone you've given me a lot to think about. Together we will bring my anime addiction under control.
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Wadjamaloo posted:I installed a new budget app called level, haven't used it yet but the screenshots looked really clean and elegant. I have not used Level extensively, but I have been very impressed with everything I have seen from it. Straightforward set up with everything you need.
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I wonder what is so fundamentally different about our banking services that makes these apps (ones that link into your bank's records) so ubiquitous in the States whereas in the UK they're non-existent and you have to rely on your own bank's app to access anything.
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Pissflaps posted:I wonder what is so fundamentally different about our banking services that makes these apps (ones that link into your bank's records) so ubiquitous in the States whereas in the UK they're non-existent and you have to rely on your own bank's app to access anything. They're only ubiquitous in the USA because Mint, etc have gone to the effort of scraping online banking pages, etc. It's a tremendous, error-prone effort - it's not like American banks are providing nice OAuth delegated access or something.
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Yeah. Mint routinely fails to scrape info from one of my big banks like Chase, then takes weeks to hammer out the issues. Before Mint, there was Yodlee. It still exists, and I'm pretty sure it supports lots of banks across the pond. No real mobile app though.
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oaok posted:Is there currently any hidden emulators on the App Store? It's very rare when that happens, and they usually only stay up for a few hours.
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I bank with Simple, and it's the best experience I've ever had with any finance/banking app. It's basically Mint, except it's a bank. It's really, really nice and their customer service is loving amazing. If anyone wants to try it out, I think I have a few invites left. e: US only, sorry.
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I'd like a simple invite, I sent you a PM
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the kawaiiest posted:I bank with Simple, and it's the best experience I've ever had with any finance/banking app. It's basically Mint, except it's a bank. It's really, really nice and their customer service is loving amazing. If anyone wants to try it out, I think I have a few invites left. I'd like one if you don't mind.
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I'd like to move to the US and then get a Simple invite, because gently caress First Trust bank and the bog-standard app they only finally launched this year.
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Event thread is open.
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Lexicon posted:They're only ubiquitous in the USA because Mint, etc have gone to the effort of scraping online banking pages, etc. It's a tremendous, error-prone effort - it's not like American banks are providing nice OAuth delegated access or something. That's a surprise I didn't realise it was just doing scraping. I guess it's just a case of it not being worth their time do UK banks.
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My bank usually isn't available on these banking apps. Mint and check just recently added supported for it and Level does not support it. I am a bit disappointing, I really wanted to give level a try. Oh and Check only shows my checking account with the bank, it won't show the credit card I have with them. VV I did. eSporks fucked around with this message at 17:51 on Oct 22, 2013 |
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Wadjamaloo posted:My bank usually isn't available on these banking apps. Mint and check just recently added supported for it and Level does not support it. I am a bit disappointing, I really wanted to give level a try. Send a request to add it to the future support list. My credit union wasn't in there either but they sound pretty receptive for additions.
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Pissflaps posted:That's a surprise I didn't realise it was just doing scraping. I guess it's just a case of it not being worth their time do UK banks. Yeah. It's a horrible kludge that yields imperfect (though surprisingly good) data and is fraught with all sorts of worries about liability and security, even if you trust the intentions of everyone in the chain. It's totally unnecessary, too. We already have standards and techniques for delegating revokable, read-only access to private data. But banks are lazy, hostile to their customers, and bad at technology. Ergo, Mint.
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