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IFTTT Makes Things Simple With One-Step 'Do' Apps

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IFTTT (If This, Then That) makes it easy to tie two services together and simplify your digital life with specific commands known as Recipes. If your daughter posts a photo to Instagram, then send an alert to your Gmail account, for example. Or if a certain publication writes a story about the Apple Watch, then save it to your Evernote account.

Now, IFTTT is making it easier for you to trigger singular events via three new apps known as "Do." Essentially, there's no "if" component, just a one-step "do" via Do Button, Do Camera, and Do Note for iOS and Android.

"Take action with the tap of a button," the IFTTT team wrote in a blog post. "Run Recipes right when you want to."

Link your Philips Hue smart bulb to Do Button and switch up your lighting with one tap. Create a "Do" to set your Nest thermostat to 70 degrees, turn on the coffee maker, or email your significant other when you're on the way home.

With Do Camera, meanwhile, upload photos to a specific Facebook album or send parents family-friendly snapshots via Gmail. Want to log a meal to Jawbone Up? Just snap a picture. To tweet images to followers or post pics on Reddit, just open the Do Camera app and shoot.

Finally, create events in a calendar, tweet effortlessly, and save short notes on the go with Do Note.

All three new apps offer what IFTTT called "unprecedented control over the products and services you use every day."

IFTTT is also rebranding its celebrated principle app: Now simply called IF. All four apps are available now to download for free in the iTunes App Store and Google Play store.

For more, see PCMag's review of IFTTT and the slideshow above. Also check out our roundup of The 101 Best IFTTT Recipes.

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