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Schedule a Phone Call to Yourself and Politely Escape any Boring Situation

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You have been invited to a meeting that would last really long. You cannot say “no” but secretly wish that someone calls your phone in the middle of that never-ending meeting and rescue you from the boring situation. Well, you can take the help of a human friend or use IFTTT, the versatile automation app available for both iPhone and Android. With IFTTT, you can easily create a workflow (applet) that would simulate a fake phone call to yourself at the scheduled time and help you smoothly exit that meeting. What’s new then? The phone calling service has been part of IFTTT for some time now but it was earlier limited to the U.S. region only. The latest version of the IFTTT app brings phone calling to everyone outside the U.S. as well. Let’s get started. Schedule an Automated Phone Call to Yourself Create a free account at IFTTT and enable the Date Time service and the VoIP Call service . Next, create a new applet and choose Date Time for the “this” condition. The trigger should b...

Google Domains Go Live in India – The Best Place to Buy Domain Names

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Google Domains, if you are new, is a domain registration service where you can buy new domain names or transfer your existing domains from another registrar into the Google service. There’s no official announcement yet but  Google Domains  are now available in India without you having to use any hacks or  proxy servers . I own about a dozen-odd domains and they have been mostly purchased through Gandi, GoDaddy, Dreamhost, and BigRock. Last week, I purchased a new domain  reverse.photos  through Google Domains and, like most other Google products, loved the overall experience. Everything is tied to your main Google account so there’s one less set of credentials to remember and the account is already secured with 2-factor authentication. Google Domain includes intelligent and powerful search that will not only suggest domain names based on exact keyword matches but related words too. So a search for “blue widgets” will check the availability of “blue widge...