Thursday, 13 February 2014

IFTTT update: Introducing the Push.co Channel! Plus, new Evernote Recipes


Push.co is a simple way to send and receive iOS notifications of things you like, such as BBC News, The Next Web, and Hacker News.


Use the Push.co Channel on IFTTT for unprecedented control over your notifications.


IFTTT Recipe: Follow any feed from Push.co



IFTTT Recipe: Gmails from VIPs send you a push notification



IFTTT Recipe: Push me when my country wins a medal at #sochi2014



For a limited time, download Push.co for iOS for free and enjoy these Recipes.


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New Evernote Action


There’s a brand new Action available for the Evernote Channel that appends a to-do checkbox to any note you choose.


IFTTT Recipe: Send Foursquare To Dos to an Evernote checklist



IFTTT Recipe: Save my iOS reminders to an Evernote checklist


Thursday, 6 February 2014

IFTTT update: Introducing the ESPN Olympics Channel! Plus, send yourself Direct Messages on Twitter


We’re thrilled to introduce a special edition ESPN Olympics Channel that will be available during the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.


Follow breaking news and results from Sochi!


IFTTT Recipe: Tweet when your country wins an Olympic Gold Medal



IFTTT Recipe: Keep a simple spreadsheet of your country's Olympic medal wins



IFTTT Recipe: Follow new stories for your favorite Olympic athletes and sports



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New Twitter Trigger and Action


Exciting news for the Twitter Channel. Not only can you now send yourself Direct Messages, you can also get alerts for new followers!


IFTTT Recipe: New follower on Twitter? Blink the lights!



IFTTT Recipe: Send yourself a Direct Message for new Olympic top stories


Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Global Rank of Average Internet Connection Speed by EMEA Country (Avg. Mbps)

Global Rank of Average Internet Connection Speed by EMEA Country (Avg. Mbps)

4 Netherlands 12.5 Mbps
5 Switzerland 11.6 Mbps
6 Czech Republic 11.3 Mbps
9 Belgium 9.7 Mbps
10 Ireland 9.6 Mbps
11 Austria 9.3 Mbps
12 Sweden 9.3 Mbps
13 Denmark 9.2 Mbps
14 United Kingdom 9.1 Mbps
16 Finland 8.5 Mbps
17 Norway 8.3 Mbps
18 Israel 8.3 Mbps
20 Russia 7.8 Mbps
21 Romania 7.8 Mbps
27 Germany 7.6 Mbps
29 Poland 7.4 Mbps
30 Spain 6.9 Mbps
31 Slovakia 6.8 Mbps
33 Hungary 6.7 Mbps
34 France 6.5 Mbps
41 Portugal 5.9 Mbps
48 Italy 4.9 Mbps
51 United Arab Emirates 4.5 Mbps
54 Turkey 4.0 Mbps
95 South Africa 2.3 Mbps

Data from Akamai Technologies, Inc. (Q3 2013)

Akamai "State of the Internet" report reveals some interesting stats.

Akamai have released their latest "State of the Internet" report covering data from the last quarter of 2013.

Inside is some rather interesting information and statistics from their content delivery network. Here are just a few of the highlights from their report.

Average Connection Speed by Country/Region in Avg. Mbps
– Global 3.6
1 South Korea 22.1
2 Japan 13.3
3 Hong Kong 12.5
4 Netherlands 12.5
5 Switzerland 11.6
6 Czech Republic 11.3
7 Latvia 11.1
8 United States 9.8
9 Belgium 9.7
10 Ireland 9.6


Attack Traffic, Top Originating Countries (by source IP address, not attribution)
1 China 35%
2 Indonesia 20%
3 United States 11%
4 Taiwan 5.2%
5 Russia 2.6%
6 Brazil 2.1%
7 India 1.9%
8 Romania 1.7%
9 South Korea 1.2%
10 Venezuela 1.1%
– Other 17%


Attack Traffic, Top Ports
445 Microsoft-DS 23%
80 WWW (HTTP) 14%
443 SSL (HTTPS) 13%
1433 Microsoft SQL Server 8.6%
3389 Microsoft Terminal Services 5.1%
23 Telnet 3.8%
135 Microsoft-RPC 2.8%
22 SSH 2.2%
8080 HTTP Alternate 2.0%
1998 Cisco X.25 Over TCP 1.6%

Various Other 24%

Data from Akamai Technologies, Inc. (Q3 2013)

Thursday, 23 January 2014

IFTTT update: Introducing the Netatmo Weather Station Channel! Plus a new IFTTT Trigger


The Netatmo Weather Station monitors your living environment’s temperature, barometric pressure, humidity, carbon dioxide, noise pollution, and much more.


The new Netatmo Channel lets you create Recipes that interact with your environment in ways limited only by your imagination.


IFTTT Recipe: DM roommate when it gets too loud in the house



IFTTT Recipe: Too cold! Turn on the space heater



IFTTT Recipe: Change hue's color to orange when Carbon Dioxide rises above 1000 ppm



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New IFTTT Trigger


Have you seen the Favorites counter for your Recipes? Now you can know when one of your creations is Favorited by the IFTTT community!


IFTTT Recipe: Someone e︎'d my Recipe? Send me an email about it!


Tuesday, 14 January 2014

FREE Domain Parking / Instant Website PHP Script

Instant Site is a simple mini-site script with auto-updating content which you can use instead of parking your domain name or if you want an instant website with content.

Just upload the PHP files to your website host and edit the config file and you have an instant site with content!
No messing around with wordpress or installing anything else!

You can change the keyword used to create specifically targeted content to match your domain name or subject. You can also set the site title and tagline that features in the website header.


The content comes from Youtube for videos, Google for news and articles, & eBay for products.

This is a great way to keep your domain name in Google while you build a new site or while selling your domain name.


Hosting Requirements.
PHP Version 5+
ionCube loader - Please check with your web host
PHP curl - Please check with your web host

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/791522/Instant-Site.zip

Thursday, 19 December 2013

IFTTT update: New Toodledo and Gumroad Channels! Plus Foursquare and Withings updates

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The popular productivity tool Toodledo is now on IFTTT. Use the Toodledo Channel to create tasks, notes, and manage your to-dos in creative new ways.


IFTTT Recipe: Add tasks to your Google Calendar based on their due dates



IFTTT Recipe: Create new Toodledo tasks from voicemail



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Gumroad enables you to sell products like music, eBooks, and film directly to your audience. Use the Gumroad Channel to monitor or share your latest sales!


IFTTT Recipe: Add a row to a Google spreadsheet for every new sale!



IFTTT Recipe: Post a tweet every time a sale is made!



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New Foursquare Trigger


Use the new Foursquare Trigger to run Recipes every time you add venues to your to-do list.


IFTTT Recipe: Add your Foursquare To-dos to a Reminders list



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New Withings Trigger


Just in time for the holidays! The new Withings Trigger works when your weight surpasses a chosen threshold.


IFTTT Recipe: When you're over a desired weight log it in UP for workout motivation