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Microsoft Flow

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Post by imarihantnahata » Sat, Apr 30, 2016, 7:10 AM UTC

Microsoft Flow
flow.microsoft.com

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#2

Post by daw___ » Sat, Apr 30, 2016, 10:06 AM UTC

Any clues on why the site asks to uniquely identify my phone?

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#3

Post by pella » Sat, Apr 30, 2016, 11:36 AM UTC

a new IFTTT competitor.

more alternatives:

* https://github.com/pjf/exobrain

* https://github.com/cantino/huginn/

* https://github.com/bipio-server/bipio

* https://github.com/ottawaruby/whenbot

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#4

Post by pella » Sat, Apr 30, 2016, 11:41 AM UTC

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11594951

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#5

Post by based2 » Sat, Apr 30, 2016, 11:54 AM UTC

http://www.automator.us/leopard/index.html

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#6

Post by chinathrow » Sat, Apr 30, 2016, 11:55 AM UTC

A new Zapier competitor (happy paying customer here).

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#7

Post by based2 » Sat, Apr 30, 2016, 11:55 AM UTC

daw___ wrote: post #2

Any clues on why the site asks to uniquely identify my phone?

http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/15-1719P-01A.pdf

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Post by tacos » Sat, Apr 30, 2016, 12:03 PM UTC

If this Microsoft thing then that Microsoft thing.

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#9

Post by hadrien01 » Sat, Apr 30, 2016, 12:37 PM UTC

Microsoft already created (and abandoned) a IFTTT competitor in 2012: http://onx.ms

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#10

Post by g051051 » Sat, Apr 30, 2016, 12:40 PM UTC

It says it's a free service and doesn't directly mention any restrictions, but when you try to sign up it will only accept something it thinks is a work or school email address. So I guess self-employed people who use Gmail don't count?

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