This speaker could become a trigger to play your favorite podcast. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac The iOS 13 Shortcuts app brings plenty of radical changes — automatic scheduled and location-based ...
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Learn how to create an iOS shortcut that runs custom automations whenever your iOS device is close to an NFC tag. Image: Apple, Inc. NFC tags are small chips embedded into stickers or cards [maybe ...
It's easy to feel like the pandemic stole time away and messed with life plans, so Stolen Time looks at how to do things more efficiently. Whether it's tech hacks, podcasts or apps you need, or just ...
Pitaka's MagEZ Car Mount Pro 2 is an excellent evolution of its original car charger with the added benefit of NFC-powered Shortcuts automation. Car chargers don't seem like a place waiting for ...
Near Field Communication (NFC) is a data-exchanging technology that enables wireless waves to be transmitted between two components: the active one, which is your device, the one sending the data, and ...
Shortcuts has gotten so many amazing new tricks in iOS 13 that it’s going to take a while for us to cover them all. So, how about starting with the new NFC automations? This lets you tap your sleeping ...
As more customers are getting their hands on the Apple AirTag, we are learning more about its capabilities and usages. For example, it turns out that AirTag can be used as an NFC tag for a variety of ...