Sounds like a slightly more advanced version of the Android app called Tasker.
Posts by IR
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Apple patents situational awareness for oblivious fanbois
US insurer punts 'bestiality' to wide-eyed kiddies, gasp 'mums'
Trekkies detect Spock's Vulcan homeworld ORBITING PLUTO
Playmobil punts bank-heist set to wide-eyed kiddies
Re: Never mind Lego
Yep, just about every police Lego set has a stripey robber in it.
Here's a good one:
http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Police-Prisoner-Transport-7286/dp/B004478GJM/ref=pd_sim_t_5
But even better is this one that shows kids the usage of a crowbar to get into an ATM:
http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Police-Minifigure-Collection-7279/dp/B004478GIS/ref=pd_sim_t_7
Mozilla blocks auto-loading of plug-ins by Firefox
Smarm-bot Siri seeks side-splitting script-writer for charm transplant
Bloke blasts Sprint for fingering his home as phone thieves' den
Mapquest did something similar to me back in the 90s. I put in a shop address, which turned out to be wrong (shop website was wrong). Since the address couldn't be found (I'm guessing, it didn't tell me so at the time), it gave me directions to the centre of zipcode, which happened to be a warehouse that got a few similar people like me in the past.
"Hi , I'm looking for this shop..."
"Used Mapquest? It's wrong. There's no shops anywhere near here."
I found the shop in a more traditional way - found a payphone, phoned them up, and got directions.
Intel's set-top TV effort snags on cable
The cable companies make it sound as if they want to keep the specialist channels part of a bundle so that you have access to them them. What they really want is for you to pay for the complete bundle that includes a particular channel, even if you don't watch the rest. The psychological aspect is that you are getting more for your money, even if you aren't going to use any of the extras. And because these silly mind tricks work on so many people, the rest of us are stuck with it.
My DVR keeps track of the channels I watch the most. Taking out local news channels, I watch six channels about 95% of the viewing time. The other 5% are from movies on random channels that I don't see otherwise. I expect that most people are roughly similar although with different channels. If I paid $10 per channel then I'd still save money, although even in that case I think I'd probably only go for 3-4 channels and use the saved money for Netflix for the programmes on the channels I drop.
We just need a few brave channels to start livestreaming, but I'm sure that the cable companies forbid them from doing so in their contract.
Android Trojan taints US mobes, spews 500,000 texts A DAY
Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7in Android tablet review
Okay, so this is a review of all the things you can't do with a Kindle, now can we have one that tells you all the things you can do?
I've been lumbered with one for xmas (got an early heads-up) which I can't return (wanted the Nexus 7), so I was hoping this article would tell me the easiest options for sideloading and the risks of rooting since the rest of the web is pretty light on details (Looks like I am best off downloading an app onto my phone, then extracting the apk using airdroid, copying onto the Kindle and installing it using the file explorer - but that's just my best guess).
Even better, I could be the awesome uncle who turns up on xmas and makes my neice's sucky tablet into something much more capable, but it looks like I'll have to wait until I get my own hands on it
App designed for safe sending of naughty selfies is rife with risks
Verizon to close mobile app store, disappointing few
Valve's Half-Life
STONEHENGE: Attack of the RAYGUN HISTORIANS
Re: still seems funny to me
Presumably they already had smaller versions that they calibrated over the years and then built a big one that aligned with them. Not beyond reason that they also added up the days it took to do a full cycle and used that for every day planning. Some people seem to think that the huge Stonehenge was their only way of knowing the calendar, which would be absurdly awkward.
Democratic congresswomen 'less feminine in appearance' than Republicans
Nah
It's just that conservative women tend to fit into the stereotype that women must be caked in make-up and have big hair, whereas liberal women don't. You should also notice that half of the attacks on Democrat women by conservative talkshow hosts concentrate on their physical appearance rather than policies.
Vote now for the ultimate bacon sandwich
What?!
A bacon sarnie can _only_ contain bread, bacon, and condiments.
Anything other than bread is an immediate disqualification and it becomes a roll, bap, etc. Toast gets in under a technicality, but is not in the spirit of things.
Adding X as a secondary ingredient would make it a "bacon and X sarnie". Not the same.
Condiments can be any sauces, and include butter or margarine, but they must not overwhelm the bacon in any way.
Under these perfectly normal restrictions, my favourite is white bread with butter and ketchup.
I was thinking this vote would be more about white vs granary vs brown, or brown vs ketchup, not just showing a large selection of breakfast rolls - many of which look tasty in their own right but really aren't bacon sarnies.
Motorola Razr i hands-on review
Old men who use computers less likely to get dementia
Ghostbusters
Re: Toasted marshmellow
"(though for Spectrum gamers (and possibly others - I haven't checked), there was a glitch/easter egg which could save you some cash during the initial game: entering "0" as the car-type gave you a solid black rectangle which was cheaper than the rest of the options!)"
The problem with that was that you couldn't suck up any ghosts!
Why the Apple-Samsung verdict is good for you, your kids and tech
Re: Bent but not broken
""But the armchair "patent system is broken beyond repair" position doesn't stand up. ""
Beyond repair? I don't think that a single comment on here has said that, and those out on the internet who have done so are minor in all ways. Broken, yes. Beyond repair, certainly not.
""You have to quantify the damage ("cost to society") and then demonstrate that this is greater than the innovation the IP system produces, and the value it unlocks. Will our kids be better off? How?
I am keen to hear alternatives that fulfill those criteria - but I'm sorry, but all I hear is whining.""
So in order to complain about something at all, you must produce a detailed description of the faults, how to change them and detailed analysis on how those changes will affect society hereafter? Such a shame you don't follow your own advice. You still seem hung up on current system vs no system at all.
So many people have effectively said "The US system is broken, the European system is better", which does pretty much everything you ask in a single comparison from its own evidence.
Microsoft's new retro-flavoured logo channels Channel 4
About time they flattened out their nonsensical flag logo, which evolved from a Dali-esque curved window. I'm surprised they didn't do it earlier, when they first unveiled the Metro interface on Windows phones, since it is pretty much the same as that.
Always amused me how so many logos demonstrate how people can't decide whether green or yellow is the third primary colour so they include both.
Amount of CO2 being sucked away by Earth 'has doubled in 50 years'
US county named 'area of outstanding natural stupidity'
Re: Florida?
Kitsap county used to be part of the same county as Seattle - until they tried to ban alcohol and were quickly separated off.
The number of "Proud to be a redneck" stickers on rusty trucks I see in Kitsap pretty much cements its status as an honorary member of the US southern states.
Kepler space telescope peers at hot alien couple
Megan Fox fingers fondleslab in sexy store promo
Gaia scientist Lovelock: 'I was wrong and alarmist on climate'
China's bullet trains to get face-invading cameras
Mobee Magic Numpad
'As seen on TV' claims can't be made about unbranded props
US ecosystems basically unaffected by global warming, studies show
Extreme weather blown away from unexpected direction
Angry Birds Space flings 10 MILLION downloads in 3 days
Take your hands off me - I'm a tech VC superstar!
Apple blocks booze, cigs sales with parental control patent
Crap PINs give wallet thieves 1-in-11 jackpot shot
Chinese woman sparks net craze with virgin website
Golden booty-shakin' bug named after pop diva Beyoncé
Cops cuff rectal shoplifter
Google Maps takes scenic route
It's been marked on paper maps as "River Lea or Lee" for decades. IIRC it changes name from Lee to Lea somewhere along the way.
I've noticed issues with Google maps where it seems to think some sections of road are one-way for some reason, which causes the weird routing. It's most noticeable when the only alternative route is very long, like those shown in the article.
'Mobiles bake men's balls' bog ad is cobblers - new ruling
Latest El Reg project: Rise of the Robot Sheep
Paradigm shift
How about instead of treating lawn mowing as a once-per-week or so activity, treat it as a constant thing. As soon as a blade of grass gets to a certain length, zap the top off with a laser. Constant scanning as a specific height means one or so shots per minute, with some software to avoid shooting larger objects such as children.
Five... friendly, free Android apps
>Because any OS that requires a heap of tools to manage it is, IMHO, borked.
It's a good job that they aren't required then. Next to no one has all of those apps, and everyone else seems to get by without them. Most of those functions are accessible to me without having to install an app, they are just buried in the settings menu (at least in froyo and gb).
You seem to be labouring under the misapprehension that they are needed to have Android running well. They aren't.