<p>Today, IFTTT announces the addition of an iOS Location channel to its 'Internet glue' service. The channel will allow users to specify an 'area' that will allow them to trigger actions and recipes based on when they enter or leave that area.</p><p>Think, for instance, of setting up an IFTTT recipe that allows you to send a DM automatically to your loved one when you arrive at at a travel destination. Or one that allows you to zip a circle around your neighborhood and alert you when one of your friends checks in on Foursquare nearby.</p><p>I spoke with IFTTT CEO Linden Tibbets and Director of Mobile Devin Foley about the updates to the app. Foley mentions that he set up a 'dance party' recipe to trigger his Phillips Hue lights to color cycle when he gets close to his house, a fun way to let his son know that dad is home. Tibbets notes a recent wedding that he attended where he set up an area alert that pulled in all public Instagram photos shot during the event and dropped them into his Dropbox creating a photographic archive of the event that he could then share with the group.</p><p>The new location channel can be built on directly, or can be accessed via the Instagram, Facebook, Foursquare or Twitter channels. These are the initial offerings, but location will be built into more channels as time goes on. You can create an area of interest with a clever zoom-able interface that improves on Apple's geo-fencing tool in my opinion. You can then choose to make the recipe trigger on entrance, on exit or both from that area.</p><p><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/12/ifttt-launches-ios-location-channel-with-integrations-for-foursquare-twitter-instagram-and-facebook/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://thenextweb.com/apps/2013/12/12/automation-service-ifttt-adds-ios-location-channel-starts-work-android-app/">IFTTT Adds an iOS Location Channel, Android App on the Way</a> (The Next Web)</p><p><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/12/12/ifttt-adds-location-channel-to-its-ios-app/">IFTTT adds a location channel to its iOS App</a> (tuaw.com)</p><p><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/12/5203308/ifttt-adds-location-automation-triggers">IFTTT can now automate actions based on your iPhone&#039;s location</a> (The Verge)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=doCqb8S4WqBC9XMmutcUCrUBrzqUM&ned=us">28 additional articles.</a></p>