A false social media report falsely claimed Buffalo Bills legend Steve Tasker had died, causing brief confusion. Tasker himself swiftly debunked the hoax with a simple "I'm fine" message on X. The ...

If you're at the stage where you want to do more with your phone and start building automations—customized mini-apps to carry out tasks—then Tasker (for Android) and Apple Shortcuts (for iOS) are ...

As I've covered before, Tasker is the ultimate Android app for hacks, automations, and customizations. $3.99 from the Google Play Store, it gives you deep access into the settings and features of ...

When Sarah and Steve Tasker were raising their five children in East Aurora, N.Y., they made sure they encouraged each of them to locate where their skills intersected with their passion. Their son ...

Arol is a tech journalist who worked as a news and feature writer for Android Police from 2021 to 2023. He first began writing online for the short-lived portal of Spanish-language gaming forum ...

As powerful and as smart at our smartphones are, they're still pretty much like any other computer in our possession. We have to tell it what we want it to do and, most of the time, we do it manually ...

After launching the simplified Tasky in the previous update, Tasker 6.0.1 beta is now tweaking the feature while adding some new automation options for longtime users. For those unaware, Tasky is a ...

I don't know about you, but one of the main issues I have with fancy-pants smart phones is the multitude of options and settings I'm forced to wade through to get my handset to behave exactly how I ...

Most people describe Tasker as a task control and automation app. I see an Android programming app for the masses. Instead of scaring you with code lines, this tool lets you use a friendly interface ...

Tasker one of our favorite Android tweaking and customization tools, and when it left beta and updated yesterday to allow you to export your Tasker actions as standalone Android apps, we got to ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...