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Ok, so it's not *that* amazing a concept, but it's still a useful option to have. Shutterstock/Nejc Vesel

You can easily set reminders that only activate when you arrive home*

*Or any other location that you plan to travel to.

SETTING ALARMS AND reminders are something we set every day. All of them follow the same format, they’re all activate at a specific time.

For the most part, that’s all you need, but another useful option is to set reminders based on location.

Let’s say you know you have to go to the shop at some point this week, but you’ve no idea when you’ll actually arrive. It could be the next hour or day and it’s pointless making a timed reminder as you won’t know when exactly you’ll arrive.

So the next best thing is to set a location reminder, one that only activates when you arrive at a designated place.

For iPhone it’s a matter of going to the Reminders app. When you create one, you will see an option saying Remind me at a location. Activating this will let you enter in a specific location so when you arrive or leave, your reminder activates.

Create reminder iPhone

You may have to give it a moment or two to load up locations but when you select one, you can choose the map radius (minimum 100 metres) you want the reminder to activate.

On Android, the quickest method is to use Google Now. When you enter it, either by holding the home button down or swiping up from it, you can swipe left to right to bring up the options menu. Select reminders and choose to create a new one.

You will be asked whether you want to choose a time or specific location before activating it. This only applies to locations you are travelling to. You will have to use something different if you want to activate one when you’re leaving.

add reminder Google

That said, there are more than enough similar apps on Android which offer the same functionality. Apps like RemindersAny.Do and Google Keep offer similar options, Any.Do allowing you to set reminders based no whether you arrive or leave.

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    Mute Steve Davis
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    Jun 18th 2024, 1:51 PM

    I’d love to know where these 85 people were hiding, they have €700 frozen in an account belonging me, even after i sent in passport, etc. etc. and actually impossible to speak to a human. Good riddance to the whole company.

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    Mute Alex
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    Jun 18th 2024, 1:57 PM

    @Steve Davis: Imagining all employees works in customer support to fulfil the Karen wish like yours is bonker.

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    Mute kevin rock
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    Jun 18th 2024, 2:15 PM

    @Alex: is that a riddle ??

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    Mute James T.Kirk
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    Jun 18th 2024, 2:16 PM

    @Alex: They are laying off customer support that’s the problem.

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    Mute Brendan O'Brien
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    Jun 18th 2024, 2:16 PM

    @Alex: Bonker than what, I can’t help wondering.

    I’d be annoyed too if I couldn’t get my €700.

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    Mute Sean Money
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    Jun 18th 2024, 5:46 PM

    @Steve Davis: it must be illicit earnings and suspicious no doubt.

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    Mute Mark R
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    Jun 18th 2024, 6:15 PM

    @Steve Davis: If I was owed 700, I would arrive in their office and sit in reception until a manager sorted the issue out.

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    Mute Steve Davis
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    Jun 18th 2024, 6:33 PM

    @Sean Money: No nothing as exciting like illicit funds unfortunately… when you hit a level of transactions they are legally obliged to ask you for further identification – which wasn’t a problem. Sent in everything they asked, and the system showed green ticks on everything – yet when i try to do a transaction, it says there was paperwork outstanding – yet everything was showing ‘completed’. All you get from emails and tickets is a robot response created by Ai. Sack the whole lot of them and close it down…. robbing ba*tards

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    Mute John Moore
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    Jun 18th 2024, 6:39 PM

    @Steve Davis: They’ll probably use your €700 to pay redundancies.

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    Mute Gearoid MacEachaidh
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    Jun 18th 2024, 6:44 PM

    @Mark R: I’ve done something similar in the past and it worked

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    Mute Gearoid MacEachaidh
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    Jun 18th 2024, 6:44 PM

    @Gearoid MacEachaidh: not with PayPal, Anthony big multinational

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    Mute bruce banner
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    Jun 18th 2024, 6:04 PM

    Dont tax us and we’ll employ people. Maybe it time to start taxing the techies.

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    Mute P. J.
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    Jun 18th 2024, 6:28 PM

    @bruce banner:
    Haha hahaha hahahaha

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    Mute Wolfgang Bonow
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    Jun 18th 2024, 6:32 PM

    @bruce banner: I don’t think it’s taxes as such.
    You have the advancement of AI and online chats and cheaper workforce in India.
    No Western country can compete with the salaries in Bangalore.
    Outsourcing to India and surrounding countries is the big issue.
    - and good luck talking to them on the phone.

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    Mute Eric
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    Jun 18th 2024, 8:31 PM

    @bruce banner: …so they employ less and exit the country ?

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    Mute Dan The Man
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    Jun 18th 2024, 3:01 PM

    Time for all staff to bail out of PayPal by the sounds of things. Writing on the wall.

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    Mute Noel McKeown
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    Jun 18th 2024, 7:29 PM

    Unfortunate for employees being let go but I think paypal is a business on the decline with likes of stripe, revolut ..etc Have not used it in a very long time and was a frequent user.

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    Mute Focal Cliste
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    Jun 18th 2024, 7:04 PM

    “. . .support packages to help them as they move to the next step in their careers,” added the spokesperson.
    That’s certainly putting a positive spin on redundancy proposals!

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    Mute Termaz FX
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    Jun 19th 2024, 8:29 AM

    The double edged sword of working from home – if you can do your job from Dublin then someone from Dehli can do your job for 1/10th of your salary

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    Mute S Suilleabhain
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    Jun 18th 2024, 6:54 PM

    They’ve really, really torn the a*** out of this country at this stage, letting down so many people sacking them.

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