Tag: GOOGLECALENDAR

For all the good that Google has done in helping us keep our e-mails and events organized, it's notoriously bad for hiding useful tools and features out of sight. We've got two simple tips today for opening up Google Calendar's potential. Google Calendar's '4 days' view has always seemed out of place, but makes much more sense when you realize it's customizable. You'll need to head to Settings to ...

Now that you've got your Facebook events in order and your work and personal calendars synced across all of your computers, it's time to pull your events into your phone. Sure, Google offers a decent Web-based calendar optimized for mobile devices, but we prefer dedicated apps for their ability to work without a data connection. Google's two-way Sync service sends changes from your phone to the ...

Sometimes a simple SMS reminder buzzing in your pocket is enough to break all the pings and alerts hitting your computer screen throughout the day. Fortunately, Google Calendar is SMS-capable, which means you don't need a cutting-edge smartphone to get calendar alerts. Read on after the break to learn how to text your calendar. ...

You've got your calendars organized and spread across multiple devices, but you've still got a few stragglers. The Web-based version of Google Calendar is fine, but it lacks some of the niceties of desktop apps. Today, we'll show you how to sync your Google Calendars with iCal and Outlook. Back in the early '00s, getting your schedule synced across multiple devices was a headache of clunky ...

This week we'll help kick your Google calendars into shape. As with contacts and e-mail, Google provides a way to keep your calendars synced across multiple apps, computers and devices. As a primary source of party invites, meetups and family gatherings, Facebook is an unfortunate common ground for events these days. If you want to keep your Facebooking to a minimum -- or would prefer a single ...

Highlights from this morning's big tech headlines.... Foursquare mayor wannabes have an extra incentive to return to their pub or hot dog joint of choice. The location-based service will now let you know when you're within a mere 10 check-ins of an elusive mayorship. [From: foursquare blog] Google's new Gmail calling functionality has been used over 1 million times in the service's first ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. Google updated its excellent online Calendar app today with a roomier visual refresh and a right-aligned Tasks sidebar. No official announcement yet, but head over to ...

From now on, Gmail users won't have to go digging around their hard drives to manually attach files to e-mails, nor will they be forced to twiddle their thumbs while waiting for the attachments to upload. That's because Google has introduced a new "drag and drop" attachment feature for those Gmail users who employ either Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox 3.6. It means pretty much what it says: all ...

The German government, Web developers, and even Microsoft itself have all pushed the Internet browsing public to ditch Internet Explorer 6. Now Google is getting in on the action and taking drastic (but long overdue) action -- ending support for the browser across its line of productivity tools. Now, to be fair, Google is ceasing official support for several older browsers, including past ...

It's no secret that, by now, Google has collected an absolutely absurd amount of information about you. Google knows what you search for, what Web sites you visit (Chrome), which pictures you post (Picasa), the contents of your e-mail (Gmail), who you call (Google Voice), what you watch (YouTube), what you write (Blogger), what pills you take (Google Health), where you are (Google Latitude), ...

Productivity blog Lifehacker is a great resource online for software downloads, productivity tricks, and great DIY projects. Many readers out there take every endorsement or piece of advice from the blog to heart as words to live by. While we wouldn't go that far, the folks at Lifehacker certainly know a thing or two about using software and tools to be more effective and productive. The editors ...

Phishing is the practice of sending out fake e-mails in an attempt to lure unsuspecting recipients into providing information about themselves -- things like passwords, credit card information, or even Social Security numbers. By now everyone knows to watch out for and ignore shady e-mails with bad grammar (right?), but what about shady e-mails that appear to be sent from your Google Calendar ...

If you're like us, you use Google Calendar to share work appointments and collaborate on scheduling meetings. It's a simple and nice alternative to Outlook calendar and it's accessible virtually anywhere. If you're still like us, you also have a new iPhone and you wanted all those Google Calendar appointments on your new device. The process is simple and painless, at least for Mac users with iCal. ...