Calgoo

Find calendars, schedules and events. View and work with your calendars your way. Share calendars and events with people you choose.

SpanningSunc

Spanning Sync v1.0, an application that provides two-way synchronization between Google Calendar and Apple iCal, has launched after seven months of development - including a four-month beta period. As The Unofficial Apple Weblog noted, Spanning Sync also syncs between multiple Macs and Google Calendar accounts, with iSync-compatible devices like iPods and mobile phones (iPhone too when it's released), and with Google Apps for Your Domain (Google's hosting service). It is an Apple-only application, so many people (myself included) can't use it. But it's an excellent example of two trends which we're tracking closely here on R/WW: 1) offline/online sync functionality Spanning Sync founder Charlie Wood told me: "I believe in a hybrid future where desktop/mobile applications serve as front-ends to hosted applications and work even when a network connection or the hosted application itself is unavailable. Such hybrid applications will be powered by transparent synchronization, which is a hard but not impossible problem." It'll be interesting to see whether the big companies (Google, Apple, Microsoft, et al) will offer more sync functionality over time. At the moment it's innovative startups like Spanning Sync, Morfik and Sharpcast - and some big companies too, like Adobe - which are leading the way. 2) Integration between web companies, in this case two biggies - Google and Apple I second the MacUser blog, which comments: "...[I] think it’s great to see Mac and Google apps integrating so well. Hopefully in the future, Apple and Google will follow this model themselves to allow first-party integration between their products." The Spanning Sync blog notes some stats from the beta period: 18,862 beta users from 58 countries 65,097 client downloads 5 languages: English, German, French, Japanese, and Swedish 6.1M events sunc

Calgoo

Calgoo, the Java-based app that syncs up your online and offline calendars, launches its second version today, and has graduated from a closed beta to a public download. With the update comes support for iCal, Microsoft Outlook, and both tiers of Google Apps (free and premiere). It's also undergone a face-lift that makes it similar to Apple's iCal with a touch of Outlook. (Credit: CNET Networks) Calgoo does require a small download, but what's nice is that you can create appointments and schedule your Google Calendar without going online. The next time you're able to connect, Calgoo will sync up your changes. The one thing that seems to be missing from Calgoo is an e-mail client that ties in with Gmail. If you're used to Outlook for scheduling and e-mail it seems right to have both services in one place, and with Calgoo it's oddly absent. Since Google isn't providing an offline app for Gmail (besides POP3 support), it would be great to have it in the same place as your Google Calendar. In the meantime, Calgoo provides a great solution for pushing your Outlook calendar to Google Calendar without uploading giant CSV files.

BigContacts

Big Contacts was created to put contact data and notes and history and access it whenever and wherever you are. BigContacts goal is to build a user friendly, easy to use, web service. Over time, your Big Contacts data will be accessible in many different ways including mobile phones.

Plaxo

Plaxo is a valuable tool that I have found useful in organizing and keeping my address book up to date. There are a free version and Premium Service to choose from. I am currently using the free version and am quite comfortable with it. One of the best features is that you can email your contacts an update request form where they type their own information. This is a real time saver, and you can email either all your contacts or just a selection. Plaxo then reports those who updated, those pending and also bounced emails. For Outlook users there is also a plug-in that syncs your online data with your local address book. Also, there are import and export wizards supporting the most widely used formats in Windows and Mac. One last incentive you might consider to manage your address book with Plaxo is the vast 15 million plus database of current users that, on the most part, keep their own data updated.

GradeFix

Frantically trying to keep on top of homework is a waste of time. Instead of spending time trying to figure out what homework to do, let Gradefix do the organizing for you. Simply add your homework tasks and Gradefix will work them into your schedule.

Ecirkit

This ajax-powered social network launches today. In fact, the use of ajax on Ecirkit is extensive - everything from videos to photos to your calendar appears without a page refresh. It seems less likely, however, that such technological feats will impress users - MySpace is renowned for lacking any kind of technological innovation.

BackPack

Backpack is a simple web-based service that allows you to make pages with to-do lists, notes, files, and images. Backpack also features a Calendar and Reminders that can be sent via email or to your cell phone at predefined times. Tagging pages makes it easy to group related pages together. You can keep track of things to do and places to see on your next vacation, plan a home improvement project, organize a wedding, keep track of houses you're considering buying, gather information for a research project, and plenty more.The Backpack Calendar lets you keep your schedule online and accessible from any computer. Work, home, vacation — you can get to it from anywhere. You can even share calendars with other people using the iCalendar file format.One of the great things about Backpack is that you can share your pages with other people. Just click the "Sharing" link on any Backpack page, enter someone's email address, and then they can view the page too. It's a great, simple way to collaborate with friends and colleagues.

KIKO

The best AJAX calendar on the web with tons of features, including RSS feeds, multiple calendar views, tabbed interface, natural language appointment creation, SMS, Email and AIM reminders, and more!

Hula Project

Hula is a calendar and mail server whose goal is to be fun and easy to use, while scaling effortlessly from small groups to large organizations with thousands of members.

Calendar Hub

Create a Calendar That You Can Access from Anywhere. Keep it private, share it with others or publish it on the Web .

30 Boxes

30 Boxes was created for people looking for a robust yet simple social calendar that is easy to share with family and friends.

ZCubes

Do it all, "Fai tutto in uno". Con questo slogan ZCubes si presenta sulla scena degli applicativi Web di nuova generazione. Un concentrato di tutte le utility di cui si può aver bisogno e a cui accedere con un unico account.Nonostante sia stato lanciato solo di recente, la lista degli strumenti messi a disposizione è già abbastanza lunga: browser, motore di ricerca, editor di testi, scrittura a mano, tool per il disegno e il fotoritocco, gestione di foto-audio-video, pubblicazione integrata con il blog o la propria pagina di social network, chat, e molto altro ancora.Il tutto senza dover scaricare nessun applicativo o plugin in locale e, almeno per il momento, senza nessun costo o limite di spazio.Per fare un esempio, gli utenti potranno acquisire il proprio video su ZCubes e poi ripubblicarlo in soli due click sia su YouTube che sul proprio blog. O, ancora: creare uno slideshow guidato, acquisendo le immagini con un drag and drop da una gallery di Flickr; realizzare minisiti con l'editor Html oppure poster e cartoline con il tool di painting. ZCubes is the world's first website that seamlessly integrates browsing, searching, editing, painting, freehand drawing, cursive hand-writing, audio-video media management, publishing, and much more into a pure BROWSER-BASED PLATFORM. ZCubes is your web Kaleidoscope that handles over 30 file-formats. Work, play, research, create, think, browse, organize, and have fun with ZCubes. Loaded with an incredible 300+ features, your creativity may be your only limitation! All this and more with:No Downloads!No Installations!No Add-ins!No Plug-ins!No Hidden Costs!No Limits! And Best of All...ZCubes is absolutely free! Use Paint, Slideshows, Special Effects, Whiteboard, Blackboard and Gallery to create unlimited amazing experiences in minutes. Send or save your experiences to disk, email, net or printer! Share your experiences with everyone, a select few, or keep them private just for yourself. Create webpages in minutes. View and manage infinite websites and web content. Start experiencing the web, your way, now! Create powerful and feature rich experiences with drag-drop simplicity, outstanding special effects and seamless integration. Browse multiple websites within the same window Power search using 5 websites simultaneously Drag-Drop from You Tube, Google Video, Google Images, Photobucket, and many other popular sites Copy and Paste HTML content from anywhere on the web Paint to create unique content like sketches, tracings, freehand- drawings and professional quality artwork Integrate different media content including pictures, video, audio, RSS Feeds Integrate different file formats including PDF, Shockwave, Powerpoint, Word, and more Create Slideshows, Blackboard, Whiteboard, Marquees Format content using different font options, colors, special effects, animation, multiple-layers, and recursive-ZCubes Master the web. Drag-Drop/Copy any HTML from clipboard. Apply Rotation, Emboss, Engrave, Wave, and other brilliant effects to ANY web content - including other entire websites! Work in ANY language! Write with your mouse! No other accessories required Paint with advanced gradients, shadows, bezier-curves, arrows and inlaid-pictures Print, E-mail, Save to disk, or Publish online

Yahoo Calendar

Il calendar del popolare provider di servizi e' anch'esso linkato al servizio di posta elettronica. Completamente sharabile, con indirizzo dedicato. One of the largest online calendar providers, serving millions of users, Yahoo! Calendar is a Web-based calendar service from Yahoo!. Others include Google Calendar, Upcoming, Multiply and Eventful. It can read calendar feeds and events syndicated from sites that make use of the published Yahoo! calendar programming interfaces. While users are not required to have a Yahoo! Mail account, they are required to have a free Yahoo! ID in order to use the software. Yahoo! Calendar has the following features: 100 year calendar various alarm features which allow you to send messages to numerous sources including: email mobile devices Yahoo! Messenger the ability to sync your calendar with those of Palm devices and Microsoft Office Outlook and some SyncML enabled cellphones sharing of schedules between users. The mechanism allows several different methods of sharing including publicly sharing your calendar, sharing your calendar with a specific Yahoo! Group, and sharing your calendar with a particular Yahoo! user. automatically read, integrate, and republish public and personal events syndicated from Eventful, Upcoming, and Evite. Events are stored online, so in the case of a user's hard drive failure, no data is lost. Calendar sharing is also available.

Microsoft Live Calendar

Il calendar e' completamente integrato all'interno del servizio mail di Microsoft (live o hotmail). Non e' possibile creare un calendario scollegato da un indirizzo mail. Condivisibile ad altri account.

Google Calendar

Calendario online sharabile do Google. Tra i suoi pregi, l'invio gratuito di SMS come reminder delle attivita' schedulate. Google Calendar, previously code-named CL2, is a contact- and time-management web application offered by Google. It allows users to synchronize their Gmail contacts with a web-based calendar. It became available on April 13, 2006, and is currently in beta stages. While users are not required to have a Gmail account, they are required to have a free Google account in order to use the software. The interface of Google Calendar is similar to desktop calendar applications such as Microsoft Outlook, iCal on Mac OS X or Brown Bear Software's Calcium. The Ajax-driven interface enables users to view and add events without reloading the page, and sports a variety of view modes, such as the weekly, monthly and agenda views. Users can "quick add" calendar events by typing standard English phrases, such as "Dinner with Michael 7pm tomorrow". Users can also set the number of days to show in their custom view mode. All events in a Google Calendar can be commented on by its users. Events are stored online, so in the case of a user's hard drive failure, no data is lost. The application can import Microsoft Outlook calendar files (.cvs) and iCalendar files (.ics) (the de facto open calendaring file format), although at this stage only when the fields are all in U.S. format. Multiple calendars can be added and shared, allowing various levels of permissions for the users. This enables collaboration and sharing of schedules between groups or families. There are also general calendars available for importing into one's account which contain national holidays of various countries. Google Calendar is integrated with Gmail, Google's web e-mail service. When an e-mail that contains trigger words (such as "meeting", or dates and times) arrives, an "add to calendar" button is automatically displayed alongside it. This feature is not yet available to all Gmail users. Currently, Google Calendar can only be synchronized with mobile devices (e.g. BlackBerry, Palm, Pocket PC) or with PC applications (e.g. Microsoft Outlook) via third party software (e.g. SyncMyCal, RemoteCalendars, GSync). Event reminders can be sent via email, as well as SMS to mobile phones in over 80 countries and regions. For supported mobile carriers in the United States, the GVENT feature of Google Calendar allows users to create new events and check calendar information via SMS . In addition to Google's SMS interface, independent projects are underway to allow users to view and edit their calendars from dedicated applications on their mobile phones. These include: Gcal Mobile, which uses a data plan to connect with Google Calendar, and Flash Lite Mobile Google Calendar, which uses SMS to connect with Google Calendar. Another project, GooSync, synchronizes native mobile phone calendar applications with the user's Google Calendar. There is also a free open source alternative GCalSync which can synchronize Google calendar to the mobile phone. Google Calendar allows multiple calendars to be created and shown in the same view. They can also be easily shared, either read-only or with full control, and either with specified people only or with everyone. For example, make one shared calendar for each sports team or club, and a separate calendar for private events. Events from both show up side-by-side on the same calendar, in different colors. [Wikipedia]