CalendarReview

On the CalConnect Roundtable of May 26th the new xCal document was published. The iCalendar data format is a widely deployed interchange format for calendaring and scheduling data.  While many applications and services consume and generate calendar data, iCalendar is a specialized format that requires its own parser/generator.  In contrast, XML-based formats are widely used for…

Candidate builds for Lightning 1.0 beta2 in 32 languages are available as of now for:

• Windows
• Linux (32 bit)
• Linux (64 bit, contributed build)
• Mac OS X

A corresponding build of the Provider for Google Calendar is also available at those locations.

The candidate builds will be available for testing for up to 2 weeks. We want to release…

Spanning Sync v3.1.1 is now available as an automatic update for all existing users. New users can always download the latest version at spanningsync.com.

(Spanning Sync 3 requires Leopard or Snow Leopard. Tiger users should continue to use v2.1.3.)

What’s New in Spanning Sync v3.1.1:

• Fixed a problem where contacts with an invalid URL could cause the

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MarkThisDate, a free calendar outlet, has served over 100.000 fans with the 2010 World Cup calendar held in South Africa from June 11th till July 11th. With the click of a button the calendar is added to own’s electronic calendar like Outlook, Gcal, iCal, iPhone, etc

Google Calendar has an updated look to make it more consistent with other Google Apps. Everything works the same as before, with one exception: Google removed the Tasks link: to turn tasks on just click the Tasks calendar in your calendar list. I also see a ‘create event’ button. The changes currently not apply to apps calendar. As I said not…

I was very surprised to learn that my recently bought Nexus One didn’t support webcal urls and or .ics files. (“This content is not supported on this phone”). Apparently this is a known issue.  Since the online version of Gcal is so much into webcal and subscribing to calendars one might expect the Android version would support the…

To sync my Outlook, Nexus One and Gcal I use Plaxo. For some weeks now the Plaxo Gcal sync doesn’t seem to work. Plaxo answerred me they encounter this with more users. They don’t have the solution yet. When you are (as I am) reliant on these service to sync perfectly and actually pay for it it is pretty annoying…

Today Hipcal, operated by Plaxo, went down. The service is a great means for small businesses and groups of individuals to manage schedules without a network.

My business uses it to schedule conference calls across six time zones. When the service went down. They also took the whole site down. There is no way to contact anyone at the organization.…

In the age of internet it seems that most people do everything online; pay their bills, read the newspaper, and keep in contact with family and friends near and far. One of the many things people have the option of using on the internet is calendars. Online calendars, just like a wall or desk calendar, keep track of events, birthdays,…