CalendarReview

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 sync to abort
• The user is now notified of software updates without having to open the pref pane
• Delete protection is handled better when calendar filtering of old events is turned on
• Now syncs the contact “department” property
• Syncing of the calendar “classification” property can be turned off
• Fixed an error (“attempt to insert nil”) that could halt the sync
• Fixed a problem where the background notifier app wouldn’t relaunch after an upgrade

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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

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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 a big change but a pinch of freshness is always good.

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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 same functionality especially since the two are so linked on Android. I dug into this some more and learned that Android phones can’t handle normal meeting invites which are normally sent by .ics file. Digging further into the issue I found out that Android phone also not support the .vcf format which is normally used to transfer contact information. Needless to say that the iPhone works brilliantly when sending somebody ics or vcf files. Is this an area that Google just forgot or is there more to it?

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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 if they can’t seem to get it to work, tell me to wait and blaim the other party. So much for Premium Support. Anybody encountering the same problems?

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VueSoft has announced the release of VueMinder Calendar Pro 6.0.0, expanding its already impressive list of features by adding full 2-wayGoogle Calendar sync. Google Calendars can be easily added with just a few clicks, and any changes made while offline will automatically sync.

When combined with VueMinder Calendar’s other features, this allows a user to perform many tasks that, until now, were difficult to perform or required several programs. For example, an Excel spreadsheet of event information can be quickly imported into VueMinder Calendar and automatically synced with Google Calendar. The reverse can also be done, taking your Google Calendar events and exporting them to Excel through VueMinder Calendar’s easy-to-use interface.

For those people wanting to keep Microsoft Outlook and Google Calendar in sync, but require automatic and instantaneous syncing, instead of the minimum 10 minute interval of the Google Calendar Sync tool, VueMinder Calendar Pro is the answer. It allows the same calendar to be synced simultaneously with both Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook, whenever a change is detected. It all happens quickly and quietly in the background.

And, for people frustrated with the limited number of options available when printing from Google Calendar, VueMinder Calendar Pro adds a huge variety of print layouts and settings, as well as a print preview window that dynamically updates as the various print layout settings are adjusted.

The latest release of VueMinder Calendar Pro also provides a number of other innovative improvements, such as “desktop alert” reminders color-coded to match the associated event. These can now be pinned to any location on the screen. It’s sort of a mash up of sticky notes and reminders, and is seriously cool.

VueMinder Calendar Pro is offered as a free 30-day trial and can be downloaded or purchased online at http://www.vueminder.com. A scaled down version, VueMinder Calendar Lite, is completely free for both personal and business use.

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Techcrunch reports that Google Calendar is testing a preview function of the scheduling feature. Gcal will show the schedules of each of the people you’ve invited to the event, and the proposed time for your event will appear as a semi-transparent blue box so you can quickly see where you might have conflicts.

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Google added the labs concept (known from Gmail) to Google Calendar. It is starting out with six features that users can add: Next Meeting, which shows how much time is left before your next meeting; Free or Busy to see show who is currently in meetings; World Clock for tracking different timezones; Background Image; Attach a Google Doc; and Jump to Date. As with Gmail Labs, we can expect more features to come — and not just from Google itself, since the company is releasing an application programming interface (API) that will allow external developers to build their own Calendar applications too. Read the whole article on VentureBeat

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After almost three years Google Calendar has come out of beta. Why now is not yet clear to me.

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This is a breakthrough lot’s of people have been waiting for: Google launched a plug-in that enables Outlook and Google apps to sync calendar, email and contacts. The major pity is that is only available for Google Apps Premier and Education customers.

Now businesses can run Microsoft Outlook on Google Apps instead of Microsoft Exchange, so they can achieve the cost savings, security and reliability of Google Apps while employees use the interface they prefer for email, contacts and calendar.

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