google has finally made its calendar service avialable.

• text recognition - in adding an event, or detecting a new event from gmail, calendar automatically detects event-specific words and suggests the adding of a new event with data auto-structured.


• manage multiple calendars - set up multiple calendars (work, personal, etc) and view them separately or together.


• heavy gmail integration - gmail recognizes when messages include event information, so when you get emailed about an event, you can add it to google calendar with just a couple clicks. google calendar links on the right side of the gmail page.


• sharing - calendars can be shared with others, and you can subscribe to others’ shared calendars. read/write permissions can be granted on a per user basis. calendars can be published via a web page or via rss, so readers do not need to be on the google calendar platform.
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• importing - you can import events from other calendar programs, including yahoo calendar and microsoft outlook. click “settings,” then “import calendar”.


• calendar search

read the original article here at techcrunch ^[3] .