April 19, 2006 | In Technology |
Leading internet search engine, Google Inc., has unveiled a new scheduling service to help users store a record of their schedules and appointments online, and receive reminders on their computers.
The new service is available at www.google.com/calendar, has a GMail-like interface, and intuitively understands time and place commands typed into a single text box, eliminating the need to fill in long forms. There is also a tool to make your calendar public, and share your schedule of appointments with a select group of friends or co-workers.
Launching an online calendar service is obviously Google’s latest attempt at moving user data off personal hard drives, and on to the internet, making it accessible from anywhere. It looks like it will be a handy tool for business and personal purposes alike, and seems designed to compete with Upcoming.org, which was acquired by Yahoo last fall.
