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Notion turns its Cron acquisition into an integrated calendar app
Notion launched a calendar app Wednesday, built and reskinned from Cron, the calendar startup the company bought in 2022. Tight platform-wide integration will be the appeal for Notion’s “tens of millions of users.”
Gmail's new tools make it even easier to set up a meeting
Send options for times directly in your message.
Google Calendar allows users to indicate their location at specific times of the day
Google has expanded an existing feature for Calendar to give users an easy way to let their co-workers know where they can be reached at different times of the day.
Zoom is adding email and calendar features to take on other workspace platforms
Zoom's paid users will have access to an email service with end-to-end encryption.
Google Calendar is getting better at weeding out spam invites
Google Calendar has released a new update for an issue that it promised to fix three years ago.
Yahoo is building a new calendar app with help from the creator of Sunrise
Yahoo has recruited Jeremy Le Van, one of the co-founders of Sunrise, to help design its new Day calendar app.
Vivaldi adds mail, calendar, RSS and translation tools to its privacy-focused browser
Vivaldi has updated its web browser to add built-in translation, more layouts, and beta versions of mail, calendar and an RSS reader.
Google is adding a Maps widget to Calendar in Workspace
Google Workspace now has a Maps side panel that can help you research locations for meetings and other trips.
Google Calendar's desktop site can work offline again, in some cases
Google Calendar's desktop website lost offline support in a 2018 redesign, but now it's coming back -- at least for business accounts.
Zoom may offer email to bolster its growing empire
Zoom may offer an email service in 2021 to expand its surging business beyond video calls.
Google makes it easier to add more info to Calendar events
Google is making it easier for G Suite users to add info to Calendar events.
ProtonMail debuts an encrypted calendar app
ProtonMail is known for its encrypted email service, which it offers as a more secure alternative to products like Google's Gmail. In recent years, the company started by CERN researchers has begun to branch out further, offering encrypted contacts through its mobile app and a free VPN service. Now, it's offering another privacy-focused Google alternative with the launch of an encrypted calendar.
Google Calendar will guess your working hours and warn colleagues
Google Calendar's Working Hours feature has been around for a while, letting you inform others when you'll be around for meetings and when you're unavailable. Previously, you'll have had to activate it through the app's settings, but now it'll be enabled by default, displaying an estimate of your work day availability based on previous appointments (which you can tweak if they're not quite right).
Slack is adding email conversations and calendar integrations
In case you don't already count on Slack for just about every part of your work day, the business communications service is adding a whole bunch of new features that will keep you chatting with your co-workers without having to open new tabs and applications. The company is introducing shared channels, email and calendar integrations and an improved search feature that makes it easier to find just about anything.
Slack integrates Office 365 tools into its platform
A lot of companies (Engadget included) rely on Slack to get things done, and in recent times the "MSN Messenger for the workplace" has integrated a whole bunch of apps into its platform, including Dropbox, Zoom and G Suite, to make workflow smoother. Now it's adding Office 365 tools to the mix.
Helm's personal email server helps you avoid data breaches
Are you uncomfortable with the thought that some of your sensitive data is sitting on a remote server that represents a big, juicy target for hackers? Helm thinks it has a solution: put that data inside your home. It's launching a namesake personal server that handles email, calendars and contacts without the setup headaches of conventional methods. You just have to pick a domain name (if you don't already have one) and walk through a setup process that should only take a few minutes -- after that, you have 120GB of expandable data space under your control.
Outlook's simplified redesign arrives in public preview
Microsoft teased significant upgrades to Outlook as part of its big Office interface update, and they're finally here... in a manner of speaking. Outlook users on the web and Windows can start trying a public preview of a new experience that's simultaneously less overwhelming and more powerful. Most notably, you can use a simplified ribbon that includes the essentials while staying out of your way. You can expand it at any time if you need more, but you don't need that clutter if you're just handling common tasks.
Everyone will soon have to use the Google Calendar redesign
If you've been avoiding the visual refresh Google recently gave to the web version of Calendar, your time is almost at an end. Starting January 8th, users of G Suite and Google Domains will be automatically switched to the new design. Anyone who opted out manually won't be forced to use the new Calendar until February 5th, but all users will get the upgrade on February 28th.
Newton's simple-is-better email app gets a calendar counterpart
The Newton app is a quality (if pricey) email client that offers simplicity on the surface and intelligence underneath, but it has at least one glaring flaw: that design philosophy doesn't carry over when you need to check your schedule. The Android app had a calendar feature, but it was bolted on. You might not have to make that trade-off for much longer. The developer has introduced a separate Newton Calendar app for iOS, and it continues that less-is-more strategy while adding some thoughtful touches. Most notably, you don't have to wade through the usual forms to add an event -- you tap the date, type in the time and title and you're set.
Google Calendar for web gets a much-needed makeover
Google Calendar on the web has finally caught up to its sleeker, more visually appealing sibling for mobile. The big G has given the G Suite member a much-needed visual refresh, updating its color palette to look more like the mobile app's and even giving it an interface that automatically adjusts itself to look its best no matter what your screen size is. You can now switch views using a drop-down menu on the top right of the screen and, if you're on Day View mode, it can display several calendars side-by-side.
