A whole lot of people love simple, wall-hung calendars, and if we're to be honest, some of us make do with even less (torn scraps of paper, anyone?). Still, for the uber-organized and tech-inclined, a new calendar from Yahoo has become available.
Interoperability is the name of at least one game here. Open standards were employed, and the ability to share things with friends - whether they use offerings from AOL, Apple, Google, Microsoft, or Mozilla - came about as a result. Users will also be able to "[s]ubscribe to any iCalendar-based public calendar and add upcoming events and show times to your
Drag and drop options have been introduced, as have email, IM, and SMS reminders, according to a post on
All of this goes a bit beyond the utility of paper. Admittedly, since we have yet to test these features and the tool still doesn't sound like a revenue-earner, Yahoo Calendar's importance shouldn't be overstated, but pulling everything off would probably put Yahoo's name in a positive spotlight again.
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