Yahoo! today announced that it has updated Yahoo! Calendar providing users with a greater social degree in sharing and keeping track of events. Yahoo!’s updated calendar is built on the Zimbra platform and use iCal and CalDAV standards. It will also allow interoperability with other calendar services including those from Mozilla, Apple, Microsoft, AOL and Google. Some of the key features of the calendar, as described by Yahoo!, are the following:
- Sharing: Layering functionality to make sharing events and keeping track of group activities easier
- Zoom: Calendar zoom capabilities make it easy to add and view new Calendar entries
- Photos: Integration with Flickr to add visual components to the Calendar and give it the feel of a classic wall calendar through public, Creative Commons designated photos
- Alerts: Reminder feature makes it simple to set email, IM or SMS reminders for important Calendar activities
- Drag and Drop: Drag and drop functionality makes it simple to move appointments to new times without refreshing the Web page
- “To Do” List: “To List” feature makes it easy to keep track of important chores and tasks
The new Yahoo! Calendar is currently available in beta release to any Yahoo! Mail users.
via Yahoo!
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