Google launches its new calendar application after months of rumors and leaked screen shots, challenging Microsoft Outlook. (eWEEK.com)Internet search giant
Google introduced a free calendaring and day planner feature on April 13, one of the search giant's moves to challenge chief rivals Microsoft and Yahoo.
Google Calendar contains all the usual bells and whistles of such features. But Google has added a few new wrinkles, such as being able to share listings with friends of your choosing, cell phone text messaging notifications while on the go and a built-in search feature for plumbing the listings.
With the new calendar, the Mountain View, Calif., company leaves very little doubt about who it's gunning for: namely, Microsoft, and its Outlook messaging and calendar application that veritably dominates the market for such services.
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Some people getting their first taste of the calendar are giving it a thumbs up for now.
"It is pretty awesome," one commentator wrote, which is typical of the early positive reactions registered by people trying out the feature.
Other bloggers said they liked how Google Calendar can exchange details with Apple Computer's iCal, a similar planning feature.
However, some had objections; for example, blogger Matthew Langham bemoaned how Google Calendar doesn't yet automatically update information stored on other types of calendar features, including Microsoft's Outlook.
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