4 Ways to Make Smart Use of Technology and Power Up Your Willpower
We all have enough motivation to want to do things but not enough motivation to actually do them. As a result, we turn to technology to bridge the gap of that motivational purgatory.
Google Calendar Gets Some Big Updates & Google Search A Little Tweak
Google Calendar now includes map location auto-complete suggestions and keyword-driven suggested searches for events.
Patent Trolls, Android 4.4.1, Satoshi Nakamoto, Real Robocop [Tech News Digest]
U.S. takes on patent trolls, Android 4.4.1 arrives, opinions of Bitcoin, the real Satoshi Nakamoto, get your Gmail data, Twitter comes to dumbphones via USSD, Any.do Cal for Android, and the real-life Robocop.
Manage Your Calendar From The Mac Menubar With Fantastical
Manage your calendar, completely, from your Mac's menu bar. Fantastical isn't just a way to quickly see your upcoming events: it's a way to never look at Apple's default Calendar again.
Flexibits Launches Fantastical 2 Calendar for iOS 7 at $4.99
Flexibits has redesigned, remade and relaunched their popular calendar app for iOS 7, packing new features and a sleeker look. But it comes at a cost, whether you bought v1 or not!
Tempo Is Your Personal Assistant Calendar App for the iPhone
I stopped using the default iOS Calendar app when Fantastical was released last year, but in the world of mobile apps, there's no end to new approaches for achieving the same results. Recently released "smart calendar" iPhone app Tempo ties your pertinent data from email, calendar, and contacts accounts, as well as Facebook and LinkedIn connections, into one place - saving you the trouble of opening two or more apps to locate related data for scheduled events and appointments. But is it any good?
Five Killer Ways to Use Google Tasks
If you're like me, you spend more time managing your tasks than you do actually performing them. It’s all about multiple lists, offline access and getting your tasks on-the-go. Since we last took a look at Google Tasks in 2009, the service has changed considerably, adding an array of features – most notably among them being Google Calendar integration. Additionally, Tasks received integration into dozens of smartphone apps, as well as getting offline access in Thunderbird. So - it's time for us to take another look at Google Tasks and its many uses.
Best 4 Ways To Manage Your Facebook Calendar
In this article, I’m going to show you four ways that you can make use of your Facebook Calendar. This will include how to export Facebook Calendar events to Output, how to export them to Google Calendar, how to strip spam-events that you really don’t care about, and how to even set up notifications for upcoming events from your Facebook Calendar.
How To Use iOS & OS X Sharing & Highlighting Features For Special People In Your Life
The Apple ecosystem is not only about synchronizing data and using multiple Mac accounts, it also includes features and apps useful for those special people and VIPs in your life - people for whom you don't ignore their emails or phone calls, and for those you probably share photos with. There are several iOS and OS X features and apps that you can use to highlight those special people in our life
How To Sync Multiple Google Calendars To Windows 8
A decent calendar service is indispensable. No matter what alternative I tried using - Windows Live, iCloud - I've always turned back to Google Calendar. It's easy to use, and widely supported. Even most (desktop and mobile) operating systems now provide out-of-the-box support. However, for some unknown reason, synchronising multiple calendars has always been at least a bit tricky to set up. It's no different for Windows 8.
How To Sync Windows Live & Google Calendar
Both Google and Windows Live calendars can be synced with the other calendar service, allowing you to see your calendars in one place. This can be useful for effortless syncing – for example, if you add your Windows Live calendar to your Google Calendar account, it will appear in the Android calendar app with no additional account setup required. The same goes for Windows Live applications.
FollowShows Helps You Keep Track Of Your Favorite Shows, Offers RSS & iCal Feeds
Find out when the TV shows you care about air. Whether you want to know when to tune in live or or know when your shows have aired so you can find them online, FollowShows is an aptly-named website where you can quickly check to see a schedule of only shows you choose to follow. Even better, FollowShows offers you both a custom iCal calendar and RSS feed for keeping track of your favorites.
Notee Helps You Keep Your Schedule Synchronized To Desktop Or Web [Windows / Mac OS X]
Another area where Evernote isn't as effective is if you're looking to keep a schedule. Natively, Evernote doesn't support any calendar integration or agenda features, so I'd recommend other software. The tool that I'm going to show you today, Notee, can't be put on the same elite pedestal as Evernote but it manages to pick up where Evernote falls a little short.
Calendar Indicator: See Your Google Calendar In Ubuntu's Tray [Linux]
Click one button in the tray and see what you need to do today. Calendar Indicator gives you quick access to your upcoming Google Calendar appointments, and doesn't rely on any other software to get that information. This means you don't need Evolution to see your appointments in the tray.
6 Apps To Keep Track Of Time-Related Events & Activities [iPhone]
I love iPhone apps that solve little problems which can often be worrisome if not addressed. How many times have you needed to know when the warranty ends on a product you purchased, or when was the last time you visited the dentist? Usually we have to second guess this type of information, or locate receipts to find these dates. But now there are some handy iPhone countdown and reminder apps that can help you.
Adding Events To Google Calendar Via SMS (And More!)
So many of us use Google Calendar every day without once thinking about all the extra useful things it's capable of doing for you. Every now and then you probably find yourself paying attention to a Google Calendar feature you hadn't really thought of or noticed before and thinking "Well, I should definitely set that up - That's SO USEFUL!". No doubt adding calendar entries by SMS will be another one of those things.
Coolendar - A Cool Calendar & To-Do List In One
I usually just stick to using Google Calendar for my scheduling needs, and Workflowy as my online to-do list. It takes a lot to impress me about any calendar/scheduling system. So I was a little bit hesitant to try a new calendar system that I came across, and more than a little surprised to discover that I loved the new system. It's called Coolendar.
Check Out These 2 Smart Calendar Apps With Task Integration
After trying so many organization systems, I noticed that I yearned for specific features in a not-too-complicated system, like for example, integration between a calendar app and the task app in question. In my search for alternative calendar/task list applications, I’ve found two, Coolendar and 1Calendar, that seem to focus a bit more on this integration.
6 Easy Ways To Tweak Your Mac Desktop's Appearance
There are a quite a few ways you can adjust your desktop's appearance depending on your needs. From any easy way to change sidebar icons to automatically changing your wallpaper image, these apps make it more than easy to get it just the way you want, practically at the click of a button.