Microsoft Patches Freak & Stuxnet, Facebook Stops You Feeling Fat [Tech News Digest]
Microsoft patches problems, Facebook is no longer Feeling Fat, Uber wants women, iPhone Google Calendar, PlayStation lands in China, and playing Snake in a water fountain.
How to Sync Your Google Calendar Appointments With Windows 8
Microsoft encourages you to use the Windows 8 default calendar app. We show you how to access Google Calendar in Windows 8 the easy way.
How To Use Google Calendar As A Visual Motivational Tool
We are still using calendars for reminding us of things, but there are so many other uses, now that they have gone digital. Here are some unique possibilities as a visual motivational tool.
How To Make Sure You Never Forget A Task Ever Again
You're an organised person. You always add upcoming events to your calendar, and you have a decent labelling system in Gmail. But you need some automation to get them into your to-do list.
How to Sync Google Calendar with Every Other Platform
Google Calendar is arguably the easiest, most intuitive and most versatile way to organize your day. The only problem users commonly encounter is syncing it with their devices.
Sunrise Calendar Is Now Cross-Platform — But Is It Any Good?
Sunrise Calendar, an iOS favorite, recently released new Android and desktop versions, making it a serious contender for the title of best cross-platform calendar. But does it take the crown?
5 Time Management Tips That Can Make You A Leader At Life & Work
Whether you realize it or not, you are a leader. Even if that means being a leader of your own life. These tips will help you become an even better one.
Google Calendar Won't Sync With iOS? Try These Fixes
After spending weeks looking for a solution as to why Google Calendar refused to sync certain calendars with iOS, it turns out there are a couple of fixes for what is a rather common issue.
Awesome Things You Can Automatically Import To Google Calendar
A calendar keeps every aspect of your life focused in one place, allowing you to worry less and accomplish more. Here are some useful ways to import important information into your Google Calendar.
$7 for a Calendar App? Is Calendars 5 Really Worth It?
Apple has done a pretty good job with the default calendar application on iOS, so paying $7 for Calendars 5 might seem a little crazy...
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.
Is Google's Official Notifier App for Mac Still Worth Checking Out?
Monitor your Google email and calendar from the Mac menu bar. Google Notifier for Mac gives you a one-click overview of incoming messages and upcoming appointments, and alerts you about both.
Take Google Task Management And Scheduling To A Whole New Level With GQueues
Google Tasks doesn't work if you want to move beyond the time management of today into the visionary planning of tomorrow. This is where GQueues steps up to the plate.
9 IFTTT Hacks To Superpower Your Life With Google Calendar
Your calendar is a big part of your productivity, and managing it right can make a real difference. The right IFTTT recipes can help you take charge of your Google Calendar, and make it perform feats you didn't know were possible. Use them.
ownCloud: A Cross-Platform, Self-Hosted Alternative to Dropbox & Google Calendar
The NSA and PRISM scares demonstrated that governments can and will access the various popular online cloud services. This means that now is one of the best times to consider creating your own cloud solution. With your own cloud, you can get the same benefits of accessing various services such as file storage and calendars that you find with commercial solutions, but instead, all of that data is under your control.
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 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.
How To Setup Free SMS Alerts When Your Website Is Down
Many services offer website uptime monitoring and SMS alerts when your website goes down, but most of them charge money for this service. Using a clever Google Docs trick and the SMS capability built into Google Calendar, you can quickly set up free text message alerts when your website goes down. This script will try to connect to one or more websites every five minutes. If it can’t connect, you’ll receive a notification by email and text message so you can deal with the problem immediately.