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Reviewed by: CVC Circuit Riders    Date: January 2008    

Google’s free web-based shareable calendar service is very easy to get started, and gives you the option to include public calendars created by other google users such as school holidays, lunar cycles and more.

Address: www.calendar.google.com

Ease of  use: 4/5

Overall rating: 4/5

Short Review:  You can create personal, work and any other kind of calendar, and share specific calendars with the public, or other users, or keep them private.

If you already have a Google account (see below) you can associate link your calendar with it, and if you use the iGoogle personalised homepage (see below) you can see your calendar as soon as you open your web browser.

Accessible via your mobile phone, and you can transfer between Outlook but synching is not yet a simple process.

Pros:

• Access from any web browser.

• Email or mobile reminders.

• Create event invitations and send to friends.

• Good control over what you share with whom.

• Ability to embed  in webpages (??)

Cons:

• No real control over look and feel.

• Synching with Outlook still not easy.

Our view:  One of the most intuitive and functional web based calendars out there.