calendar – Jim's Tips

Event time zones in Google Calendar

Jim Barr
December 7, 2010
Official Gmail News / Site

Posted by Oleksandr Kyreiev, Software EngineerDealing with time zones can be a headache. Whether you’re a regular traveler or trying to plan ahead for your weekend in Paris, it’s often difficult to keep track of time differences. We’ve heard your...

Optional attendees in Google Calendar

Jim Barr
November 29, 2010
Official Gmail News / Site

Posted by Karol Stosiek, Software Engineering InternTime is one of our most precious resources. Despite their necessity, meetings tend to vary in importance for different attendees. John might be really interested in his team’s weekly meeting, wherea...

Insert a calendar invitation

Jim Barr
April 15, 2010
Official Gmail News / Site

Posted by Oana Florescu, Software EngineerSince my friends share their schedules with me in Google Calendar, when I want to see a movie with them, I can check to see which nights they're free before sending out an email about it. However, I need to swi...

Smart Rescheduler in Google Calendar Labs

Jim Barr
March 18, 2010
Official Gmail News / Site

Posted by David Marmaros, Software EngineerAs you can imagine, those of us on the Google Calendar team spend a lot of time thinking about scheduling. We regularly talk to people who schedule and reschedule a lot of meetings: administrative assistants. ...

3 new Calendar Labs

Jim Barr
March 10, 2010
Official Gmail News / Site

Posted by Grace Kwak, Product ManagerToday, we're happy to announce three new features in Calendar Labs. To try them out, just go to the Labs tab under Calendar Settings.1. Event flair by Dave Marmaros Want a little airplane icon next to information ab...

Push Gmail for iPhone and Windows Mobile

Jim Barr
September 22, 2009
Gmail Tips / Official Gmail News / Site

Posted by Marcus Foster, Product Manager, Google Mobile Those of you who live in your Gmail inboxes usually want to know what's happening with your email more instantly than standard fetch mail on your phone allows. Sure, using Gmail in your mobile browser gives you all the benefits of conversation threading and starring, but you still have to refresh every time you want to check for new mail.

Tasks, now in Calendar too

Posted by Garry Boyer, Software Engineer Ever since we launched Google Calendar , people in our forum have been pretty vocal about a missing piece -- an integrated task list. "To-do would be tooo-rific," "I really, really, really need to use a to-do list," and my favorite: "I'll join your team to help you get it done!" The rumble turned into a roar a few months ago when we launched Tasks in Gmail Labs . Now we've integrated Tasks into Google Calendar as well

Create your Google Profile

Posted by Peter Chane, Product Manager We recently announced that Google profile results now appear at the bottom of U.S. name-query search pages

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