Google Calendar beta launched

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RobertGonzalez
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Google Calendar beta launched

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Hey all, I just got an email that said Google launched a beta version of their AJAX calendar. I went to go check it out and it is pretty cool. If anyone want to have a look it is at http://www.google.com/calendar. You'll need a google account to use it.

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pretty nice indeed.
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Heard about a while back - certainly looks like a nice addition in their quest to overtake and vanquish Yahoo.

Need more of these services connecting with each other though...
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Maugrim_The_Reaper wrote:Need more of these services connecting with each other though...
It now integrates fairly well with Gmail and the personalized Google homepage. There are a few more places it could integrate, but it just launched..

Of course, it annoys me to no end that despite the web2.0 push, I can't pick and choose from multiple providers (ie, Gmail for mail, Yahoo for personal homepage, Myspace for uhh.. freaky friends?), and have them work together well.
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Will it add my portfolio's dividend ex dates automatically? ;) I don't know if even Yahoo can do it but it's sure be useful so I can predict all those small gains.

Will be a long time before I get around to viewing such services as truly useful personally. I just may be one of those people who prefer a big wallchart planner...;)
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Maugrim_The_Reaper wrote:Will it add my portfolio's dividend ex dates automatically? ;) I don't know if even Yahoo can do it but it's sure be useful so I can predict all those small gains.
No.

However, and this is the ray of hope.. It does use iCal, and *if* another service (say yahoo finance?) offered your portfolio's dividend ex dates as iCal items, then you could import it. Extending that, if both could/would talk to each other (SOAP anyone?), then it could be automated.

The chance of the first step is close to 1-in-4, and the second step sadly is just a pipedream.

But its not technically impossible, which, if you want to be a web2.0 optimist - is a great start. :)
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