Google launches Calendar, acquires Writely

Google has officially launched Google Calendar [1], a free Ajax- powered web calendar application. It’s a fast, searchable, multi- calendar with reminder capabilities that allows users to store and share appointments. It’s tightly integrated with GMail and can import data from Yahoo Calendar and Microsoft Outlook. One of the most interesting features is the smart text recognition that allows automatic event classification based on your text descriptions. For example, if you typed in, "have lunch with Gizmo at 12.30 at Cafe Roma," it would be automatically classified in the event database without the need for manual selection. Your calendars can be optionally shared with nominated users via RSS and reminders can be sent via SMS. During the month, Google also announced that it had acquired the outstanding Ajax-based web word processor called Writely [2]. Between this, the web Calendar, GMail and Google Chat it’s clear the much speculated-on Google free web-based application suite is starting to take shape.
[1] http://calendar.google.com/
[2] http://www2.writely.com

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