Microsoft previews Outlook for Mac with Google Calendar and Contacts

Microsoft is bringing to more users the ability to use Google Calendar and Contacts on Outlook for Mac 2016. Initially launched to Office Insider Fast community, the features are now available for anyone to download so they get more feedback about the new additions. This will then allow Outlook for Mac users to add, edit, and delete events from Google Calendar through the Apple app. Gmail users will also get Focused Inbox feature in Outlook as well as package delivery tracking and travel booking. If you’re a regular Office 365 user, though, you’ll have to wait until later in the year to try this out.

Source: The Verge

This ‘Magic Calendar’ is something we need in our lives

There are certain products we see and instantly know it’s something we need in our lives. This calendar concept from Japanese designer Kosho Tsuboi is one of those products. Chosen as part of Google’s Android Experiment program with plans for development, the Magic Calendar brings the best of both digital and analog calendars in one. It’s a protype e-ink calendar that can sync with your Google Calendar app and show you in the most stunning yet functional way possible what’s on your plate. Since it makes use of e-ink and e-paper, the battery life of the Magic Calendar can last for up to three months. You can learn more about it and see how it works in the video above. Just click on the CC button to see the English subtitles.

Source: PopSugar

Google Calendar now helps you find time for office meetings

Google Calendar is hoping to become your best productivity tool. Its latest update for the Android app introduces Find a Time feature. It’ll look at everyone’s schedule to determine what the best time to hold a meeting would be based on when everyone is free (or at least as close to that as possible. It’ll then give you several suggested times to choose from. If there is no time when participants will be available, the Calendar will “look at which conflicting meetings can most easily be rescheduled.”

This feature, of course, needs everyone to keep their calendars updated. Find a Time only works using Google Apps for Work or Google Apps for Education. It works similar to how Calendar’s new Goals feature works but applied to the office.

Source: The Verge

Google integrating Goals feature in Calendar starting today

Google is expanding the functionality of their Calendar App by adding a new Goals feature on mobile. According to Google, "Goals is a tool that makes it easier to find the time to do the things that really matter to you.  Whether it’s running, practicing yoga or learning a new language—you can now add a personal goal—like “run 3 times a week”—and Calendar will help you find the time and stick to it."

To set a goal (like “Work out more”), simply answer a few questions (like “How often?” and “Best time?”), and you’re all set. From there Calendar will look at your schedule and find the best windows to pencil in time for that goal.

Calendar can help you adjust in a number of important ways. For example, Calendar will automatically reschedule if you add another event that's a direct conflict with a goal. You can also can defer a goal at any time, and Calendar will make time for it later.To get started, download the Google Calendar app for Android or iPhone, and set your first goal.