Calgoo goes free: sync Google Calendar, iCal, and others for free

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Calgoo goes free: sync Google Calendar, iCal, and others for free

by Danny Mendez Jul 28th 2008

Since the dawn of ~~time~~ Google Calendar, we've been waiting for a free, easy way to fully synchronize our Google Calendar to desktop calendar clients like iCal. We'd love to be able to access the same calendar data across multiple computers, but it's always been a messy affair, not free, an incomplete solution, or PC only.

Well, Calgoo has been one of those paid options up until now, but the minds behind the program just announced that it is free from here on out. That's right, Calgoo is now the free option in Google Calendar and desktop caledar synchronization. Calgoo officially supports 30 Boxes, Apple iCal, Microsoft Outlook, and -- of course -- Google Calendar.

Calgoo's "Chief Owl" will not employ ads in the app in order to pay for the costs of developing the program, but the team will begin to run ads on Calgoo Hub and possibly other future products. As for the software itself, it's pretty easy to use, and it provides for two-way synchonization, which means that any changes on one calendar will apply to the other.

[via WebWorkerDaily]

Tags: 30 boxes, 30Boxes, calendar, calgoo, google, outlook, sync, synch, synchronization

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

iampriteshdesai said 2:41PM on 7-28-2008

Hey!
Where were you all for two days?
I was wondering wheter you all went for a vacation. It was thouroughly unproffessional. Don't do it again.

chrisaroz said 5:00PM on 7-28-2008

See story by News.com:

AOL is likewise paring back some of the blogs it hosts, according to a different memo obtained by PaidContent.org. The DIYLife blog is being shut down, according to that report, and bloggers there and at the Unofficial Apple Weblog and DownloadSquad, who are paid by the post, have been told to stop posting until July 31 to cut costs.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-9999471-93.html?tag=mncol

Hessel said 3:51PM on 7-28-2008

700 Mb RAM ?

Jeff said 8:23PM on 7-28-2008

Where has Download Squad been? I've been missin my DLSquad FIX. Even today - just one - ONE posting??? Has the world of web 2.0 and cool software come to a screeching halt?

megamike said 9:41PM on 7-28-2008

Is there something similar out there that is NOT 700mb?

Dinesh said 10:49PM on 7-28-2008

I was going to use this, but then I saw that Google Cal already supports iCal sync! :)

Dave T said 11:26PM on 7-28-2008

This would be great had Calgoo not duplicated everything on my Google Calendar every time it synced. Any programs out there that can sync Google Calendar to Outlook 2003 one way? I'm just looking to get my Google Calendar from Outlook to the iPhone's calendar and am tired of waiting for Google to create their own app.

Anthony Morreale said 6:01AM on 7-29-2008

DLS, come back! Just start posting! Who cares if AOL says to wait 2 more days!!

But seriously, how did you not jump at the opportunity for a "BRB, downsizing" post??

Jash Sayani said 9:23AM on 7-29-2008

UPDATE: Now Google has started iCal Support. So, sync iCal directly with Google WebDav server !

jozue06 said 11:47AM on 7-29-2008

awesome! thanks for the tip!

Richard said 12:24PM on 7-29-2008

Looks good but cannot support PC's using Microsoft's ISA server. As such, it just hangs trying to authenticate your account.

So I add this to the long list of synchronisation applications which almost but don't quite make it. When I find one that actually works, is free and supports re-occuring appointments then I'll be a happy man.

Shame really.

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