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Google Calendar gets "labs" section, Gmail Tasks graduates from labs

Google Calendar Labs
Google is fleshing out its personal information management offerings. First, the company announce that Gmail Tasks has graduated from Gmail labs and is now available to every Gmail user whether they want the feature or not. And now Google has also added an experimental "labs" feature to Google Calendar.

At launch, there are just 6 experimental features for Google Calendar users. You can:
  1. Add a background image
  2. Attach Google Docs to a calendar appointment
  3. Display a World Clock
  4. Jump to a date int he past or future using a drop-down menu
  5. See when your next meeting is
  6. Show which of your contacts with shared calendars are free or busy right now
More features are reportedly on the way.

Keep in mind, these are experimental features, which means that Google may change or remove some of the options in the future. But some may eventually graduate to full fledged Google Calendar features.

Filed under: Internet, Productivity, Google, Web

Google quietly launches Google Tasks

Google Tasks
Update: Well that didn't take long. Apparently Google really hadn't meant to unleash this service on the public just yet, because the URL no longer works.

Google has, without any fanfare, apparently launched an online task manager application cleverly called Google Tasks. This appears to be a more fleshed out version of the Gmail Tasks widget that showed up in Gmail Labs a few months ago. And the services are linked. If you create a task in one application, it will show up in the other. In fact, it's possible that Google Tasks is little more than the backend for the Gmail Tasks widget, but it does offer a decent way to create and manage tasks from one location.

You can nest tasks within one another, and add notes to any task. You can also set due dates and check off tasks when they're completed. Users can create, edit, and delete multiple task lists. But only the default list will be shared with your Gmail account.

[via Google Blogoscoped]

Filed under: E-mail, Web services, Google, web 2.0, Web

Gmail gets a task list

Gmail TasksGoogle has a an online calendar, email service, and even an office suite. But for some reason, the company hasn't offered a to do list application to round out its suite of Microsoft Outlook-like services -- until now.

If you check out the Labs section of your Gmail preferences today you may notice a new option called Tasks. Once you enable this feature, you'll be able to add any email message to your task list either by selecting "Add to Tasks" under the More Actions menu or by hitting Shift+T if you have keyboard shortcuts enabled.

Once the to do list is open, you can also add tasks using keyboard shortcuts or by hitting the plus button. Or you can mark off completed items, rearrange your list, or perform all sorts of other functions.

You can also bring up the to do list by hitting the Tasks link that shows up below Contacts in Gmail's left hand navigation.

If you're looking for a way to add a task list to Gmail that's always visible from the sidebar, you can also add a widget from third party task manager Remember the Milk.

[via TechCrunch]

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