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SMS to update your Google Calendar
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Posted by Shirin Oskooi, Google Calendar Associate Product ManagerPeople request new features for Google Calendar all the time. They post to blogs, send email to our support team, call to me on the street, etc. One thing people always ask me about is better mobile access. You can already send a text message to "GOOGL" with a search query, and you'll get a text message reply with the top Google search result. Some folks want a similar service for Google Calendar, where they can send text messages to add events to their calendar or find out what events they have coming up. This is by far my favorite request -- not only because I think it's a great feature, but because it already exists.
Here's how it works: send a text message to "GVENT" (48368) with information about an event, like "3pm cappuccino at Borrone's," and this event will be added to your calendar. Just like the "Quick Add" feature in Google Calendar, GVENT will pop the event into your calendar in the right place. You'll get a text message back confirming the details of your event. Or, send the word "day" to "GVENT" to get a text message response containing all of your scheduled events for today, "next" for your next scheduled event, or "nday" for all your events scheduled for tomorrow. You can learn more about GVENT in the help center.
And now I'm off to get my cappuccino.
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Posted by Bill Kee, Associate Product Marketing ManagerWhen we launched Gmail, we set out to change the way email works. We designed it so you should never have to delete mail and always be able to find the message you want. Since then, we've added things like integrated chat, mobile access, more storage, and better spam protection.
And now there's this blog, where we'll keep you up to date on latest from the Gmail team. We'll post feature updates, productivity tips, and some insights into the people and the technology behind Gmail. And since Gmail works even better with Google Calendar and Docs & Spreadsheets, you'll find posts from folks on these teams as well.
One of the really exciting things about working on Gmail is seeing all of the great ideas that people come up with for integrating Gmail into daily life. Whether it's turning Gmail into your personal nerve center, cool ways to use Google Calendar with Gmail, a lot of its juice comes from you. This blog is a place where we want to highlight interesting and useful posts from elsewhere. And we look forward to sharing some of the fun and crazy things we're up to around the office.
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