Yahoo unveils calendar with new features

Yahoo wants to change the way you keep track of your schedule. The company is rolling out new features for its Web calendar that it hopes will lure more of its webmail users. Thanks to technology it got from last year's acquisition of Zimbra, Yahoo has come up with ways to make it easier to share events with family and friends. You also can drag and drop appointments and get reminders about upcoming events via e-mail, instant message or text message. A new feature that will remind people of their old wall or desk calendars: You can add photos from Flickr. Another bonus: You can share calendar information with friends even if they use calendars from competitors such as Google, AOL and Microsoft. Eventually Yahoo Calendar will help users discover and track favorite events, such as concert dates, by integrating the calendar with Upcoming.org and other Yahoo properties, said John Kremer , vice president of Yahoo Mail. The beta version of Yahoo's new calendar will be available to ... (link)