A few years ago, I posted a treatise on calendar subscription for iOS devices. This post noted that iOS 3 handled Internet links ending in ".ics" correctly - that is, that it asked to automatically subscribe to them in the Calendar app. This was an example of Apple's excellent iOS data detection features, and made it very easy to subscribe to a calendar. But recently, a … [Read more...] about Apple Breaks ICS Calendar Auto-Subscription In iOS 4.2
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Introducing The Enterprise IT Infrastructure Events Calendar
As a community service, I decided to put together a calendar of enterprise IT events. It's right up there in the header bar, and I'm embedding it below as well. My friend Matt Simmons has a similar calendar for SysAdmins, but mine is a little different. Where he focuses more on user groups and the like, I'm focusing on big events like Interop, EMC World, and Cisco … [Read more...] about Introducing The Enterprise IT Infrastructure Events Calendar
How To Keep Your Family Activities In Sync With A Shared Google Calendar
Smartphones, computers, and iPads are proliferating in families today. Although my three kids do not (yet) have their own mobile phones, we still have quite a few devices with calendar functions: An iPhone each for me, my wife, and our au pair along with an iPad and a few computers. Using Google Calendar, we have set up an awesome shared calendar to keep all of our activities … [Read more...] about How To Keep Your Family Activities In Sync With A Shared Google Calendar
How To Subscribe To Internet Calendars In iPhone OS 3.0
One of the iPhone OS 3.0 features touted by Apple at WWDC was the ability to subscribe to Internet calendars in CalDAV and iCalendar/ICS format. On first testing OS 3.0, I discovered that these calendars could indeed be synchronized from my Mac's iCal application through iTunes, but that these would not update over the air. However, on closer examination I have discovered that, … [Read more...] about How To Subscribe To Internet Calendars In iPhone OS 3.0
First Look: iPhone 3.0 And Exchange ActiveSync Integration
iPhone OS 3.0 was released today, and I've had a chance to play with it for a bit now. I am very impressed with the improvements Apple has made, and think that 3.0 will be much more welcome in Microsoft Exchange environments. However, it's still not quite up to the high standard set by the BlackBerry. … [Read more...] about First Look: iPhone 3.0 And Exchange ActiveSync Integration