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Notes loved one’s message, reply if needed and wait for your loved one to respond. In this process,
your loved one’s messages will remain in your inbox and your response in your sent messages
folder irrespective of which computer you use and what is your current location. This is how
advantageous cloud computing is. With this innovative technique of interacting, you do not
have to worry about emails being lost, or their content getting manipulated or lost. All your
conversation stays in your email account. With the “Drafts” facility in Gmail, Yahoo Mail and
other such applications you can now save the content and messages that you’ve either already
sent or the ones your waiting to send at a later time.

4.2 Collaborating on Schedules

In today’s environment, constant access to your schedule is often important. It is important for
every individual to maintain a calendar to schedule and plan his/her daily activities.
A web-based calendar can make organizing your life easier. A Web-based calendar, such as
Yahoo! Calendar or Google Calendar is accessible to anyone, anywhere, anytime over the Web.
Google Calendar is a free Internet calendar that lets you keep track of your own events and share
your calendars with others. It’s the ideal tool for managing personal and professional schedules.
It is both simple to use and very powerful. Similar to a traditional day planner, this customizable
online organizer keeps track of doctor visits, sports practices, meetings, and social events.
Many web-based calendars are free or low cost and easy to set up. Calendar features can vary
from the simple to the complex. Such a calendar can also be arranged in a manner so that your
family members can add their own events to this calendar. For instance, when your mother adds
her Thursday dinner to the web based calendar, that scheduled event will automatically show
on your version of the calendar. It will also appear on the calendars of the other family members
who can then plan their schedules accordingly. To make this calendar accessible to your other
family members, you just need to create a public calendar and authorize access to all the members
of your family. Then your family members can see all currently scheduled events and can add
new events of their own when they login to the calendar site. To add an event to a Google
calendar, you just need to click on a day in month view or an hour in day or week views.
A dialog box points to the day or time and lets you quickly schedule the event. Or you can click
on the more details link and add more details. You can also add events from text links on the
left. You can also import a whole calendar full of events at once from your Outlook, iCal, or
Yahoo! calendar. Google Calendar doesn’t sync directly with software like Outlook or iCal, so
you’ll have to keep importing events if you use both tools.

Web-based calendars are beneficial as you can:
Create appointments, list events, and note tasks.
Schedule recurring items such as anniversaries, birthdays, and meetings.

View a day, week, month or year.
Revise or add notes to calendar entries.
Create a personal calendar or create a group calendar for club or organization.
Provide the ability to send yourself reminders via email.
A way to keep in touch and coordinate with family, friends and associates.

No dealing with paper unless you decide to print them out.
You can access your schedule from anywhere
Your calendar is associated with your email account so no one else can access it without a
valid login name and password.

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