Google has taken this concept event further and now allows users to hide those morning and evening hours that take up precious, unused calendar space.

The new setting can be found by following the instructions below to activate the new feature.

Enable Hide Morning/Night

In the steps below we will enable the new labs feature in Google Calendar.

1. Click the gear icon (Options) and then click Labs from the drop-down that appears.

2. Click the Enable radio button for the Hide morning and night labs feature.

3. Click Save to enable the feature. Return to the calendar.

Hide Morning & Nights in Google Calendar

In this section I will show you how to use the new hide morning and nights feature to make your calendar leaner.

After you return to the calendar you will notice that the upper and lower ranges of the time scale will appear with grey shading.

When you place your cursor on the edge of the shading between morning and daytime hours a slider will appear.

1. Move the slider to adjust the time range to hide. The selected range will hide.

2. To view the hidden range just click on it (specifically where it says “time-time” shaded in grey).

Once clicked the range will expand. To hide it again simply click on the hidden range again and it will collapse.

Note: If you have appointments in the hidden  areas they will still appear in a condensed view, so don’t worry about appointments disappearing. They will all be there.

Software/Hardware: Google Chrome running on Mac OS X.

You’ll also have the ability to quickly start a chat with individuals or groups and even schedule a meeting all right inside the People Widget in Gmail. The new widget should be appearing over the next few weeks, so keep your eye out for an added widget to the side of your emails.

Anyone who knows how to use Wireshark could potentially steal your login information. The screenshot below shows the credentials of a Picasa account being openly visible inside of packet obtained through Wireshark.

While the Android 2.3.4 fixes most of the security issues, it’s still not 100% secure. Your best bet is to not connect automatically to an unsecured network when it’s in range.  Additionally you could also disable the automatic synchronization from some of the website we’ve listed before until a full patch is released.

You may also want to inform others of this security issue since not everyone updates their phones frequently enough.

Adding colors to an event can not only help you distinguish what events are what, but makes your calendar look a whole lot neater, rather than having the same cluttered black and white calendar.  The new event coloring feature is very similar to the label coloring feature seen in Gmail. Just simply click on your event and click the colored square of your liking. You can choose from eight colors: Gray, Blue, Green, Purple, Red, Yellow, Orange, and Pink. Hopefully eight colors are enough to sort your calendar.

If you have any comments or questions please use the comments form at the end of the guide.

Software/Hardware used: Mac OS X Snow Leopard.

1. Click iCal in the Menu bar and then click Preferences.

2. When the Preferences window opens, click on Accounts, then click on the Add (+) button.

3. Select CalDAV from the Account Type drop-down and enter your user account information. Enter the following in the Server Address text box - https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/YOUREMAIL@DOMAIN.COM/user

Where your email address is your google account name @gmail.com.

Once the account is added you will be brought back to the accounts window. In Account Information you can edit your account and (A) change the time interval that calendars are refreshed.

5. If you have more than one Calendar in your Google Calendar account you will need to add each calendar individually by clicking on the Delegation. To add each calendar check the calendars you wish to appear in iCal. When you are done close the window.

You will notice that the default Google Calendar will appear in the youremailaddress@gmail.com section and the other Google calendars will appear under Delegates. If you have any comments or questions please use the comments form below.

Today’s update Google Calendar changes all of that. Calendar now allows users to create calendar entries for different time zones and even calendar entries that span several time zones, which can e very helpful for flights that span across time zones. The option (as you will see below) is just a click away and two drop-downs away.

1. To enable time zone usage, click on the Time Zone link to choose a time zone for your event.

2. Select the country and the time zone, click Done.

Check out for yourself and let us know what you think in the comments section below.

A new feature introduced by Google allows you to sign in to multiple accounts without having to go back and forth signing in and out of your Google accounts.

In order to use this feature you must first enable it (instructions below), but before you run on over to Google and change everything there are a couple of things you need to be aware of.

• The following products are supported; Google Calendar, Gmail, Code, Reader, Sites, and Voice.
• Offline Mail and Offline Calendar is NOT available (as of this writing).
• Google products not listed above will default to the first account that you signed in to using your current web browser session.
• The account you’re currently using is displayed at the top of most Google product pages, or at the bottom of most pages on mobile devices. Always check to make sure you’re using the account you want.

OK, now that we got that out-of-the-way, let’s enable multiple sign-in’s for Google.

1. Visit the Google Account page (may require sign-in) – http://www.google.com/accounts

2. When the Accounts page opens click on the Edit link next to Multiple sign-in.

3. Check ON and all of the check boxes to confirm you understand how to use multiple sign-in.

4. Click on the Save button.

You’re done. When you return to Gmail or one of the supported products, follow the instructions below.

How to Add and Access Multiple Google Accounts

1. To sign in to another Google Account, click on the small arrow next to your email address on the top right corner of the page.

2. Click on Sign in to another account from the list.

3. You will be warned about limitations and how to use this feature again. Sign in to the other account.

When you sign in and click on the small arrow next to your email address again you will notice that the email addresses you have added to your account will appear. To switch between accounts simply select it from the list of accounts available.

If you have any comments or questions, please post them below. To add notifications automatically follow these instructions.

1. Click on a calendar entry and click on the Edit event details link.

2. When the Event Details page opens, click on the Add a reminder link in the Options section.

3. Three drop-down boxes will appear above the Add a reminder link. Select the type of reminder (Email, SMS, Pop-up) and set the time interval using the drop-down menus.

4. When you are done, click on the Save button to save the changes.

A. If you’re not satisfied with the reminder, you can always delete it by clicking on the small x to the right of the reminder.

If you use multiple calendars in Google Calendar you will have to follow the steps below for each calendar one by one. If you have any comments or questions, please post them below.

1. Click on the Settings link on the upper right corner of the Google Calendar page.

2. When the Calendar Settings load, click on the Calendar tab.

3. Click on Notifications for the calendar you wish to add a default alert to.

Remember you will have to repeat these steps for each calendar if you have more than one calendar.

4. When the Settings page for the selected calendar appears, click on the Notifications tab.

5. Click on the Add a reminder link in the Event reminders section.

6. Choose a method to receive the reminder and time interval.

7. Click Save to add a default reminder to all events created for the selected calendar.

Note: These public calendars can be subscribed to with other applications, but the focus of this how-to is using Google Calendar.

1. Open Google Calendar in your browser and click on Add under My Calendars in the left pane.

2. Click on Browse Interesting Calendars.

3. When the Interesting Calendars page opens, click on the Sports tab and then click on 4. Soccer.

5. Scroll down the list until you find – FIFA World Cup – FIFA_WCUP and click on it.

A list of all the countries participating in the Cup will appear.

6. Click Subscribe for the countries whose match schedules you want to add to your calendar. When you are done subscribing to the calendars for each team return to the Calendar page.

A. When you return to your default calendar view, you will notice that under Other Calendars (in the left pane) the calendars you subscribed to will appear.

B. You will also notice that there is an entry in your calendar for matches that you subscribed to. Click on an event to see match details like date and time.

C. If you click on More details you will be able to see the score for the match (see below).

Match details in Google Calendar.

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