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How to Reschedule Meetings Using Smart Rescheduler in Google CalendarYesterday

Google has brought together concepts from Google Search with Google Calendar to create Smart Rescheduler. This is now a brand new function in Google Calendar Labs. Using Smart Rescheduler will help you find alternate times for meetings you need to reschedule. Google Calendar searches through the Calendars of other meeting participants (and that are shared with you) to find other times most, if not all, participants are available. This could eliminate an endless stream of emails going back and forth to try and find a time that works for everyone. Find a time Calendar says will work, and double-check with others before you book your new meeting time in just a few quick, simple, steps.

How to use Smart Rescheduler

1. Enable Smart Rescheduler in Google Calendar Labs:
   
   

Learn to Design your Blogger Page in 1 MinuteMarch 17

Google has added a world of new design possibilities to Blogger. If you have a Blog and you are using Blogger to publish it, you are no longer bound to some set styles. Instead, you can create a virtually unlimited number of different designs for your Blog. Google made a cool video to show you how you can make your Blogger Blog uniquely yours. Learn about all the different features and designs in about one minute:

The 5 Coolest Google Calendar GadgetsMarch 16

Recently Google added three more gadgets to labs in Google Calendar. These include event flair, gentle reminders, and automatically decline events. Here is a list of the 5 coolest (and most useful) Google Calendar labs.

To enable any of these gadgets, you have to visit Google Calendar Labs. Select “enable” next to any of the functions you would like to try out, and save your changes to activate your new settings.

1. Automatically declining events

   This new function will let you block off times in your calendar when you are unavailable, or when you have other commitments. Whether it is another appointment, or you are on vacation, any invitations sent for events during these periods are automatically declined. It saves you work, and avoids getting double booked. After you enable this feature, you’ll find a “Busy (decline invitations)” option in the “Show me as” field.

New in Google Maps: Biking MapsMarch 12

Google Maps added a cool new feature just in time for summer: you can now get directions for bike trips around US cities. Unfortunately, this feature has yet to come to Canada, but once it does I’ll be an avid user. The coolest part is that Google maps will show you which roads are perfect for biking (trails without motor vehicles), good for biking (roads with bike lanes), and which are recommended for biking (regular roads, but still bike-friendly).

This video explains it all:

Reader Play: A Cool New Feature from Google ReaderMarch 11

Don’t worry, Google Reader is not going to be replaced, but the Google Reader team did come up with a cool new feature. It’s called Google Reader Play and is an experiment in Google Labs.

Google Reader Play is all about the visual experience. It uses the same technology as recommended items to find content you might be interested in. By indicating when you enjoy a particular item, Google Reader Play will automatically pull up more content like it. Over time, it learns what you like to read and view, and more content will be customized to your taste.

Reader Play brings together content related to items you’ve liked, starred, or shared during a previous visit, but it will also pull up items shared by the people you are following.

Give Google Reader Play a Spin