It ’s that metre of year again ; Google ’s leading its apparently solitary and unloved service out to grazing land . This fourth dimension Google Sync , and some more obscure calender optionsare headed for that big cloud reposition unit in the sky .
Google Sync allowed Google Mail , Calendar and Contacts admittance through the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync protocol . The creation of the newCardDAV opened protocolprovides the same functionality , but starting on January 30th , you wo n’t be able to sign up for a newfangled Google Sync account . Existing score will trudge through unaffected , and Google Sync will also still be uncommitted for Google Apps for Business , Government and Education .
The other services being shut down are mostly specific feature . Effective immediately you may now longer use SMS to check your calendar or make event , date slots are pass away on January 4th , and you may also flap cheerio to Punchd — the dedication punchcard holding app you ’ve never heard of — on June 7th , 2013 . For more information , you could check out theGoogle blog ’s official lean , but there are no utterly world - end retirement , at least not this time around . [ The Google Blog ]
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