Apple’s Darwin Calendar Server (DCS) is a free, open-source CalDAV server that works with iCal. It’s not the only one, but it’s a good choice—as long as you don’t mind a bit of command-line tinkering.

CalDAV, for those who don't know it, is an open standard for Web-based calendar services. It's used in Apple's iCal, Mozilla's Calendar Project-based programs, and a host of other calendaring, e-mail, ...

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Google's surprise announcement on March 13 that it is shutting down support for the CalDAV application programming interface (API) seemingly isn't going to set back Microsoft's plans to incorporate ...

In March, Google announced that as part of its periodic "spring cleaning" decisions, it would stop offering its CalDAV calendar data API to the general development community on September 18th. Today, ...

We reported moments ago that Google was extending Windows Phone support for Exchange ActiveSync until July 31st — no doubt bringing a sigh of relief to users of Microsoft’s mobile OS — and now Redmond ...

Google today announced it is keeping its API for CalDAV, an Internet standard allowing a client to access calendar and scheduling information on a remote server, public for all developers. At the same ...

All Google wants to talk about this week are APIs, it seems, but today’s announcement that it is not making the CalDAV API partner-only, as it announced during one of its latest “spring cleaning” ...

In response to Google's desertion of Exchange ActiveSync, rumors indicate Microsoft is working on support for CardDAV and CalDAV protocols for WP8. Such a move should retain WP8's seamless support for ...

Today Microsoft announced the next set of features that it will introduce to the Windows Phone platform. The update will ship on the Lumia 925, announced today, and will “start rolling out” to other ...

Sync up iCal with Google Calendar the better way, and get 2-way syncing for free with the new CalDAV support. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before that, Josh wrote about ...