tasks – CompanionLink Blog https://www.companionlink.com/blog Small Business Productivity, Tools and Tips - Android and iPhone Sync Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:59:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 How to Sync Your Google Tasks with Outlook https://www.companionlink.com/blog/2012/02/how-to-sync-your-google-tasks-with-outlook/ https://www.companionlink.com/blog/2012/02/how-to-sync-your-google-tasks-with-outlook/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:30:23 +0000 http://www.companionlink.com/blog/?p=3069 Continue reading →]]> Google Tasks can be great – they’re easy to use and tied to your existing Gmail or Google Apps account. It’s definitely convenient. Getting tasks out of Gmail or Google Apps, however, can be anything but convenient. Until now. CompanionLink has supported syncing Google Tasks for some time, but it was limited to a single task list within Google. With our most recent update to CompanionLink 5…

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]]> https://www.companionlink.com/blog/2012/02/how-to-sync-your-google-tasks-with-outlook/feed/ 1 Google Task Sync: Coming Soon to CompanionLink https://www.companionlink.com/blog/2011/05/google-task-sync-coming-soon-to-companionlink/ https://www.companionlink.com/blog/2011/05/google-task-sync-coming-soon-to-companionlink/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 14:44:52 +0000 http://www.companionlink.com/blog/?p=2162 Continue reading →]]> As some of you may already know, we currently handle the synchronization of tasks via Google by converting tasks to Google Calendar events. When moved to the Calendar, tasks are dated by the due date in Outlook or Palm Desktop. Past Due tasks are moved to a special entry on “Today” so they are on the date of the last sync. This will remain an option in CompanionLink, but soon we’ll be adding an…

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]]> https://www.companionlink.com/blog/2011/05/google-task-sync-coming-soon-to-companionlink/feed/ 17 How To Do Contacts, Calendar, Tasks and Notes on the BlackBerry PlayBook https://www.companionlink.com/blog/2011/04/how-to-do-contacts-calendar-tasks-and-notes-on-the-blackberry-playbook/ https://www.companionlink.com/blog/2011/04/how-to-do-contacts-calendar-tasks-and-notes-on-the-blackberry-playbook/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:50:12 +0000 http://www.companionlink.com/blog/?p=2086 Continue reading →]]> To be fair, this is not a review of the PlayBook. We haven’t had the chance to get our hands on one yet (though we’ll be getting ours tomorrow). That said, we cannot help but wonder why the PlayBook is shipping without any sort of native email or Personal Information Manager (PIM) applications, such as contacts, calendars, etc. Yes, it is possible to “tether” your PlayBook with your BlackBerry…

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]]> https://www.companionlink.com/blog/2011/04/how-to-do-contacts-calendar-tasks-and-notes-on-the-blackberry-playbook/feed/ 4 Watch your productivity skyrocket with Tasks on Android https://www.companionlink.com/blog/2010/03/watch-your-productivity-skyrocket-with-tasks-on-android/ https://www.companionlink.com/blog/2010/03/watch-your-productivity-skyrocket-with-tasks-on-android/#respond Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:16:45 +0000 http://companionlink.wordpress.com/?p=864 Continue reading →]]> Many business professional rely on the “tasks” or “to-do” functions found in popular desktop software such as Microsoft Outlook to help keep themselves organized. Tasks are useful for prioritizing your day, or just keeping track of the things you don’t want to forget. Anyone who has read David Allen’s Getting Things Done will tell you that the key to time management is to organize your priorities…

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]]> https://www.companionlink.com/blog/2010/03/watch-your-productivity-skyrocket-with-tasks-on-android/feed/ 0 Syncing tasks with Google, Gmail or Google Apps https://www.companionlink.com/blog/2009/08/syncing-tasks-with-google/ https://www.companionlink.com/blog/2009/08/syncing-tasks-with-google/#respond Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:13:12 +0000 http://companionlink.wordpress.com/?p=436 Continue reading →]]> While Google still hasn’t given us access to their Tasks API (so we can sync Tasks), we’ve created a workaround for the time being. CompanionLink will sync your Tasks in Outlook, Palm Desktop, and other desktop software to your Google calendar as untimed events. If you have a phone that syncs with your Google account, you can complete the task on your phone by inserting (complete) at the end of…

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]]> https://www.companionlink.com/blog/2009/08/syncing-tasks-with-google/feed/ 0 Syncing overdue tasks in Google https://www.companionlink.com/blog/2009/03/syncing-overdue-tasks-in-google/ https://www.companionlink.com/blog/2009/03/syncing-overdue-tasks-in-google/#respond Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:18:52 +0000 http://companionlink.wordpress.com/?p=245 Continue reading →]]> When you sync overdue Outlook tasks to your Google account using CompanionLink, they now get summarized into a sorted list (by date) and entered as a calendar event for the current day. The calendar event is called Overdue Tasks. This is extremely useful for people who use Outlook tasks with Google, and tend to lag behind the due dates they set on those tasks. Previously, you would loose sight…

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