Cozi Central is a free
Software as a service
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Web 2.0
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-based
web application
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targeted at families offered by
Cozi. It includes a family calendar, shopping list management, a
screen saver
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with integrated appointment reminders, and Cozi Messages, which allows family members to quickly exchange
text messages
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and
email
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. It became available on September 25, 2006.
Features
Cozi Central includes a color-coded calendar which helps family members coordinate schedules. The design assumes that one OR two adults are running the household, and has a "hand off this appointment" feature. Upcoming appointments appear on the integrated photo screen saver.
The shopping list feature lets family members access their shopping lists from mobile phones by sending a text message with the word "shopping" to BCOZI or 22694 (US only), or by calling an IVR system at 1-888-808-COZI.
Cozi Messages allows families to quickly send a short message by either text message or email, or both, to all family members.
On April 4, 2007,
Cozi released a public
beta
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of a toolbar, that synchronizes the Cozi calendar with
Microsoft Outlook
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.
Compatibility
Cozi Central runs as both a PC application and a Web site. The PC application requires
Windows XP SP2
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or
Windows Vista
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. The Web Access version requires
Microsoft
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Internet Explorer 6
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or
Mozilla Firefox 1.0+.
Cozi System Requirements
See also
* Google Calendar
Google Calendar is a time-management and scheduling calendar service developed by Google. It was created by Mike Samuel as part of his 20% project at Google. It became available in Software release life cycle#Beta, beta release April 13, 2006, ...
* Yahoo! Calendar
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References
External links
*
Cozi Central Design Principles
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