UPDATED 13:13 EST / OCTOBER 08 2010

Google Admits to Acquisition of Plannr, “Everything Is Best”

Google has gone ahead and bought startup “Everything Is Best” and all of their assets, which includes a product dubbed scheduling for hipsters, Plannr. The company, run by Ben Eidelson and Jason Pardo, also offers several other mobile apps including ridepenguin, LoveTap, and SheetIt.

However, Plannr appears to have made the most splash in the news as it mixes functionality between the popular Tungle.me and Google’s own Calendar software. TechCrunch brings us this scoop from an e-mail they received from Google earlier today,

From a Google spokesperson this morning:

“We’re excited to welcome Ben and Jason to Google. They have built several innovative mobile applications, and we believe they can help us make a better and more useful mobile experience for our users.”

So as of today, Google is a (slightly) hipper and more mobile place.

Google’s stretch into the social environment continues apace with this acquisition. The functionality of Plannr will likely greatly broaden the way that people use Google Calendar for scheduling; especially so when it comes to mobile applications that will give users a better at-a-glance and at-a-touch capability for modifying and setting schedules.

Combined with the Google Calendar “Find a Time” feature, multiple users will likely be able to submit the times they’re available and then the meeting organizer can use that too find the intersection in schedules to set the meeting time.

Plannr and Google together will make for an interesting pair as they bridge the gap between disorganized social get-togethers and mobile applications to rapidly bring together small groups of friends for evening plans or other social events.


A message from John Furrier, co-founder of SiliconANGLE:

Support our mission to keep content open and free by engaging with theCUBE community. Join theCUBE’s Alumni Trust Network, where technology leaders connect, share intelligence and create opportunities.

  • 15M+ viewers of theCUBE videos, powering conversations across AI, cloud, cybersecurity and more
  • 11.4k+ theCUBE alumni — Connect with more than 11,400 tech and business leaders shaping the future through a unique trusted-based network.
About SiliconANGLE Media
SiliconANGLE Media is a recognized leader in digital media innovation, uniting breakthrough technology, strategic insights and real-time audience engagement. As the parent company of SiliconANGLE, theCUBE Network, theCUBE Research, CUBE365, theCUBE AI and theCUBE SuperStudios — with flagship locations in Silicon Valley and the New York Stock Exchange — SiliconANGLE Media operates at the intersection of media, technology and AI.

Founded by tech visionaries John Furrier and Dave Vellante, SiliconANGLE Media has built a dynamic ecosystem of industry-leading digital media brands that reach 15+ million elite tech professionals. Our new proprietary theCUBE AI Video Cloud is breaking ground in audience interaction, leveraging theCUBEai.com neural network to help technology companies make data-driven decisions and stay at the forefront of industry conversations.