Sunrise Calendar

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Sunrise Calendar
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Sunrise Calendar on Android
Original author(s) Sunrise Atelier, Inc. (Pierre Valade: co-founder and CEO; Jeremy Le Van: co-founder)
Developer(s) Microsoft Corporation
Initial release February 19, 2013 (2013-02-19)
Development status Active (Phase out has started)
Operating system OS X, Windows, iOS, Android, web browser
Type Electronic calendaring
License Freeware
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Sunrise is an electronic calendar application for mobile and desktop. The service was launched in 2013 by designers Pierre Valade and Jeremy Le Van. In October 2015, Microsoft announced that they had merged the Sunrise Calendar team into the larger Microsoft Outlook team where they will work closely with the Microsoft Outlook Mobile service.[1]

History

Sunrise was launched initially as an iPhone application on February 19, 2013.[2][3]

In June 2013, Sunrise raised $2.2 million[4] in venture funding from Resolute.vc,[5] NextView Ventures, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, SV Angel, and other angel investment firms like Loïc Le Meur, Dave Morin, Fabrice Grinda.

In May 2014, Sunrise launched on Android as well as on the web via a web application.[6]

In July 2014, Sunrise announced[7] it had raised $6 million Series A from Balderton Capital. Bernard Liautaud joined the board.[8]

On February 11, 2015, Microsoft announced that it will be acquiring Sunrise Atelier, Inc for $100,000,000.[9]

On October 28, 2015, Microsoft announced that Sunrise will be discontinued, with its functionality being merged into Outlook Mobile.[10]

On May 11, 2016, Microsoft announced that Sunrise will officially stop working on August 31, 2016 across all platforms.[11] According to Microsoft, Sunrise employees are now working in coordination with its Outlook team.

Features

Sunrise allows users to connect with Google Calendar, iCloud calendar and with Exchange Server. The following third-party services feature integration with Sunrise: Foursquare, GitHub, TripIt, Asana, Evernote, Google Tasks, Trello, Songkick, Wunderlist. As a web app, users can sign-in and use Sunrise in a web browser, with no downloads required. Native Sunrise app can also be downloaded for OS X 10.9 and later, iOS 8.0 and later (both iPhone and iPad) as well as Android phones and tablets.

In May 2015, Sunrise launched Meet, a keyboard for Android and iOS that lets users select available time slots in their calendar to schedule one-to-ones.[12]

See also

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