Most social media sites will allow you to communicate to a specific individual, an entire group of online friends that happen to use the service, or absolutely everyone in the world at the same time. But what if you want to communicate to a smaller, specific group of individuals just for one special event? These individuals may or may not be part of your online social group of close friends and the event may not last forever. For such occasions, there are several different ways in iOS 7 to create a personal short-term group and keep your communication private within that group.
The following five examples are among the best ways to do so in iOS 7.Sharing iCloud’s iCalendars
The Calendar app allows you to view multiple calendars from multiple accounts all at once. Creating additional calendars can help keep your events organized. It can also help keep your private events separate from your shared events. To create a new iCloud calendar, tap on the word “Calendar” at the bottom of the screen from within the Calendar app. Edit the list of calendars and tap on “Add Calendar” for your iCloud account. Be sure to use a name that you will want to share with others. When you are done you will see the new calendar in your list of calendars.
Next to each calendar in the list you will see an information button that looks like the letter “i” inside a circle. Tap on the information button to reveal the details of the calendar. This is where you can add contacts that you want to share the calendar with. Once a new contact is added, they will be sent a notification that they will need to accept before they can access the calendar’s events. Also when reviewing the details of the calendar, tapping on each contact you have added to the calendar will show whether or not each contact can edit the calendar. This allows others to add and remove events from the calendar you just created.Group messaging with iMessages
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