Five useful tips for group communication in iOS 7

You don’t always have to use a social media account to communicate to all of your friends and family. These iOS tips will have you sending group messages to a specific list of contacts in no time.

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.

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