Following the recent announcement of updates to the Yahoo ! homepage, the company has announced a revamp of the company’s calendar, a feature the company hasn’t changed in the ten years since it launched.

The company announced the changes via its official blog, Yodel, saying that as it stands “a mere 8 million” people are using Yahoo ! Calendar every month. Yahoo !’s vice president of Mail says the company feels a workover is necessary and expects that the “time is right for these web-based applications to take off” because the miracle of broadband means we’re practically living on the internet and open standards means all online calendars can be friends and share schedules.

So what can those 8 million people expect with the new calendar ? Well for one, it’s compatible with calendars from Google, Apple, Mozilla and Microsoft, which means you’ll be able to share your schedule with colleagues or family and friends who are using another service.

One of the features we actually quite like is that you can add reminders and choose whether you get bugged by email, instant message or text. We also like that you can drag and drop to change the date of events. One of the features we don’t get is why you’d want to add photos from Flickr to your calendar.

To try the beta, click here and to view the beta demo, click here.