# Socially Integrated Calendar Apps The Sunrise App Blends Social Media Into Your Digital Planning By Tana Makmanee | Published 2013-02-21 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/calendar-apps References: [techcrunch](http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/19/sunrise-brilliantly-redefines-calendar-apps-on-ios/) & [sunrise.am](http://www.sunrise.am/) Calendars are a necessity when it comes to planning out your schedule, and these [Sunrise](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/guided-journaling) calendar apps are creatively designed to integrate social media features, which cleverly connects your planner with the larger digital world. These social media-integrated apps are taking ordinary calendar features to the next level, by allowing you to connect your social media platforms to your digital planner. From incorporating [Facebook](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/noplace-app) feeds to providing you with [LinkedIn](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sociallater) profiles about the person you're supposed to meet with, these advanced calendar apps will certainly take your digital planning to a level where you can socially connect with your appointments. Sunrise is revolutionizing the limited features of mobile app calendars, and is creatively revamping them into a program that this tech-savvy generation can automatically relate to. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.7/10 - Popularity: 28% | Activity: 46% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Socially Integrated Calendar Apps:** The trend of integrating social media features into calendar apps presents an opportunity for disruptive innovation in the digital planning space. - **Connecting Social Media with Digital Planning:** The trend of connecting social media platforms with digital planners offers the potential for disruptive innovation in calendar app design and functionality. - **Revamping Mobile App Calendars:** The trend of revitalizing mobile app calendars with advanced features and social media integration opens up opportunities for disruptive innovation in the calendar app market. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Digital Planning:** The integration of social media features into calendar apps presents a disruptive innovation opportunity within the digital planning industry. - **Calendar App Design:** The trend of connecting social media platforms with digital planners offers an opportunity for disruptive innovation in calendar app design and user experience. - **Mobile App Development:** The revitalization of mobile app calendars with advanced features and social media integration presents a disruptive innovation opportunity within the mobile app development industry. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Calendar-Coordinating Social Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/clyx-app.md) - [Visual Planning Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/aday.md) - [Social Scheduling Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/planpop.md) - [Interactive Scheduling Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/spatial-calendar.md) - [Event Countdown Calendars](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/event-countdown.md) - [Unified Productivity Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/joi-planner.md) - [Intelligent Daily Planners](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/beforesunset-ai.md) - [Reminding Calendar Personalizations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/remindercal-4.md) - [Unified Daily Planners](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/polyplan-desktop.md)