“There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.”

- Louis L'amour

Life is about the journey, not the destination. This rings very true for the Tungle team. We have had an exciting journey since we started in 2006. It’s now time to close yet another chapter in our book and start a new one…

Tungle began in 2006 to make finding times to meet with colleagues, clients and contacts as quick and easy as possible. In April of 2011, we were acquired by Research in Motion (RIM) with the goal of bringing the Tungle vision to millions of BlackBerry customers. After our acquisition we quickly went to work and built the BlackBerry Playbook Calendar app. Now, our team is creating the native Calendar app for the next generation platform, BlackBerry 10, and together with other key RIM employees, we are driving innovation in Messaging (email), Contacts, Notes and Memos apps.

All of our new responsibilities within RIM are very exciting; however, it hasn’t left much time for innovation on the core Tungle product over the past year, as we’re sure you have noticed. To make the most of our new focus, we have sadly decided it is time to shut down the standalone Tungle service.

As of Monday, December 3rd, 2012 we have shut down the standalone Tungle service. We know our dedicated members rely on Tungle every day to manage their calendars and we don’t want to leave you out to dry, so we suggest you check out Doodle to replace Tungle.

We appreciate all the support you have given us over the years and hope our efforts on BlackBerry 10 will bring the same dedication and excitement.

We invite you to take a trip down memory lane with us in a look back at Tungle’s roots in the short video below. Stick around till the end – you just might learn something about where “Tungle” came from.

Sincerely,
The Tungle Team