R.I.P. Sync Services, hello ...eh wait what to use now??

Hello everybody,
silently SyncServices have disappeared in OS X Lion. What kind of options to we have now to synchronize? I'm currently working on an application that makes use of contacts and keeps them in sync via sync services. Right now it still works, but as sync services have disappeared, it seems like it is not much future proof at all. After a few hours of searching around, I couldn't find anything related to it, so my questions is, what to do now? What options do we have to keep our applications in sync with contacts, safari bookmarks etc. ...

Yeah, the writing has been on the wall for SyncServices for sometime. What I'm saying is, its not disappeared yet.
MobileMe calendar syncing switched from SyncServices to the open CalDAV protocol some time ago. Although MobileMe still uses SyncServices for contact syncing, I'm assuming that when MobileMe is finally switched off in June 2012, by then iCloud will be using (most likely) CardDAV for contact syncing. Presumably Safari Bookmarks will sync using one of the aforementioned iCloud APIs.
With regard to your application specifically, you might find more relevant discussions in the public Developer Forum, or the developer-only DevForums.

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