Have you ever noticed that many google servies, like most or all of the google apps including Gmail and Google Docs, are “Beta”?<\/p>\n
Well, not any more:<\/p>\n
Like many software products, Google’s Gmail service was first released with a “beta” label on it. In the software industry, a product that is in beta is still in its testing phase. Beta versions, which are sandwiched between internal “alpha” versions and final “release” versions, typically have a lifespan of weeks or perhaps months. But Gmail was different. Released on April 1, 2004, it was still in beta five years and tens of millions of users later.<\/p>\n
That is changing Tuesday. Gmail is finally shedding the beta label, signaling that Google considers the product to be fully baked. Google is also taking three other applications — Calendar, Docs and Talk — out of beta.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Have you ever noticed that many google servies, like most or all of the google apps including Gmail and Google Docs, are “Beta”? Well, not any more: Like many software products, Google’s Gmail service was first released with a “beta” label on it. In the software industry, a product that is in beta is still … Continue reading Gmail is no longer beta<\/span>