Mountain View (CA) – Google today said that all Google Apps, including Gmail, Calendar, Docs and Talk, are officially out of beta. There was no information what suddenly happened to remove the beta label from those products. But just in case you are just too used to be seeing Gmail with a “beta†logo, you can customize the interface to show a “beta†remark.
Google and beta software is a running joke and the simple fact that you can add a beta logo to Google Apps may be a sign that even Google does not take its approach to calling some products “beta†that seriously. It seems that especially Gmail has been in beta forever – in fact, the service launched on April 2, 2004 as an invitation only service with a then revolutionary 1 GB of free storage space. Five years and more than 100 million registered users later, Google felt it is time to remove the beta label.
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