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Get your "beta" back on

Gene Expression
By Razib Khan
Jul 8, 2009 11:41 AMNov 5, 2019 9:39 AM

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Gmail and a raft of other apps were finally thrown out of beta recently. The assumed reason is that Google is trying to horn in on the enormous business market for applications, and people can get fired for greenlighting betas which break. But if you miss that not-ready-for-primetime new app feel, go "Back to Beta".

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