Gmail says bye to beta, becomes betaless

is now

The long standing beta tag has been removed from some of the popular google services. These include Gmail, Gtalk, Google apps suite and Google calendar. Well, it wouldn't make much difference to me. Gmail has been the most stable beta release I have ever used. The word Beta has almost been the tagline in most of the googles service.

Do you like this move? Well, to be frank, the word beta makes me think the app is more lively, in the sense the application is constantly in development and we get to see new features every now now and then. But making it a stable release doesn't bring new features, its like a hiberanting version of an app which comes to life after some time. Hope, Google proves me wrong, by adding more features.

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