Apple released beta software allowing Mac users to conduct video chats with iPhone and iPod touch users Monday.
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People expect betas to work, and even use them productively today (which historically has been a no go, no admin would have deployed beta software).
Siri, which Apple describes as beta software, has experienced occasional outages since its October launch, but iCloud has fared much better than Apple's previous endeavors into Internet services.
To the list of job titles he's held at Apple Computer , which so far include co-founder, special consultant, interim CEO, and now just plain CEO, Steven Jobs can now add software beta-tester.
Ubi said it has 30 paying customers and has released its software in beta.
And a "selected" group of developers and corporate users will have access to a beta version of the software immediately.
There's also a new beta of the Apple TV software for testing it out -- it doesn't have any version notes, so we don't know if it offers any additional features as well.
The software is in private beta now and will be launching publicly this fall.
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Updates are on the way that will bring not only finalized Extender software, but also beta support for the Android platform and apps.
This software really looks like it's a beta and thankfully, like we indicated before, the player works on open standards so most media streaming software will work with the unit.
Not too much new here, but the software is out of its beta phase and ready to ship.
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The deployment software, available now in beta, should be a commercial product by the end of the year, according to Telford.
Card.io is offering a software developers kit in a beta program and is already working with MogoTix which sells tickets to events.
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The beta period may have been more productive in terms of software tweaks.
Lightroom 5 beta marks the fifth consecutive version Adobe has offered the software for public preview and testing prior to the final release.
The application costs nothing and works with around 30 games thus far (pre-loaded in the beta as "profiles") -- NVIDIA sees the software not as a tool for direct monetization, but as a means to grow the accessibility of PC gaming.
An engineering program manager, whose job it is to pull together the various hardware and software engineers who contribute to a product, will typically bring the latest beta version back to Cupertino for senior executives to see and then get right back on a plane for China to repeat the process.
At IBC in Amsterdam, Opera is also unveiling the newest version of the Opera Devices Software Development Kit (SDK) with native JavaScript execution for MIPS CPUs, WebGL (beta) support and much more.
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