Lenovo Reach cloud service opens in beta, official launch coming ‘later this...
Lenovo’s getting into the cloud storage game, but rather than dive straight in, the company’s taking a tiptoe approach. Starting today, curious consumers can sign up to preview the company’s cloud...
View ArticleDigg’s Google Reader replacement beta opens on June 26th, friends and family...
Digg — yes, that Digg — has a replacement in the works for Google Reader, and it looks like it’ll arrive just ahead of the final days of Google’s RSS aggregation service. The service, which uses the...
View ArticleGoogle’s Dart SDK and Editor arrive as beta with focus on performance
Dart isn’t conquering the world wide web just yet, but that doesn’t mean Google is giving up on its darling programming language. The internet giant has just released the first beta of the SDK and...
View ArticleAOL Reader launches into private beta, thanks Google for the opportunity
Google: “Eh, we’re kind of over this Reader thing. Let’s go launch some balloons.” AOL: “Why, thanks guys — don’t mind if we do!” The above mentioned quotes are still unofficial, mind you, but it...
View ArticleNetNewsWire 4 enters open beta, gives Mac owners a new, local RSS reader option
As Google Reader’s closing in on the end of its days, a spate of new RSS aggregators have popped up to replace it. Sure, web-based readers from AOL, Digg or Feedly could do the trick, but what if you...
View ArticleiOS 7 beta 2 released, brings its magic to iPad
We got to see quite a bit of iOS 7 back at WWDC 2013, but we only saw it working on an iPhone. Well, we’ve got some good news for big screen Apple devs, as a new iOS 7 beta’s been released OTA and it...
View ArticleLeap Motion starts expanded beta, opens dev portal to the public, shows off...
Slowly but surely Leap Motion is making its way toward a commercial release. Today, the company has announced it’s moving into the next phase of beta testing and that it will be opening up its...
View ArticleFacebook announces Android app beta testing program starting June 27th...
Facebook’s always working on improving its mobile apps, and doing so for Android has proven to be a unique challenge. To aid in Android development, Facebook’s starting up a new beta testing program...
View ArticleCox flareWatch beta brings IPTV with 60 HD channels, cloud DVR for $35 monthly
While everyone tries to figure out what the future of TV looks like, Cox Cable has crossed over to offering internet TV service to customers in Orange County. flareWatch beta testers can buy a...
View ArticleFacebook 5.0 for Windows Phone 8 now live, out of beta
Facebook’s now out of beta and ready for primetime on Windows Phone 8, Microsoft announced today. It’s known as Facebook 5.0 and, aside from exiting beta, the latest version of Facebook for Windows...
View ArticlePath’s Windows Phone beta app on the Lumia 1020 hands-on (video)
Today’s 41 Million Reasons event was all about the hardware — and, to a lesser extent, proprietary software — so it’s no surprise that third-party app developers weren’t exactly front and center....
View ArticleGoogle Web Designer launches in beta, available now as a free download
Back in June, Google’s advertising arm put up a blog post, letting us know it was about to release an HTML5 development tool, called Google Web Designer. Well, it’s just arrived today, per a post on...
View ArticleBungie to offer Destiny beta access as early pre-order perk
We’ve all seen the demo, but none of us have actually played Destiny, Bungie and publisher Activision’s forthcoming first-person-shooter / MMO-like effort. But starting today, Destiny‘s persistent...
View ArticleChrome 31 beta for Android brings home screen shortcuts, search-friendly tabs
Now that Chrome 30 is done and dusted, Google has released Chrome 31 in beta — and it’s a big deal for Android users. The new browser lets users add iOS-like web shortcuts to the home screen, with...
View ArticleOUYA’s next update adds external storage (in beta), video support for game pages
That little Android gaming box, the OUYA, might’ve only cost you $ 100, but that doesn’t mean it’s not getting treated to some post-launch updating like all your other game consoles. The next update...
View ArticlePlex Cloud Sync beta stores your media across multiple online services
As good as Plex Sync may be at keeping media libraries in harmony, it’s not very helpful to mobile Plex users who can’t always store or stream large files on their devices. After today, they won’t...
View ArticleIngress beta for Android now open to all augmented reality fans
For the past year, the Ingress beta has been as much an exclusive club as it is an augmented reality game — you’ve had to request an invitation to play. Google and Niantic Labs must want more of us to...
View ArticleGoogle’s Ingress augmented reality game exits beta December 14
It’s been just over a year since Google’s Niantic Labs launched Ingress, an alternate and augmented reality turf war game, as a closed beta. Last Friday, the game ditched its invitation requirement,...
View ArticleKim Dotcom’s Mega cloud storage exits beta, secure messaging and video chat...
The feds may have taken Megaupload to the big cloud storage facility in the sky, but Kim Dotcom’s followup Mega is going strong and now out of beta. That official launch includes a new web UI with...
View ArticleGamers can now apply to beta test Steam’s In-Home Streaming service
A big part of Valve’s steamy vision of the future will be the ability to play full-fledged PC games on a relatively small living room machine, by streaming them to the Steam client from a main gaming...
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