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Social News Site Launches In Private Beta
By Mike Sachoff · September 21, 2007

Social media Website Mixx, launched today in private beta. The customizable site brings together a combination of user-recommended news articles, videos and images, social networking and personalization tools.

YouTube 101, Just Because
By WebProNews Staff · September 19, 2007

Your first reaction to the news that a college offers a class in YouTube might be to dredge up old "underwater basket-weaving" jokes; learning the school is in California, might be less surprising – after all, Stanford offers a course in Facebook apps.

Yahoo And Zimbra, Still An Odd Deal
By WebProNews Staff · September 18, 2007

The $350 million cash price tag Yahoo will pay for email software firm Zimbra makes the mind reel. Especially since Yahoo just got finished with a major update for its Mail product.

Admish Enters Public Beta
By Doug Caverly · September 17, 2007 · 1

I’m not sure that any two people have the same college admissions experience; once a student considers the number of majors, the number of schools, his (or her) parents’ income, and his (or her) own academic abilities, a range of responses can be appropriate. But Admish.com, a new social network, wants to make the process easier on everybody.

Microsoft, Think of the Users
By Neville Hobson · September 11, 2007

Last week, Microsoft released the third beta version of Windows Live Writer, its free software that lets you write and publish posts to your blog from your PC rather than having to log in to your blog.

I use WLW and think it’s a terrific application.

Google Takes AJAX Debugger Out of Beta
By WebProNews Staff · August 29, 2007

Google has long maintained that AJAX is the future (and the now) of the Web, and even refers to the click-and-wait method as "the yesterweb." But for developers, AJAX is a pain, especially when debugging for browser quirks. Those struggling, then, may be happy to know that the Google Web Toolkit is now out of beta with version 1.4.

Yahoo Mail Speeds Out Of Beta
By WebProNews Staff · August 27, 2007

Yahoo’s unlimited storage email service shed its beta label and added the ability to send and receive text messages to and from mobile phones in several countries.

Microsoft Announces Content Ads Beta
By WebProNews Staff · August 21, 2007

Beginning August 29th, advertisers will be able to try out placing ads on Microsoft’s content network pages.

Amazon Flexes Payments Service Beta
By WebProNews Staff · August 3, 2007

This latest addition to an infrastructure lineup of S3 and EC2 (data storage/transfer and distributed computing, respectively) enhances Amazon’s strength as a powerful destination for developers.

Microsoft Offering Ads On MSN And Ask
By WebProNews Staff · July 17, 2007 · 1

Participants in the Microsoft Office Live adManager Beta can fire up their search campaigns by purchasing ads for display on MSN and Live Search, and on Ask Sponsored Listings.

Microsoft Live Drive Enters Beta
By Doug Caverly · June 27, 2007

Everyone’s keeping an ear to the ground for news concerning the mythical Gdrive, and unfortunately, I have no information on that front. But a similarly named offering from Microsoft – Live Drive – may soon launch.

Joost + YouTube = Veoh TV
By Andy Beal · June 20, 2007

It seems like form Disney exec Michael Eisner is determined to make online video his next domain, with the beta launch this week of Veoh TV.

VeohTV Launches In Beta
By Mike Sachoff · June 20, 2007

Internet Television company Veoh has launched the beta version of VeohTV. VeohTV acts as a video browser and DVR for finding, viewing and managing online video.

MySpace Launches Beta Instant Messaging
By Mike Sachoff · June 20, 2007 · 1

MySpace has officially announced the beta launch of their instant messaging service, MySpaceIM.

Microsoft Office Outlook Connector Beta Released
By Darren Straight · June 12, 2007

With Microsoft Office Outlook Connector Beta, you can use Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 or Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 to access and manage your Microsoft Windows Live Hotmail or Microsoft Office Live Mail accounts, including e-mail messages and contacts for free!

AOL Local Search In Beta 2
By Mike Sachoff · June 1, 2007

AOL Local Search Beta 2 helps users find a local business or location by following three steps.

Local Guides Launches Beta
By Chris Smith · May 18, 2007

Local Matters yesterday announced the launch of their new site, LocalGuides.com, which mashes up Local + Social + Vertical content and utilities. The site is really strong with some compelling features, so I’ve kicked the tires and have a few technical comments.

New Windows Desktop Blog Client
By Thomas McMahon · May 17, 2007

Mariner Software is getting ready to release their new blogging client called WinJournal. If you’ve used a Mac, then you may be familiar with MacJournal. Well it’s the same idea, just for Windows users.

CityWaboo Goes Beta
By Doug Caverly · May 8, 2007

It’s a city . . . it’s a waboo . . . it’s CityWaboo! No, I don’t have a clue what the name means, but a new “community resource site” has launched in beta.

Reviewing Joost Beta 9
By Dan Morrill · April 6, 2007

Got done reviewing Joost Beta 9, and it just keeps on getting better, and this time it did not bring down the network.

Yahoo Alpha Goes Beta
By WebProNews Staff · April 4, 2007 · 1

This isn’t a typo: Yahoo!7 is running the search Alpha beta Down Under, offering a customizable start page people can equip with content modules from Yahoo’s properties and others.