Every web application that comes out these days has a “Beta” next to it. This does make people more tolerant to errors or bugs they come across the site. However, with Google keeping many of it apps in “perpetual beta”, the term has some how been eroded of its value.
Just to point out, Google News, some time back quietly droped the “beta” meaning the application was stable and relatively bug free. However here is a screen shot of “Mini Me” with the Kraft business news. 
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So it it out of Beta?