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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Moreover, beyond just the controllers we suspected to be part of the beta program, Newell tells the BBC that said prototypes will be of the Steambox, Valve's living room-friendly PC gaming initiative.
"When we launched our beta program back in the summer of 2009 we emerged from stealth mode with a product that we had designed and developed internally, " recalls Matt Eagar, president and co-founder of ThinkFlood.
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The company said it intends to begin precursor flights later this year, flying an unpiloted reusable craft up to 22 miles (36 km) in a beta testing program.
Nokia's already putting some serious commitment into soliciting comments, complaints, and suggestions for new products from the hive mind through its Beta Labs program, but apparently, that's not quite enough.
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Starting today, SCE will release the open beta version of PS Suite SDK (free of charge) through Developer Program for PS Suite (Open Beta).
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The program launches as beta, and in the future fans may need to pay for shipping and handling.
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Ronney Nanney of Cedar Hill, Texas, has been beta-testing the Seasonal Savings program, making meticulous measurements of temperature fluctuations.
Now about 1, 000 strong, and less than two years old, it is finishing beta testing on its Level 1 certification program as I type.
Google will distribute the laptop through its Chrome OS Pilot Program, in a sort of public beta.
Game developers like Konami, Playfish and Zynga participated in the beta, but now other developers and publishers will also be able to apply to the program.
Before deciding if it's worth it to buy RealJukebox Plus rather than sticking with the free version, it's a worthy pursuit to go over the features of the program -- most of which rolled out one by one since its debut in beta form.
The official syncing program for Mac users isn't available yet, but I had a chance to try the beta version, and it was surprisingly smooth at syncing music from my iTunes library and photos and video from iPhoto.
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