New Technology is Affecting the Chief Executive Level
Companies are realizing that the rise of mobile necessitates more than just a native app and a mobile optimized website. Between the prevalence of mobile in everyday life, the expanding world of...
View ArticleThe Repercussions of Poorly Written Bug Reports
Bad bug report titles. Inaccurate steps to reproduce. Reports that overall need someone who studies hieroglyphics and/or Mayan Script to decipher. All of these cases not only make it a nightmare to...
View ArticleIt’s iPhone Day: What Did We Learn?
Today is my own nerd holiday! Apple unleashed two new devices, the iPhone 5C and 5S. Let’s talk about the 5C first. Traditionally, when releasing a new iPhone, Apple would discount previous...
View ArticleHow the iPhone 5S Secures Your Fingerprint
Apple will start selling the iPhone 5S tomorrow, and one of its most anticipated new features is the fingerprint reader. Users will be able to lock and secure their phones with their fingerprints and...
View ArticleTesting the Limits: International Society for Software Testing
Last month, the International Society for Software Testing opened its proverbial doors. With more than 30 founding members – including some of the biggest names in testing and many past Testing the...
View ArticleTesting the Limits: ISST Part II
In the second part of the month’s Testing the Limits, Ilari Henrik Aegerter, Iain McCowatt, Johan Jonasson and Henrik Andersson of the International Society for Software Testing discuss the group’s...
View ArticleSoftware Testing for a Fighter Jet
No matter what type of product or application you’re working on, it’s important that the final product be high quality and free of bugs. It becomes even more important when the software you’re...
View ArticleLocalization Roundup – Urdu Fonts and Branding Fails
With the world full of so many intersecting cultures, communication problems can frequently arise in the technology we all use. From time to time, we see news articles about these challenges and like...
View ArticleiOS Developers, Expand Your Testing Matrix
On your mark, get set, go! Okay, yes, today was the release of Microsoft’s Surface 2 tablet, but we want to discuss some other tablet news today. By the end of November there will be two more iDevices,...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 Encounters Major Show-Stopper Bugs
Screenshot from Windows website Most major software update roll-outs encounter a hitch or two. If the company is lucky, the bug isn’t too bad. Then there are the cases when things go catastrophically...
View ArticleSTPCon Fall 2013 Recap
It’s fall and that means one thing – no, not football, apple picking or pumpkin flavored everything – it’s software testing conference time! For the fourth year in a row, uTest was honored to sponsor...
View ArticleMajor Retailers Adopting Omni-Channel Approach
Amazon has been chipping away at the profits of brick-and-mortar stores for awhile, but now, these traditional retailers are finally figuring out how to fight back. Omni-channel has been the retail...
View ArticleDelight Your Users With the Newly Enhanced Usability Testing By uTest
There was a time when app success meant that your app worked as well in the hands of your users as it did in your test lab. Today’s users expect your app or website to simply work. But they also desire...
View ArticleHow Users Feel About Geolocation and Privacy
Companies have been trying to find the consumer trust line when it comes to security and privacy for a while now. Users want more features and better convenience, and companies want to supply those...
View ArticleHappy World Usability Day!
For those of you that don’t already know, today is World Usability Day! Yes, indeed, an entire day dedicated to celebrating the joy of simple, easy to use interfaces that make our day-to-day lives...
View ArticleCosts, Complexity of Software Testing Catching Teams Off-guard
As new technologies (hello, smartwatches and Google Glass) emerge onto the app scene and the pre-existing mobile app market further explodes in growth, it’s hardly a surprise that testing teams are...
View ArticleLarge Companies Still Behind on Mobile Strategies
This may not come as a surprise, but large companies are still lagging when it comes to adopting and integrating mobile into their company cultures and workflows. Large companies are not exactly known...
View ArticleGiving Thanks for the Little Things at Work
It’s that time of year again. A time when all of us here in the U.S.A. give thanks for what we have and show that appreciation by watching football, consuming copious amounts of L -Tryptophan and...
View ArticleHow Companies Are Keeping Up With the Digital Age
As we mentioned in the announcement about our pending name change to Applause – the app world is much bigger than ever before. Not only are there more apps and more companies making apps, but the...
View ArticleSoftware Testing Gets Its Time in the Spotlight
You may have noticed that not many people know how the websites, software and apps they use everyday actually came into existence. They know that a developer built the app, but, as Lorinda Brandon...
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