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Five Predictions: What the Future Holds for Test ProfessionalsNo one has a crystal ball, but it's critical for test professionals to seriously ponder what the future holds as they plan their career journeys. Where is technology headed? What testing roles will be in most demand? Where will a tester spend the most time? Here are some predictions. | 
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How to Keep People from Uninstalling Your Mobile AppMobile marketing firm Swrve has discovered that just 26 percent of users actually return to an app for a second time two days after opening it. After seven days? Developers can expect around 13 percent of those who downloaded their product to make a comeback. That's a problem, but it can be fixed. | 
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NSA's Data Spying Driving Tech Business Overseas Major tech companies can expect continued resistance and suspicion from users if the National Security Agency’s power to spy on customers is not reduced or further regulated in the near future. United States technology companies could lose $35 billion in just three years over data concerns. |
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Three Positive Societal Side Effects from LayoffsLayoffs are never easy. Whether they are done in small or large numbers, they call for a lot of planning and can significantly bring down employee morale. While there can be negative effects at the organizational level, layoffs can potentially have a positive impact at the societal level. | 
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Are There Benefits to Multitasking?Multitasking gets a bad rap, but not without reason. When we do it, we take longer to complete tasks, make more mistakes, retain less content, and get stressed. Can there be any benefits to multitasking? Naomi Karten found out there are at least a few. Read on to find out what they are. | 
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What Apple’s Swift Means for Developers, Testers, and Businesses Apple surprised people at the Worldwide Developers Conference by introducing Swift, a brand-new programming language for OS X and iOS application development. What will this mean for developers, testers, and businesses who have poured time and resources into developing Objective-C expertise? |
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Mobile Testing: The First Step—or Two On many mobile projects, testing is not practiced well—or sometimes not done at all. Many testers from the desktop world are moving into mobile, and there is much they can take from traditional testing into the mobile space. Here are some ideas to get you thinking about testing mobile devices. |
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Is A/B Testing Fundamentally Unethical?Facebook created a controversy recently by sharing the study results of an experiment it did in the news feed of around 700,000 users. The basis of Facebook's study was to prove whether emotions are contagious on the social network. It was a version of an A/B test—without users knowing about it. | 
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