How Software Testers Can Become Internet SamaritansSince only 35 percent of the world's population use the Internet, two great opportunities exist for software testers—one, the ability to find out why so many people avoid the Internet, and two, the opening for usability tests to discover how to get these citizens online.
Agile Development Teams: Plan or Be Planned ForSteve Vaughn writes that if your team is not planning for future releases, someone else will plan them for you. Teams must embrace the fact that strategic planning will happen and take ownership of the process.
A First Look inside the Google/NASA Quantum Computer LabGoogle has announced a partnership with NASA and the Universities Space Research Association to launch the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab. The organizations are to conduct collaborative research using a 512-qubit D-Wave Two quantum computer from D-Wave Systems.
Thousands of Yahoo Mail Users Furious over RedesignYahoo decided to surprise its email users with a total redesign—and it was a disaster. Thousands of Yahoo Mail users are furious over the changes, and they’re being very vocal about it. Some users are upset about the elimination of key functions, but others are reporting serious technical problems.
How Many Apps Is Too Many in an App Portfolio?It is becoming increasingly important to make educated decisions about which applications to install, to monitor usage patterns, and to periodically revisit the list to clean up older applications and make way for newer ones. Rajini Padmanaban looks at how to manage app portfolios.
What Scandinavians Can Teach Us about Happiness at WorkThere is a Scandinavian word for real happiness at work: arbejdsglaede. It exists only in Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian—no other language has a word that means quite what this does. It's loving what you do. Read on to learn how to achieve arbejdsglaede and actually look forward to Monday mornings.
Why the Government Health Care Site Launch Was Doomed from the StartThe implementation of the Affordable Care Act on October 1, 2013, prompted the launch of a government website—HealthCare.gov—to help people purchase health insurance coverage. Almost immediately after going live, the website crashed. What went wrong isn't as simple as failing to do load testing.
Cyber Attacks on Adobe Jeopardize Customers and US AgenciesBad news hit Adobe Systems earlier this month. Chief security officer Brad Arkin writes that the San Jose-based software company suffered some serious cyber attacks on its network, resulting in “illegal access of customer information as well as source code for numerous Adobe products.”
