Testing and Quality Assurance
Testing and Quality Assurance
Test and QA Stories
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Is New Technology Taking Us Back to Grassroots Software Testing?With new technology products entering the market, the scope for testing is only going to grow. All of these products will of course need to be tested thoroughly before release. Rajini Padmanaban looks at how technology may actually take testers back to grassroots software testing—the manual way. | 
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Michelle Obama Hacked!Despite a recent White House executive order designed to beef up cyber security, First Lady Michelle Obama has fallen victim to doxing, a technique for collecting from the Internet personal information that then can be used to access more sensitive, security-critical information. | 
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How to Debug a Software Glitch from 141 Million Miles Away Even code from NASA isn't perfect, as seen by the recent bugs found within their Mars rover Curiosity. What's remarkable is NASA's ability to eliminate the glitches, quickly and over such a great distance. Any downtime could be fatal when dealing with a piece of hardware as technical as Curiosity. |
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Helpful Metaphors for Software TestingMetaphors are a wonderful way to describe something to your audience that they would not likely understand without them. Explaining testing to non-testers and testing concepts to experienced testers can be significantly easier when using good metaphors. | 
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Tips for Becoming an Influential and Efficient TesterFew people have a more diverse QA background than Jane Fraser. Currently the test director for Anki, Jane has managed test teams for Electronic Arts, Vodafone, and others. In this interview, we ask her about becoming an influential tester, which essential skills testers must acquire, and much more. | 
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Expanding from Online Store to Brick and Mortar BusinessTraditionally, businesses have expanded from being just a physical brick and mortar store to a physical store plus an online store. It is interesting to see several online businesses, including major technology players, set up brick and mortar stores in addition to their online presence. |
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Software Testing Needs to Get with the Mobile RevolutionMobile has drastically changed the software testing landscape. Testing techniques need to change if companies are to have any hope of keeping up. | 
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Building Successful PartnershipsAlthough there is a lot of competition with a heavy focus on intellectual property and a drive to release new features to customers sooner than competitors do, there's also a willingness to collaborate and build successful partnerships. Rajini Padmanaban looks at how testers can help in the process. |
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