Jennifer Moebius

Late last night, we launched version 2.5 of the uTest platform.  This new version incorporates a number of infrastructure improvements and bug fixes.  And while some of these things aren’t visible to the naked eye, they are based upon feedback from our customers and testers, and we’re confident they’ll help to improve the overall user experience here at uTest. Among the more noticeable changes, we’ve improved our support for Google Chrome.  This is among the fastest-growing browsers among our user base, so our platform now supports it.  We’ve also made it easier for new testers and customers to find the answers to their questions with improved FAQs inside the platform. We’ve also given our project managers several new “behind the scenes” tools and features to help them respond even more effectively to the needs of our customers and testers, as well as to deal with t... (more)

Crowdsourcing: Testing the Limits with John Winsor

Having grilled some of the top minds in the software business, this installment of Testing the Limits will deviate slightly from the norm. With us this month is John Winsor – author, entrepreneur and crowdsourcing expert. After a successful career as a journalist and magazine publisher, John founded Radar Communications in 1998, where he implemented a variety of academic-based market intelligence tools to help some of the country’s most progressive companies learn from key voices in their communities. Today, he offers that same advice as the VP/Executive Director of Strategy and... (more)

Update on “Help Wanted” Post

Yesterday’s post — announcing that we need more mobile app testers to keep up with rapidly growing demand — has drawn a great deal of interest from testers around the world (which, I suppose was kinda’ the point).  One of the questions that I’ve heard from a bunch of tester in the past 24 hours is “where do you have the most mobile testing demand?”. The answer is that, while our mobile growth has been across a variety of handset makers, wireless carriers and geographies, our greatest areas of need are: iPhone app testers in the US and Canada Blackberry testers in Spain, France, ... (more)

QA Words of Wisdom

From my fortune cookie last night: “From error to error, one discovers the entire truth (in software).” I added in the last part, of course, but you get the idea. ... (more)

uTest CEO Addresses a New Era of Community-based Testing at STAREAST 2009

WHO: Doron Reuveni co-founded uTest, the world's largest software testing marketplace, because he believed that a global community was the most efficient and effective way to deliver testing and usability services. Reuveni is a published expert and entrepreneur in web and mobile technologies and application testing methodologies. He has more than 20 years of experience in software application delivery for both Fortune 500 companies and young, innovative start-ups. WHAT: The New Era of Community-based Testing in the Special Topics (T5) track WHEN: Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 9... (more)