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Modern software has a complex multilayered architecture, though users don’t always pay attention. Take a look at food delivery services, for example. You need up to a few minutes to find a restaurant and place the order – that’s usually less time than users spend on deciding what to eat. But before the order gets to you, the app manages to communicate with a restaurant to check the availability and place a request, view the map to find drivers nearby, then contact a driver to provide your order details. And don’t forget about integrations with payment systems, chatting apps, and other auxiliary tools. Users take seamless communication between these systems for granted. In the end, this is what an app is supposed to do, why should we be impressed? But you already know that these systems are able to work so well together because of APIs and API testing services that enabke their correct work. Check out one ...

Behind every good app on your smartphone, there is a hard-working tech team of software developers and engineers. This person is the first to thoroughly check app features, performance capabilities, and graphic interface elements to detect errors and glitches that may spoil your experience. If you consider starting a career in QA services, or app testing services, in particular, being attentive to details, result-oriented, and ready for challenges will help a lot. Your tasks won’t end with listing bugs and pointing out app defects. But if you are eager to contribute to digital product quality enhancement, time to learn what to do to become a mobile QA engineer.

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Mobile performance is a significant aspect of mobile user experience that developers and testers can’t overlook in 2020. According to AppSamurai, app crashes cause 87% of app uninstalls. Yikes! Apptim is a new, free tool that can be used during development and mobile app testing to catch critical bugs faster and identify new performance issues in an app. The tool automatically measures app render times, power consumption, and resource usage while capturing crashes and more on Android and iOS devices. And these features make it an excellent addition to the performance testing service toolset. ...

TechReviewer has listed QA Madness among the top QA and software testing companies. This new milestone proves once more that we move in the right direction, delivering services that matter and helping companies release technically advanced software products.

About QA Madness

QA Madness is an independent software testing provider that delivers QA services since 2008. The company’s business portfolio includes manual and automated software testing. We run functional, performance, UI, integration, acceptance, and other types of testing. We have been working, in particular, with eCommerce, healthcare, fitness, logistics, mobile gaming industries globally. Lately, QA Madness started gradually extending the client geography...

The difference between mobile and web functionality is apparent: they are the versions of the same software adapted for mobile devices and PCs correspondingly. But when it comes to web apps and websites, beginners may get puzzled. Actually, things are quite simple there, too. A website displays text and visual data, while a web app provides access to more features. You not only view and read things but also manipulate the restricted data. Users pass authentication and can modify some elements of different web pages. So when you are using Facebook on your Smartphone via a pre-installed program, you deal with the mobile application. If you take a laptop and open Facebook in a browser, you access the social network via the web application. So the functionality of both apps is almost identical. The app QA process, however, will flow differently for each platform due to their particularities. Let’s take a closer look at the mobile and ...

When development and business teams participate in the decision-making process, both get a better understanding of the product as a wholesome system. This approach, however, requires more resources to compensate for the time of discussions. And most likely, there will be more code changes to make as different departments start to contribute. DevOps model facilitates the product delivery process, but even this dynamic method isn’t always enough to meet the tough deadlines. That’s where AIOps comes to rescue – a brand new way to optimize SDLC and business processes.

What is AIOps?

“AIOps” stands for “artificial intelligence in IT operations.” It is the use of machine learning and data science for solving IT-related issues. An AIOps platform applies big data to enhance the functions of IT operations and minimize human input. Such platforms consume and analyze the data generated by IT to better understand softwa...

According to Newzoo, there are around 2.5 billion gamers in the world. Not all of them are fans of mobile games, but this niche already represents 45% of the global game industry and is worth around $68.5 billion. Mobile gaming can grow to a $196 billion market by the end of 2022. According to App Annie, smartphone users spend 74 cents of every dollar in the app stores on games. Releasing a game app without critical bugs is a sure way to improve user acquisition and monetization. It also means that comprehensive testing is ...

57% of Europeans admit that they’ve started shopping online more actively than ever before. Over a third of them are people over 65s. Online grocery in the UK is expected to grow by 33%, which is a huge break compared to the last year’s 2.9%. Along with this data, eCommerce News reports that the impact will last beyond the restrictions. It is not hard to doubt, taking into consideration the US practices. Last year, eCommerce already represented 56% of overall retail sales. The experts believe that by 2023 this number will grow from $600 billion to over $6 trillion. Tech companies working in online retail niche are to experience massive opportunities and fierce competition. Paying enough attention to software QA, and automation testing service, in particular, is what can help to withstand current and upcoming challenges. ...

After months of lockdowns, countries start to ease the restrictions. Governments all over the world begin to gradually reopen the economies, though still with a strong accent on social distancing. So what does it mean for tech businesses? The revival might not be rapid, but it has already started. Despite the losses, entrepreneurs can walk away with a conclusion that helps prepare for difficulties in the future. Our CEO communicated some ideas on how to lead a business out of a crisis in a recent Forbes post. This time, we’ll share tips on how companies can prepare to uncertain times. QA Madness team would also like to support those who need assistance with optimizing resources for effective QA right now. Intrigued? Keep reading to learn more ;)

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