Welcome to the this week’s Quotes of the Week. In this week’s software testing news: 10 years of Google Maps, software developing leaving the stone age? and more….
10 Years of Google Maps
It’s been ten years since the beginning of Google Maps. Rob Walker of Yahoo Tech runs through the artwork and other projects that has been inspired by Google Maps. Read More here.
Leaving the Software Development Stone Age
“Every developer relies on a toolbox full of software. Now these tools are available in the cloud. Have we finally made it out of the software development Stone Age?”
Microsoft will let its Customers do its Testing for Them
“Enterprises will be able to receive feature updates after their quality and application compatibility has been assessed in the consumer market”
Jim Alkove, director of program management for Microsoft’s enterprise group, iMicrosoft explains how businesses will benefit from the consumer tested Windows 10. The company plans to release Windows 10 for business some months after the consumer release so that many of the bugs and issues will be solved. Windows 10 will be launched later on this year. Read More here.
BMW fixes software bug that made 2.2 million cars vulnerable to break-ins
“ADAC [German Motor Association] experts found that the ConnectedDrive software has security flaws that can help hackers breach the security of the car.”
A report by Devender Kundaliya on the security issues surrounding the software bug in BMW internal ConnectDrive software. The software could be hacked using a rellica mobile phone base station which allowed hackers to open doors and windows. Read More here.
GMT bug in iOS 8 Fixed..Sort of
A recent bug with Apple’s iOS 8 system meant that those using the calendar had appoints added in GMT time regardless of the timezone that the user might be in. Google have addressed the issue so those working with Google calendar have the error resolved but those using other third-party syncing still have the issue which Apple have yet to address. Read More here
