Software Testing News: 24th – 31st December 2016

Welcome to our weekly software testing news and Quotes of the Week from the world of software testing. In this week’s post, Super Mario Run experiences bugs, Apple watch update problems and a survey of DevOps users.

 

Apple Watch Update has Problemsapple-watch

A very small number of Apple Watch customers experienced an issue while installing watchOS 3.1.1, so as a precaution we’ve pulled back the software update

A number of problems with Apple latest update for the iWatch has meant that the company has pulled the update because of problems with resets and more. Read More here

 

Super Mario Run Knock-Off’s May Contain Malwaresuper-mario-run

The App may automatically shut down if it cannot friend candidates when you link Facebook to your friend list. This will not affect your saved game data and if you reboot the App, you will be able to play again.”

Nintendo have announced the latest mobile game for fans of the Console maker. Super Mario Run involves a host of familiar characters but only on iOS devices. That hasn’t stopped a number of clones appearing on Android Play store. Some of these, Nintendo has warned may contain malware. In addition bugs have been reported in the official iOS version.  Read More about Super Mario Run on Android here

 

Survey on DevOps

A survey conducted by Vanson Bourne on behalf on Rackspace found that 66% of respondents have implemented some form of DevOps practice. The survey also found that a number of those that implemented DevOps found a number of benefits from practising it. Read More about the DevOps survey here

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