Welcome to our weekly software testing news and Quotes of the Week from the world of software testing. This week our news bulletin features Facebook and Google’s QA, Nintendo Bug Bounty programme and more.
Partnership Announced between Mobile Labs and LogiGear
“Our partnership with LogiGear, an industry leader in automated testing, allows developers to improve testing speed and quality, ultimately resulting in a faster, better release and rapid bug detection and correction”
Mobile Software Testing specialist Mobile Labs has announced a partnership with LogiGear, a Silicon valley based software testing solutions company. The partnership will lead to support and referral for both companies products. Read More about the LogiGear Deal here
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“If a bug affects 0.01% of the user base in a small app, it’s not worth the energy. If it affects 0.01% for Google and Facebook, that’s thousands of complaints, and possible media scandal to deal with”
Benjamin Brandall explores the QA process at Google and Facebook and explains how both companies manage their software testing process with large amounts of code coverage and examines the testing culture at both companies. Read More about how Facebook test here
Google Launch Testing Software
“Open source software is the backbone of the many apps, sites, services and networked things that make up ‘the internet’. It is important that the open source foundation be stable, secure, and reliable, as cracks and weaknesses impact all who build on it.”
A statement from Google upon it’s announcement of its new OSS-Fuzz project. The software will use multiple fuzzing engines and testing tools for C++ to run continuous security tests on open source projects. Google will run the software with partners though it has not revealed what software will be used as part of the project yet. Read More about the OSS-Fuzz Project.
Nintendo Announce Bug Bounty Programme
Nintendo has joined a host of software and tech companies in announcing its first bug bounty programme. Nintendo are offering researchers the opportunity to earn up to $20,000 if they are successful in finding bugs in the software. The bug bounty programme in particular relates to the 3DS family of handheld game consoles. Read More about the Nintendo Bug Bounty Programme here
