The Latest Trends in Digital Quality

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Six Keys to a Shift-Left Testing Quality Transformation New AQS™ Scores Provide Clearer Picture of Software Quality How Mobile Network Operators Can Win at the Tokyo Summer Olympics How AI aids digital transformation for CSPs Payment Testing Pays Off: A Better UX Drives More Revenue Learn These Key Specialized and Functional Testing Types GAAD: An Interview with Swisscom about Accessibility Accessibility Testing: Its Importance and Challenges Touchless Travel Is on the Move Progress and More Progress: How 5G Revolutionizes Various Industries Manage Test Cases More Easily with Applause’s TestRail Integration Inc. 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Applause Recognizes Customers Demonstrating Digital Excellence Winning Wearable Devices: Create Great Customer Experiences Software Development and Testing Trends to Watch in 2021 Applause Named One of Built In’s Best Places to Work in U.S. Why Digital Accessibility Enforcement Is on the Horizon Plan and prepare for successful remote usability tests Applause Wraps up the Year with Gifts to Our Communities Applause Partners with Non-Profit for COVID-19 Contact-Tracing App How eBay’s, Walmart’s Engineering Teams Tackle Test Automation 3 Best Practices to Conduct In-Market Payment Testing Survey: Retailers Need Top-Notch Digital Properties, Now More Than Ever Mature Test Automation Quickly with Integrated Functional Testing Applause Granted MBE Certification as the Company Continues Its Commitment to Diversity Applause Named a Boston Globe “Top Place to Work” for Third Straight Year Ensuring Digital Properties Excel for Modern Patient Engagement Touring vs. Exploring: The Value of Exploratory Testing One Year In, Applause Labs Remains Committed to Innovation Apple’s Surprise iOS Release Caused Developer Headaches Shifting Testing to the Left Improves SDLC Efficiency How to Avoid Friction with Innovative Customer Journeys Access Real-World Testing Directly From a CI/CD Pipeline Applause Customer Excellence Awards Honor Companies Delivering Stellar Digital Quality 3 Ways Machine Learning Can Improve Test Automation Automated Regression Test Script Sprawl Can Cause Maintenance Migraines Why Manual Testing Has a Place in Your Regression Test Suite Answering FAQs About Digital Accessibility Leverage Your Own Testers with an Easily Orchestrated Testing Process Applause Wins Three Times at 2020 International Business Awards Q&A: UX Researcher Kevin Braun Explains What Companies Are Missing with UX Deadline for Canadian Accessibility Law Approaches 3 Challenges to Sourcing Training Data for AI Applications How to Involve QA in Design, Test Automation How to Write an Impactful Bug Report that Engineers Will Love Do You Have the Skills to Thrive as a DevOps Engineer? Build a Strategy for Localization Testing 3 Best Practices to Shift Your Testing to the Left Bug Reproduction Requires Thinking Like a Real User Applause’s Bug Fix Verification: Speed Up Your Development Velocity Applause Helps Improve Automated Testing Capabilities for Android in Appium ‘A Good Puzzle’: Reproducing a Hard-to-Find Bug 3 Ways to Bring QA to the Forefront in DevOps Perfecting Curbside Pickup and the Low-Contact Shopping Experience The Applause Accessibility Tool Goes Open Source How to Integrate Manual Testing Into Your Automation Processes in DevOps Test Faster with Applause by Integrating Your Bug Tracking System H-1B Visa Ban Impacts Business Continuity for Tech Companies Applause Once Again Named One of the Best Places to Work in Boston Take a User-Centric Approach to Digital Accessibility 3 Tips to Build a Remote Testing Plan How Much Expertise Does Your Current QA Team Have? 5 Reasons Why Product Managers Should Have a Close Relationship With Software Testers Integrated Functional Testing: Empower a Cohesive Testing Strategy 3 Reasons Customers Love Applause Contactless Payments Are Here to Stay What Qualities and Skills do Product Managers Need to be Successful? How K Health and Applause Are Working to Flatten the Curve Applause Takes Gold for Company, New Product at American Business Awards Changes Due to COVID-19 Show Digital Accessibility Is Actually Possible Testers Share Their Stories of Making Money with uTest Inc. 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How Multimodal Can Jumpstart Voice in Retail How to Include User Feedback in Your Roadmap Building the Largest Community of Software Testers: Q&A with Kiril Yunakov 4 Omnichannel Marketing Strategies You Can Learn From How to Decide on Mobile Bug Fixes How to Execute on Your Omnichannel Retail Playbook It's Time to Take Accessibility Seriously Make Accessibility Mean More Why Retailers Are Struggling to Get Omnichannel Right Breaking from QA’s Status Quo Applause Honored With Three Stevie Awards Innovation Without Compromise Digital Transformation for Luxury Brands: 5 Key Statistics to Remember 5 Lessons Learned from VoiceTalk: The State of Voice for Enterprises Boston Business Journal Names Applause a Best Place to Work How to Find Your QA Sweet Spot Multimodal Will Change How We View Voice New Retail Quality Report Finds More than 3000 Bugs on Top Ecommerce Sites Why Digital Experience Should Be at the Heart of Healthcare Testing for the Financial Sector: Q&A with Asha Gopal & Alessandro Fusco Applause Receives the Live United Award for Volunteer and Fundraising Efforts How Can You Run More Mobile A/B Testing Experiments? 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What’s Next for the QA Lab? Voice Technology is Set to Reshape Healthcare Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal are Finalists for European Software Testing Awards Applause Reveals Winners of 2018 Customer Excellence Awards What You Missed at Day Two of DigitalXChange ‘18 Lots to Unpack on Day One of DigitalXChange Getting Ready for DigitalXChange ‘18 Top Women in Tech Speaking at DigitalXChange Top Places to Visit During DigitalXChange What do Spanish Customers Expect from Digital Banking Products? 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Apple App Store Prioritizing Quality Over Quantity How to Create a Mobile Testing Strategy in Three Steps Voice: Building is Easy, Testing is Hard Autodesk Fellow Tom Wujec Joins DigitalXChange Keynotes Rana el Kaliouby to Bring ‘Emotion AI’ to DigitalXChange Mainstage Beyond Banking on Demand: The Digital Demands of German Bank Customers Declare Your Independence From Working Weekends and Holidays The ROI of Crowdtesting 4 Communication Best Practices for Omnichannel and Digital UX DigitalXChange '18 Call for Papers Four Things Slowing Down Your Automation Practices 5 Engagement Best Practices for Omnichannel and Digital UX What traditional French banks can learn from the Fintechs DigitalXChange ‘18 Comes to Boston for Second Annual Event What Mobile Users Expect from Mobile Apps 10 Years Later: Predicting the Next Generation of the App Store Why Retail Brands are Not Just Products Anymore, but Living Experiences How the E-Commerce Company Locamo Addresses Existing Challenges in Product Development Steps to Maturing Test Automation within a Deployment Pipeline Make Your Mark on Global Accessibility Awareness Day Why Experimentation and Lean Startup are the Key to a Successful Product Open Banking: How Third Parties Can Benefit of a new EU Financial Regulatory How Healthcare Can Change from Digital Laggard to Leader QA Beginner’s Guide Why Mastering Mobile Check-In is Essential for Hotels Applause Recognized for Commitment to Community Bringing the Golden Rule of Retail into an Omnichannel World Forrester's Keys to Achieving Customer-Obsession with Agile and DevOps Testing on the Right Devices Why is "In-The-Wild" testing essential? 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