This is a bit of an odd topic, but it is something that has come up in our labs from time to time. We are sometimes called upon to test applications that support BitLocker encryption in Windows, and this inevitably comes with very long periods of watching an encryption (or decryption) progress bar as BitLocker… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Beta Testing
Mac OS 10.14 “Mojave” Gets Official Release
The new Mac OS 10.14 update is upon us, after being released last week on September 24th. Our office is gearing up and making sure that our systems are ready to test with the new hardware, but what are some of the big changes that come with this update? Apps Apple is going to be… Read more »
Apple Aims to Stamp Out Bugs With Millions of Beta Testers
In February 2015, Apple announced that it would begin offering public beta tests for future versions of its mobile operating system in response to consumer complaints about widespread quality control issues in iOS 8. When iOS 8.0.1 launched in late 2014, it came with a serious bug that broke the Touch ID feature in iPhones…. Read more »
Android 9 Pie Arrives With a Host of New Features
Google began rolling out the latest version of its mobile OS on Pixel phones this week, and users are finally getting a taste of Android Pie’s potential. Android Pie offers a number of significant improvements over the last iteration of Android, including new privacy features and adaptive performance optimizations that are powered by Google’s DeepMind… Read more »
