Better QA: Testing on Android – Accounting for Device Differences

  With the proliferation of many different types of mobile devices – from various smartphones to tablets, to phablets – one significant challenge faced by developers is ensuring that their applications function correctly across all of them. To achieve this goal, app developers and their QA teams need to account for the many shapes, sizes,… Continue reading Better QA: Testing on Android – Accounting for Device Differences

Better QA: Using Automated Testing For Mobile

What is Automated Testing? As teams seek to deliver better products and increase internal efficiencies, automated testing is often an option that is tabled. As the name suggests, automated testing is the process of using a program to test websites, applications, and even other programs.   Automated testing is useful to QA teams because it… Continue reading Better QA: Using Automated Testing For Mobile

Better QA: The Benefits of Using A Build Machine

What is a Build Machine? Every build that quality assurance tests should be built from the same computer.  When your product is ultimately ready for distribution, the build machine is the machine that will be used to build the release version of the app. In this post, I will be referring to a build machine… Continue reading Better QA: The Benefits of Using A Build Machine

Better QA: Why Issue Report Quality is Important

  Regardless of project planning and preparation, bugs find their way into the code. This is an inevitability, and it’s why QA exists in the first place.   Fixing these bugs can be a very difficult process for a number of reasons, including the volume of the issues, their complexity, and more. But the pain… Continue reading Better QA: Why Issue Report Quality is Important

Will Apple Watch Popularize Wearable Technologies?

  Slated for an April 2015 release, the highly anticipated Apple Watch is Apple’s answer to the flurry of Android Wear watches released in the past six months. Apple has released WatchKit, an extension of the iOS 8.2 SDK which allows developers to begin Apple Watch development.     Despite the fact that only 720,000… Continue reading Will Apple Watch Popularize Wearable Technologies?

NFC: The Ticket to the Mobile Payments Revolution

  With mobile payments slated to grow immensely in the next few years, NFC is top of mind.   NFC – or Near Field Communication, for the uninitiated – is a technology that enables short-range communication between compatible devices. NFC isn’t new by any stretch of the imagination, but it has become more relevant as… Continue reading NFC: The Ticket to the Mobile Payments Revolution

Clearbridge is now a Heroku Partner!

  Clearbridge is excited to announce that we are officially a Heroku partner! This recent development will allow us to provide an even more comprehensive service to our clients.   As Clearbridge continues moving toward full stack development to meet client needs across technologies like NodeJS, MongoDB, Redis, and more, becoming part of the Heroku… Continue reading Clearbridge is now a Heroku Partner!

Clearbridge Brings Next Generation TV Everywhere Solutions to Mobile World Congress 2015

  Toronto, ON (via PRWEB) February 19, 2015.   Voila Hub, an award winning developer of world-class apps for mobile, wearable technologies and mobile payments, is making its inaugural showcase at Mobile World Congress 2015 (Barcelona, Spain, March 2-5). Over 100 media apps have been custom-built by Voila Hub that integrates TV Everywhere, Video On… Continue reading Clearbridge Brings Next Generation TV Everywhere Solutions to Mobile World Congress 2015

Clearbridge CTO Sanjay Malhotra featured in RFID World Canada

  Yesterday, Clearbridge’s CTO Sanjay Malhotra was featured in RFID World Canada, talking to the publication about breaking ground in NFC/HCE mobile payments technology, the security challenges associated with building such platforms, and the future of the mobile payments industry in general.   Read the full interview below:   This interview was originally published in… Continue reading Clearbridge CTO Sanjay Malhotra featured in RFID World Canada

The Health and Fitness Industry Needs to Take Advantage of Wearable Technology

  Just when we thought that wearable technologies such as Google Glass, smart watches, and various health devices were about to become just another trend, it looks like Android Wear and iWatch (yet to be announced but heavily rumored) are about to change everything. Google I/O 2014 showed the release of an Android Wear SDK to the… Continue reading The Health and Fitness Industry Needs to Take Advantage of Wearable Technology