Applause

Congrats to our content and motion graphics teams for winning gold and silver honors in the 2025 Muse Creative Awards! 🥇 Applause's Ready, Test, Go. podcast continues to provide software testing thought leadership with an expanding roster of guests — visionaries in ethical AI, user experience, testing ROI, emerging development trends and beyond. 🥈 Our Accessibility Testing & Inclusive Design Video is helping to educate organizations on the importance of digital inclusivity and key strategies to conform with evolving guidelines and achieve exceptional experiences for all. Check out the winning entries, selected from a pool of 13,000 submissions, at the Applause website > Resource Center. #ReadyTestGo #Crowdtesting #DigitalAccessibility #InclusiveDesign #MuseCreativeAwards

With the rise of agentic AI, it's time to rethink how software behaves, how it's evolving and how it should be tested. What are the new rules for reducing risk and achieving quality? Applause CTO Rob Mason provides an overview of the challenges, key considerations and strategies for success in his latest contribution to The AI Journal, "How Agentic AI Is Changing QA Testing." https://bit.ly/43m3tiT #AgenticAI #DigitalQuality #HITL #SoftwareTesting

We're excited to be among the finalists in the North American Software Testing Awards 2025! Applause's Payment Testing Solution is up for Best Testing Service/Tool in this year's program. Find details about the awards in the Test Associates feed below, and learn more about our fully managed crowdtesting services on our website. Congratulations to all the finalists! #SoftwareTesting #PaymentTesting #DigitalQuality

Accessibility and inclusive design are both the right thing to do and the smart thing to do. On the latest Ready, Test, Go. podcast, William Reuschel, Inclusive Design Practice Lead at Applause, discusses why a proactive approach is critical, especially with the European Accessibility Act (EAA) now in effect. https://bit.ly/3IQ4XLc #Accessibility #InclusiveDesign #EAA

PSD3 and the Instant Payments Regulation are set to increase the speed and reliability of payments, combat fraud and enhance consumer protection. Zeb Winzenried, Senior Director of Testing Services at Applause, provides an overview of the regulations and their potential impact on payment testing. https://bit.ly/4mQ7tjq #OpenBanking #InstantPayments #PSD3

Have you ever wondered if an AI remembers your past conversations? Jon Perreira, Sr. Director of AI Research at Applause, discusses the surprising ways frontier models retain information. #AI #Innovation

The complexity of production testing — from hotfix verification to canary releases — demands both a clear strategy for test data management and scalable resources. Learn how Applause's fully managed crowdtesting solution provides indispensable real-world context, leveraging a global community to deliver rapid, actionable feedback on a wide variety of devices and in-market scenarios, complementing internal QA efforts and accelerating velocity. https://bit.ly/4h27FKp #ProductionTesting #Crowdtesting #QA

The shift toward agentic AI introduces new complexities and risks that traditional testing methods cannot fully address. Experts from Applause and IBM delve into the need for advanced evaluation techniques like behavioral boundary mapping to identify and strengthen the line between safe and unsafe model behavior. Learn the critical steps for developing reliable agentic AI: https://bit.ly/3VWkL28 #AgenticAI #SoftwareTesting

Agentic AI brings autonomy and systemic risks that demand new QA strategies, making rigorous testing essential for trust, safety and business outcomes. In his latest VKTR contribution, Applause's Chris Sheehan shares insights into recent headlines and data, and provides his expert perspective on why and how agentic AI changes the game. Read the article now: https://bit.ly/4gFWC9o #AgenticAI #SoftwareTesting #DigitalQuality

We've all seen apps fail, and the damage — and damage control — that follow. "Even the biggest brands struggle to achieve digital quality, despite its key relation to customer retention and brand reputation, among other business goals." Applause CTO Rob Mason discusses the incidents making headlines, and the factors and strategies to consider for an effective app launch in his latest article for Forbes Technology Council. https://bit.ly/46N4K4R #AppTesting #DigitalQuality