Facebook Android Application Beta Testing Call

The developers behind the Facebook Android application have come back and there's good news to all Android users - an updated app is currently in beta and you can sign up for testing it yourself:

Facebook Android Application Beta Testing Call

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Google Employees Are Testing A Secret Android Music System (GOOG)

Google has begun internal testing of its new online music service, which lets users store their collections on Google's servers and then stream songs to any Internet connected device.

CNET's Greg Sandoval received the reports that Google is "dogfooding" the service from music labels, who are negotiating with Google over the licensing rights. Apparently, the negotiations have gone far enough for the service to be launched internally.

Earlier this month, a developer discovered an early version of the service when he installed the Android music app from "Honeycomb" -- the version of Android for tablets -- on a smartphone.

The service will most likely be unveiled at Google I/O, the company's big conference for developers in May.

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Twitter Testing Self-Serve Ad Platform

Twitter is testing a self-serve ad platform with a few beta customers, MediaPost reports. One of the beta testers is Clix Marketing Founder David Szetela, who is using it on behalf of a few clients, including author and VC Guy Kawasaki.

The self serve platform includes Twitter's two most popular ad formats: Promoted Tweets which, well, promotes tweets, and Promoted Accounts, which helps these accounts gain more followers. Beta users must commit to three months.

Ads are targeted according to search keywords, as well as "interests", which is interesting. What makes search advertising so effective at converting clicks to commercial action, as opposed to social network advertising, is that it carries intent (if you're searching for a dishwasher or travel destinations, it's likely that you're looking to buy a dishwasher or a trip). Many people speculate that Twitter could pack a similar punch, as the type of people you follow builds an "interest graph" which can be monetized.

If, however, most Twitter advertising is brand advertising, i.e. advertising that doesn't aim to convert you to a purchase right away, self-serve would be less relevant as most buying would be done by big brands through agencies as opposed to small advertisers building their own campaign through online tools.

Going self-serve is an obvious move to scale up Twitter's ad efforts. Self-serve ads were pioneered by Google and are a big part of its tremendous success. When Twitter opened a new business site in December with a contact form, we said this seemed like a first step in building a self-serve platform. We also reported on an analyst report that says Twitter revenue will reach $250 million next year; self serve could also play a role.

In any case, Twitter is experimenting and scaling up its ad program, which it needs to do to justify its huge valuation.

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Apple Makes Another Play For The Enterprise: Old Navy Testing iPod-Based Point-Of-Sale System (AAPL, GPS)

Apple is making a huge play at the enterprise market via iOS: Not just the typical corporate market you think of, like getting big companies to buy Macs instead of Dells, but actually getting companies to use iOS devices as part of their business infrastructure.

The latest example: Old Navy, the clothing retailer, is testing out iPod-based point-of-sale systems in its stores, 9to5Mac reports. These are the same little iPod touch-based credit card swiping systems that you see used in Apple's own retail stores.

Who knows if this will become widespread, but it's a huge potential new market for Apple.

And not just Apple doing it directly, but also via iOS software partners, such as the company we found offering an iPad- and SMS-based table-waiting service at a San Francisco restaurant.

Related: Here's How Apple Is Invading The Enterprise

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As Testing Ramps Up, Glitch Launches A New Site And A Trippy New Trailer

Since we first reported on a company called Tiny Speck back in July of 2009, there has been a lot of interest in what they are working on. You see, it's a company founded by a bunch of people who helped start Flickr, and their project, Glitch, is actually a return of sorts to Flickr's gaming roots. Last February, we did an early preview of the game. And in August, we noted that testing was well underway. An update to Glitch today brings a brand new website and a new video to explain the game. This new exposure comes after a weekend in which Glitch underwent its most extensive user testing yet. The game was open for some 74 hours over the weekend, and thousands of users (of the tens of thousands in the waiting line) were let into the game to try it out. The test looks like it was a successful one, and the new website says that the game is now on track for beta testing early next year, with a tentative launch also slated for early next year. The company promises that going forward, they'll move all updates from their private alpha blog, to the company blog.

As Testing Ramps Up, Glitch Launches A New Site And A Trippy New Trailer

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My short list of QA / Testing Stuff

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Evaluating Or Testing Utility SCADA Security?

EncryptedBit writes "I am a local elected official involved in bringing new water and waste water treatment plants online in a small town. The new plants will incorporate SCADA, which can be used to change operational aspects at the plants, up to forcing a shutdown or changing operational parameters. Can any Slashdotters recommend ways to make sure it is secure? Any testing recommendations? The operational engineers are oblivious to security and SCADA is a new factor, so this concerns me. Any pointers would be appreciated."

Webcat: Testing Activities and Workflow Services with XamlInjection

This video show you the Contoso HR sample app. The Submit Application workflow coordinated database updates, sending of email and multiple web service calls. How can you unit test a workflow like this? You don't want to update databases and send email when testing but you want to be sure that the conditions and correlation queries are correct.