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Tester-Powered: How Google Will Support Stadia with Beta

You know that classic movie scene where a new kid walks into a classroom and everyone turns to stare? That kid is Google, and the classroom is the gaming industry. Less than a year after Google invited testers to play Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey on their Chrome browsers, Stadia – its console-free game streaming platform – […]

Centercode User Group ‘19: Fresh Perspectives on Beta Testing

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The spread of talent within the Customer Validation industry makes for brilliant conversations. These gatherings are rare, but each one offers incredible insights into both the state of Beta Testing and the professionals leading the charge. That’s in part why the Centercode User Group is one of our favorite events of the year. The attitudes […]

What the Amazon Beta Testing Ads Say About the CV Industry

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My two favorite moments during a mostly uneventful Super Bowl were 1) Tony Romo circling all of the “punts” and 2) watching the Amazon Beta Testing Program commercial. During the game, the online retail giant unveiled the mystery behind its cryptic teasers to millions of viewers. The clips made headlines last week when Harrison Ford, […]

Cheers to the Newly Certified Customer Validation Professionals!

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Back in February, customer testing professionals from all over the world gathered at Centercode HQ to participate in the first-ever Customer Validation Certification Course, with the goal of enhancing their skills and extending the footprint of their customer testing programs throughout their organizations. Now, many of these individuals have passed the necessary exams to become […]

Kicking Off the First Customer Validation Certification Course

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Along with the first Customer Validation Conference, February marked another first for the CV industry – the kickoff of the Customer Validation Certification course offering. This certification is designed specifically for professionals who are tasked with running and optimizing Alpha, Beta, and Field Tests. Trailblazers in their industry, they went to the course to deepen […]

Customer Validation Conference Brings Together Customer Testing Pros

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Last week, we opened the doors to the 2018 Customer Validation Conference, the first event of its kind within the customer testing (Alpha, Beta, and Field Testing) industry. The event pulled together product managers, customer experience experts, CV professionals, and industry leaders from all over the world into one space for two days of presentations, […]