Blog of applications efficiency

  • Why automate the testing of its mobile applications?

    Why automate the testing of its mobile applications?

    The tests automation is often considered as an additional cost within the development teams, and this for various reasons: Necessity of a team’s rise in competence on a particular tool Writing times are more important than manual execution times Necessary maintenance of tests over time … Mobile development with lower project costs and shorter development times doesn’t help move to automated testing. The benefits aren’t necessarily well evaluated towards the cost of autonomization.

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  • Is it possible to listen to music without emptying your smartphone's battery ?

    Is it possible to listen to music without emptying your smartphone's battery ?

    Your phone battery is discharging too fast? When buying your smartphone, the seller has promised you a battery life of 3 days. After one month, you recharge it every day (the phone, not the seller). Maybe the seller (and probably the constructor with him) lied to you about the actual capabilities of the phone? Since the Volkswagen case, we are no longer sure of anything … But the problem is probably more complex.

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  • Top 2018 least energy-hungry browsers for your smartphone

    Top 2018 least energy-hungry browsers for your smartphone

    The internet browser is one of the most critical applications of your smartphone. It allows you to access a multitude of services (Social Network, news, games …). It’s even more so when you don’t want to download an app and prefer to use a mobile site instead. Your browser is used almost continuously on your phone. It’s therefore responsible for some of the decline in the battery life of your smartphone.

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  • Should I activate the night mode to increase my battery life? The case of the Twitter app

    Should I activate the night mode to increase my battery life? The case of the Twitter app

    Some apps like Youtube, Google Chrome or Twitter offer a not white but black wallpaper. This “Night” mode or dark theme dedicated to a night use, facilitates reading at night, rest your eyes and especially you avoid turning into a lighthouse. But what about your battery? We chose to compare the “Day” and “Night” mode of the Twitter app for this battle of efficiency. (Re)discover our other comparative articles on Twitter & Twitter Lite ainsi qu’Instagram & Instagram Lite.

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  • How to estimate the battery life of a smartphone in less than one hour?

    How to estimate the battery life of a smartphone in less than one hour?

    Knowing the battery life of a smartphone is important because it’s one of the first purchase criteria. This is the more critical for the fleets of devices (in B2B mode) for the companies. In fact, poor autonomy will lead to a productivity decrease or customer insastisfactions. It’s therefore necessary to have a good strategy to choose its devices as well as the applications that will be hosted on it.

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