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Twitter-Owned Crashlytics Unveils Beta Testing Tool for App Developers

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Twitter-owned <a href="http://try.crashlytics.com/">Crashlytics</a>, a mobile company focused on crash reporting technology for apps, is testing a new tool that allows developers to beta test their apps with real users.<br /><br />The "beta distribution tool," as it's called in the company's <a href="http://www.crashlytics.com/blog/from-crashlytics-labs-announcing-our-beta-distribution-tool/">recent blog post</a>, lets developers ship early versions of their iOS or Android mobile apps to users in order to test for bugs and receive feedback. The distribution tool from Crashlytics is also in beta mode. Interested developers need to apply in order to gain access.<br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>In other words, it's a beta version of the tool for apps in beta.</i></span></h3>
This is the first time that Crashlytics or Twitter has ever offered a tool for developers looking to test their beta apps. Twitter purchased Crashlytics in January 2013 for more than $100 million, and the company has remained virtually autonomous since the acquisition. The information about its new developer tool comes less than a week after Apple acquired another popular app developer tool, TestFlight, which is owned by Burstly, killing its Android support program.<br /><br />TestFlight announced a few days before the acquisition that starting Android support would cease on March 21, meaning developers using the tool to test their Android apps will need to find something new. That doesn't necessarily mean they will turn to Crashlytics. Other companies offer beta testing tools that support Android including HockeyApp and, of course, Google.<br /><br />Developers interested in applying to try Crashlytics's beta testing tool can do so <a href="http://try.crashlytics.com/secret/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=secret_beta_distribution_wp&utm_content=CTA_inline">here</a>.<br /><br />Have something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.</div>

Twitter-Owned Crashlytics Unveils Beta Testing Tool for App Developers

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One of the many new features in the Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone is a heart-rate sensor. Built into the phone next to the camera flash, the sensor can read a person's heart rate when he holds his finger up to it for a few seconds.<br />
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The technology that Samsung uses isn't new, but it's the first time we've seen it in a smartphone. It works by shining the phone's LED light on your fingertip, letting the sensor detect the blood flow beneath the skin.<br />
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We had a chance to try out the S5's sensor at Samsung's New York unveiling of its new products, and it seems to work quickly — and well. You could question the practicality of a heart-rate sensor that requires positioning your finger on the phone in a non-natural way, versus a sensor you can wear on your chest or wrist (all the new Samsung Gear smartwatches also boast heart-rate sensors), but it's a neat trick you can't do with any other phone. Yet.<br />
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The sensor is part of an app called S Health, which first debuted in the Galaxy S4. Samsung has upgraded the app for the S5, placing a much greater emphasis on fitness. In Samsung's vision, the smartphone is the central hub that manages any number of wearable devices (and possibly others) that measure and provide feedback about various activities. The Gear Fit is clearly designed for exactly that scenario.<br />
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Does a heart-rate sensor on the phone itself move that vision forward? Smartphone buyers will have their say when the Galaxy S5 goes on sale in April.<br />
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