LAS VEGAS--(Business Wire)--
Creating cross-platform mobile applications for consumers with
more than 7000 different mobile handsets in their pockets is a
daunting task. Today, Mob4Hire will be launching their Beta
crowdsourcing platform to solve this exact problem.
Mob4Hire helps mobile developers crowdsource application testing
by connecting them with an international community of testers:
everyday people and professionals on a variety of handhelds and who
are willing to test applications in exchange for incentives - like
money.
While in Alpha, Mob4Hire already attracted community members from
over 22 countries on 49 carriers who will be testing applications on
almost 400 mobile handsets.
"We're setting out to solve the pains felt by both developers and
consumers: applications don't work seamlessly across multiple
platforms on multiple handsets. By connecting developers with a crowd
of testers who are incentivized to give quality feedback, we help test
apps faster and get better products to market," says Paul Poutanen,
President of Mob4Hire.
How Mob4Hire works:
-- Mob4Hire is responsible for building and maintaining a large
community of testers, ranked by their quality of
participation.
-- Developers post Test Applications to the community, specifying
desired handset(s) and network(s).
-- Testers bid for the work, developers choose testers based on
price and/or community ranking.
-- Payment is held in escrow by Mob4Hire and released via PayPal
when testing is complete. Confidentiality is guaranteed.
About Mob4Hire
Mob4Hire is a crowdsourcing platform and Web community that
connects application developers with a crowd of diverse, international
application testers using various mobiles, in various countries on
various networks and carriers.
Built with the spirit of crowdsourcing at its core, Mob4Hire is
the result of an idea submitted to Cambrian House
(www.cambrianhouse.com), a crowdsourcing community for business and
software ideas. Mob4Hire was built by a crowd of Cambrian House
community members led by idea-originator and President of Mob4Hire,
Paul Poutanen.
For further information and media inquiries; or to book a live
Mob4Hire interview/demo at CTIA, contact:
Paul Poutanen, P.Eng.
403-399-4589
paul (at) mob4hire (dot) com
www.mob4hire.com
For further information about Cambrian House and crowdsourcing,
contact:
Jasmine Antonick
403-975-9775
jasmine (at) cambrianhouse (dot) com
www.cambrianhouse.com
Mob4Hire
Paul Poutanen, P.Eng., 403-399-4589
paul@mob4hire.com
www.mob4hire.com
or
Cambrian House
Jasmine Antonick, 403-975-9775
jasmine@cambrianhouse.com
www.cambrianhouse.com
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