The Beta Tester Blog

The Future of Fitness Wearables is a Wide Open Road

The Model-T was the world's first affordable automobile and widely believed to be the most influential car of the 20th century. Built by Henry Ford...

Do Fitness Trackers Struggle With Abandonment?

There is nothing more sinister to the success of a new tech product than the dreaded "abandonment rate". Whenever a cutting edge tech product...

New Community Survey on Home Automation

Betabound is launching a new community survey on home automation products! We'd like to learn about your interests in home automation products, and...

Adding and Managing Your Test Platforms

You just got a new smartphone and you're pretty excited about it! So, naturally, the first thing you did was spend all day finding excuses to use its...

Betabounders Get Fit with Wearables

Recently, we announced a new survey asking about how you use fitness wearables. Within a few days, two thousand members of our community from all...

Are You “Likely to Recommend”?

If you've been in a beta test before, there's a good chance you've come across this question: "How likely is it that you would recommend [product...

New Community Survey on Wearable Fitness Trackers

UPDATE: Thanks to your enthusiasm we have reached the number of respondents we need for this survey. Please stay tuned — we'll be posting the...

Are You an “Ideal” Beta Tester?

So you want to be a Betabound tester, but you don't feel like you're the beta testing "type". Fear not, normal non-geek human person — not every...

How To Get Help During a Beta Test

We've all been there. You just joined a beta test and you're a day or two into testing the new product. You realize you have a few questions and need...

Streaming is Trending for Betabounders

Nowadays, everyone seems to be watching their favorite TV shows and movies through streaming services like Netflix and Hulu. As our recent post...

The Evolving Role of Television in Your Lives

It's hard to picture a world without television. The television has become the center of the American living room. For the millions of families who...

Are Betabounders Cutting the Cord?

We've all seen the headlines. The eventual demise of cable television has been a recurring news story for some time now. Every day consumers across...