Trends: insights from people who build products

We are all used to the idea that banks are large financial institutions with obligatory physical branches where you can talk to the employees in person. Is physical presence really required though? Neobanks have turned that idea upside down. From tech support and immediate money transfers to mortgages and loans — neoba...

The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the most common elements of any sci-fi narrative. J.A.R.V.I.S. taking care of Stark Mansion in Marvel Cinematic Universe or Star Trek’s food replicators — these and many other examples seem to be the perks of a distant future. But is this future so distant? IoT technologies have a...

NFTs (non fungible-tokens) marked the beginning of the new concept called the metaverse. With the advent of Meta, Facebook declared a gradual transition to an augmented reality experience using NFTs. It will become the foundation of next-generation social media.  Moreover, NFT and the metaverse also include game mechan...

The global streaming services market received a major boost during the pandemic. Now it’s projected to reach $842 billion by 2027, although some analysts believe it will break the trillion mark. At the same time, there’s a lot of competition between the platforms fighting for the time and attention of the viewers physi...

Thousands of companies are going out of their way now to grab the customer’s attention and provide a quality user experience. As a result, it’s difficult to surprise anyone with classic mobile apps and chatbots. Gamification is a powerful tool to stand out from competitors. Game mechanics have long been used in educati...

Have you ever thought about creating a web or mobile app? Do you want it to promote an internal solution or present a new business product? In this case, you should hire a developer or an entire team to create an application for your needs. However, a small number of companies have in-house developers to assign the pro...

If you ask Google “how to invest 40k wisely”, you will probably learn that according to Investopedia, the primary market sectors of 2022 are “oil, gold, autos, services, and housing”. Exactly what people were investing in a hundred years ago. Although researching options and business insights is vital, money investment...

Bitcoin (BTC) fell dramatically on May 9, briefly plunging below the $30,000 level for the first time. As for now, the #1 cryptocurrency in the world is worth around 50% of the autumn 2021 price. Following Bitcoin, other digital currencies also fell (Ethereum, Binance Coin, Cardano, etc.). Some crypto experts believe t...

The education field has been known for its cumbersome nature over the past decades. But now, it implements all current solutions at a rapid pace. Therefore, the education technology industry evolved, and there are no signs of slowing down. During the last ten years, Edtech was turning into a huge multi-billion market f...

While the global pandemic caused significant economic turmoil in many fields, the e-commerce market has seen a fantastic boost. According to Statista, in 2019, the total volume of transactions in the e-commerce segment amounted to $3.35 trillion, and this number reached the $4.9 trillion mark in 2021. The “new normal”...

Neobanks (also challenger banks or online banks) have become new players in the industry that operate only in the digital ecosystem. Their target audience is retail customers and SMEs. As of February 2022, there are over 250 challenger banking systems worldwide, and the global neobanking market volume is expected to be...

Logistics is among those sectors that are heavily influenced by innovations. This industry is known for massive amounts of data and manual processes, so it has gained massive advancement in recent years.  Therefore, enterprises adapt to the new reality and adopt advanced strategies using innovative solutions. They have...