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During the 19th century, over 50 major gold rushes occurred. Out of hundreds of thousands of prospectors, only a few got rich. The true winners were those who sold tools and commodities and built infrastructure around them. Railroad tycoons, Levi Strauss, and other local businesses flourished on top of those who were simply mining. The […]
When it comes to a song recognizing app, the first one that comes to mind is Shazam. And it’s no surprise since statistics show that this application has about 300-400 million annual users and has been downloaded more than 1 billion times. Nowadays, Shazam is the most used app to detect songs in the world […]
Talking about business trends in 2017, everyone is buzzing about big data, business intelligence, predictive analytics and other big words. So many definitions and technologies we need to keep up with, that it’s easy to get lost in a diversity of interpretations.
We create 2.5 exabytes of data every day. Or 2 500 000 terabytes per day. Financial industry generates a big chunk of this data. What’s more, fintech is one of the most active users of this data. Back in 2015 firms from fintech spent around $6.4 billion on data-related programs. analysts site that those spending […]
API integration is one of the smartest ways to increase your company’s revenue. Yet, as we see from the practice, it does not receive the attention it really deserves. And the reason is twofold. First of all, not many people from the non-programming world really understand what is API and how it actually works. Secondly, […]
Scrum has already proved to be one of the most effective methodologies for managing a product development process. It helps teams set a workflow and make the work on a project as productive and efficient as possible. We have a separate article explaining what Scrum is, the philosophy behind it and its main benefits for […]
When it comes to hiring offshore developers, budget is usually the key restraint and, naturally, software development prices remain a topic of a broad interest. So how much does software development cost? It’s not a secret that the cost of software development depends greatly on the geographical area where engineers are located. In other words, […]
First time I opened Facebook it was like a fresh summer breeze in the medieval city, full of dull, leprosarium masks called avatars. It may seem strange now, but deanonymization is one of those key features that made Facebook so popular.
Every web or app development project involves three-step design phase: wireframing, mockup design, and prototyping. While wireframing and prototyping are broadly described and detailed on the internet, the mockup design passe? unnoticed. That’s why we’d like to dedicate a specific article for a mockup design stage because it is the most undervalued and time-consuming part […]
