How to win in the financial world with the fintech expansion in full bloom? One of the largest UK banks decided to pull out the biggest guns - Lloyds Banking Group is investing more than £3bn in transforming the company and scouting talent from the digital world.

Uber for machine learning, the ultimate case law database, and AI assistant that will solve the worst nightmare of every workplace - meet the top 10 NYC startups that originated at Work-Bench.

How about a fintech evening in the heart of NYC, one of the strongest fintech hubs in the world? What started as a mere thought ended up being the most successful event in our Disruption Forum series - with over 200 attendees that joined Netguru in Manhattan to hear tips from executives of top fintech companies.

Have you ever wondered what steps you should take first to dive deep into the Machine Learning world? You can consider various scenarios – including academia classes, online tutorials, and reading books. All of these approaches have their special benefits and may help you become an AI Engineer. On the other hand, it is often said that the learning process is at its best when done hands-on.

Choosing the right framework is one of the most important factors when you’re planning a new app. In the past there weren’t many options to choose from, developers were stuck with building native applications, using either Java or Android SDK for Android, or Swift for iOS. Nowadays, there are many cross-platform development frameworks available. However, this means that you have to make an important choice before you pick one. This won’t be easy and you will need to consider at least two factors.

These days, if you have a business idea, it’s very likely that it involves developing an app. No wonder, as apps outpace websites in many areas, like personalization, notifications, speed and potential features... just to name a few.

To be useful, an app needs to communicate its ideas clearly, both within the UI and in the marketing material. Making sure the visual experience you deliver is well-crafted, coherent and attention-grabbing can have a positive impact on building your brand, improving relationships with users, and boosting sales. One of the best ways to do it is by using custom illustrations to distinguish your company from others. Take a look at our list of seven areas in which illustrations can help your business.

I have recently stumbled upon an article reporting that Facebook is using Artificial Intelligence to fight “revenge porn” - a phenomenon of sharing intimate photos on social networks without people’s permission. This is one of the downsides of the development of new technologies and social networks. This great TED talk from one of the victims explains why it is a serious problem that needs strong measures.

Creating digital products is great – the possibilities of modern web offer nearly unlimited power to connect with customers. But for me as a specialist working in the industry both as a copywriter and software developer it was always tough to manage digital content in a proper way. There are many solutions available on the market, but the facts are indisputable – Content Management Systems were always the black sheep of the digital products family. Mostly because they were connecting two worlds – content creation (editors with no programming skills) and website code. But now a new cool kid has appeared: the headless CMS.

Managing projects can be a bit confusing - you are juggling a lot of tasks, and it’s hard to name one main thing you are responsible for.  Let’s try and see what makes up a PMs week at Netguru - hopefully, this will let you understand the role a bit better!