Netguru’s Talent Marketplace uses the Agile approach to connect freelancers with projects they can be passionate about. It’s a platform that offers a transparent working relationship and access to diverse teams building innovative solutions. In this article, we answer questions that are frequently asked about the Talent Marketplace and explain how to start your next gig for a top technology brand.

The sports industry during the pandemic Without a doubt, 2020 will go down in sports history as the year when the entire industry’s future was put in doubt.

The environment for online retail in Britain is changing. The pandemic lockdown is driving sales, while the looming end of the Brexit transition period brings in uncertainty - a threat for one and opportunity for others. Here are the essential facts you need to know if you are launching an e-commerce project in the UK.  The business environment for online retail has never been more exciting. We want to share the most important trends and rules you need to follow when building your online store.

In September, Disruption Forum Sustainability brought together leading environmental, economic, and social sustainability experts from around the world.

Tips & tricks for what we’ve discovered in the last few years about working with teams across many borders.

Hospitality during the coronavirus outbreak While nearly all businesses were impacted by the coronavirus outbreak in early-2020, the hospitality industry was hit particularly hard. According to McKinsey research, hotel occupancy rates dropped to anywhere between 20 and 40 percent worldwide. The consultancy firm also believes that recovery to pre-COVID-19 levels could take the industry until 2023 or later.

In this blogpost I’d like to share with you my impressions of writing an experimental app in Node.js with no experience in server-side JavaScript. I am a Ruby on Rails developer with extensive experience in Ember.js - so it was about time to try server JS!

What is the difference between Digitisation, Digitalisation, and Digital Transformation? Many people confuse them with each other, but it's not that hard to learn and understand the differences. Let us explain it in simple words and examples.

In recent years, it became obvious that the current healthcare ecosystem is not sustainable.

We’re excited to announce that on 22nd October Netguru is organizing Disruption Forum Innovation Labs. If you care about innovation and R&D as much as we do, then this free-to-attend event is something you can’t miss.

COVID-19 has unexpectedly forced many specialists on the previously stable IT labor market to look for a new employer. Some of them had to find a new source of income, others wanted to secure themselves by accepting more freelance assignments. One of the most popular places to look for this type of work are so-called gig marketplaces, offering a wide range of offers depending on the skills and experience of the specialist.

Dynamic price optimization is becoming increasingly popular among retailers. Machine learning has exponentially increased their ability to process data and apply this knowledge to real-time price adjustments. But the necessary software is still relatively expensive. So how can it really help businesses? And, most importantly, what’s the return on investment at the end of the day?

Adobe developed a tool that automates the process of selecting headlines and images. Its AI gathers data and learns how to personalize content for different audiences. Will it improve how content is targeted?

This year, an international diploma program used by thousands of high schools canceled exams that students rely on for college admissions, replacing them with a grade determined by an algorithm. The result was lower-than-expected grades for many students, who are now left to deal with the consequences. What went wrong and what can be done to prevent it from happening again?

The “Netguru take on…” is a series explaining how Netguru approaches important subjects that are often overused or misunderstood in the industry such as digital transformation, innovation, or strategy. We break them down to shift the discussion from abstract concepts to tangible actions that influence our everyday work. This article provides our take on sustainability.

How do you improve your company’s profitability in the fiercely competitive insurance industry? The answer might be sitting in your data.

Is it possible to create a safe digital space and give a voice to underrepresented minorities in times of misinformation and the lack of privacy? Esra’a Al Shafei, a Bahraini civil rights activist, set out on a mission to make it happen and defend freedom of speech.

Although COVID-19 put a big dent in the micro-mobility sector, it’s not all downhill. In this article, we look at how the pandemic has created new opportunities for escooters – and what the sector must do to leverage them.

The “Netguru take on…” series explains how Netguru approaches important subjects that are often overused or misunderstood in the industry such as values, innovation, and sustainability.

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed companies to rethink their business models. While e-commerce was in a much better position than any other industry to face this challenge, they also had to undertake certain steps to effectively operate in the new reality.