Trends: insights from people who build products

The largest neobanks now report profits and tens of millions of customers. How the model differs from a traditional bank, where the money comes from, what the UK licence step looks like, what a first version can be, and a sample run of our estimate’s math.

The first decision for a smart home device in 2026 is whether it speaks Matter. What Matter 1.5 added, how Apple and Google handle setup, what certification costs, what your own app still has to do, and the security rules that apply anyway.

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...

How to add live or on-demand video to a product: choose WebRTC or HLS by the delay your viewers accept, rent encoding and delivery, build access, payments and interaction yourself, and follow the app store rules for selling video.

Game mechanics help in a banking app when they reward something good for the customer. Five mechanics compared, prize-linked saving, the 2026 rules from the EU, the FCA and Apple, lessons from our reward apps, and how to check that a rewards feature pays for itself.

Software development as a service (SDaaS) means an outside company builds and maintains your software, and you pay for the work instead of hiring engineers. Four ways to buy it, 2026 prices, and a team that starts in 3-5 days.

The order to spend a product budget in, from the first buyer conversations to a dedicated team, what each step tells you before the next one costs more, and how three founders spent their first money with us.

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...

Where EdTech stands in 2026: market size, who is still offline, six niches a new product can win, the 2025-2026 rules for children’s data and AI in education, EdTech websites vs apps, and how to size a niche before you build.

Two ways to sell through video and social media: inside the platforms, or with live shopping in your own site and app. How to choose, the parts a live shopping build needs, the App Store payment rule, and what we learned on LIVETAG.

Before you design screens for a neobank app, decide whose licence holds the money. How the three routes differ, the eight parts a first release needs, and what you may promise customers about their money.

The nine logistics trends of 2022, checked in 2026, plus the EU rules that now shape logistics software: eFTI, smart tachographs for vans and the Data Act. What to buy, what to build first and what a first version costs.