Internet has found its relevance in all fronts and is poised to disrupt almost every sector with its benefits. Amongst the various domains that exert the influence of internet is healthcare. With internet, evolved the concept of Internet of Things (IoT), which involves connecting anyone, anything, any service, or any network, via internet. Basically, IoT deals with interaction between machines, devices, or applications for solving or automating tasks, without human intervention.

Mobile phones are smart, ubiquitous, and surely an essential. From reacting to shopping whim or analyzing the market stats, they are complementing the everyday tasks, on the go. The latest data shows that mobile digital media in the US is now significantly higher at 51% compared to the desktop (42%). Being a part of the mobile first era, building mobile-friendly websites is a must-have component to make the businesses reach the targeted audience in the most prominent manner.

Pokemon Go, Google Translate, Snapchat, SkyMap. These names have certainly turned the tables for AR technology, bringing it into the mainstream. If sources are to be believed, the AR/VR market will have a worth of 80 billion USD by 2025, with 45 billion USD coming from hardware and 35 billion USD from software.

The global investment in Fintech ventures is expected to have a worth of 8 billion USD by 2018. Therefore, this continuously thriving industry needs to follow the best and the latest technology to sustain. In the year 2017, we have seen instant payments, mobile trading, millennial focused solutions making way to take fintech industry a step further. However, the year 2018 seems diverge a bit and step into the technology lane for better customer experience. Basis our client recent client requirements and evolving technologies, we have compiled this list of fintech trends that you must follow in 2018.

Ruby on Rails have been into the picture, ever since dynamic apps became the trend on web. Existing and utilized from over a decade, this open-source framework currently has 4,500 people contributing code to it.

   As the businesses evolve and emphasize upon infallible software development and delivery model, DevOps is taking the front seat in IT departments. While Agile model for development have been turning up the trump for businesses from a long time, it lacked involvement of operations. Today, DevOps is successfully introducing agility in operations, owing to which organizations are able to render better customer experience with improved operational efficiency.

Machine Learning (ML) has turned out to be one of the profound applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI). From Virtual Assistants to traffic predictions, ML is refining the way some of the conventional tasks are performed. With ML holding its strength in pattern recognition and cognitive learning, it has found its significance in intelligent application development.

In the galaxy of programming languages for web application development, Ruby has surely made a majestic entry. And to complement its caliber to build powerful web apps, Ruby on Rails (RoR), a framework based on Ruby language was introduced back in 2004.

From brick-and-mortar retailers (like Walmart) to web-only retailing corporations (like Amazon or Rakuten), eCommerce platforms have certainly made shopping a plain sailing experience for customers. And these days, when smartphones are acting as supercomputers in pocket, consumers take the most of this ease to find, learn, or buy whenever they want-or when the whim bangs.

In the Q1 of 2017, the Apple App Store hosted 1.75 million active apps. And if sources are to be believed, this number is projected to grow up to 5.06 million by 2020. Also, Apple confirms that this second largest app store had 180 billion app downloads in the Q1.