Monday, March 30, 2015

Fact Checker: You can’t trust the numbers on the new fracking regs

“Interior’s $5,000 a well cost estimate is laughable,” Kathleen Sgamma, vice president for government and public affairs at the Western Energy Alliance, said today in a telephone interview. The final rule adds costs atop those estimated at $97,000 a well in the Alliance’s review of the proposed regulation, she said.Read full article >>






Canada Proves Fertile Ground For Amazon Drone Delivery Tests

amazon-primeair 2 After being rebuffed by U.S. regulator reticence, Amazon is now engaged in testing its drone delivery services in British Columbia, just north of the U.S. border in Canada, on a piece of land dotted with oak trees and firs, the Guardian reports. The ecommerce company is using the test field to trial drones weighing under 55 lbs carrying packages ranging up to 5 lbs, flying through airspace… Read More

The One Thing You Should Do On Every Flight, According To Experts

Ventoura App Combines P2P Guiding And Traveler Matching

Ventoura Meet Ventoura: the latest startup seeking its fortune by building a peer-to-peer platform. This one is playing in the travel space, and has just launched an app where travelers can connect with others headed to the same destination so they have some drinking buddies when they land — a la Tinder Passport. Read More

5 Web Resources for New Business Websites

Thousands of new business websites are launched every single day, majority of them never make it past the initial stages, it's almost like people think that the results of a business website should be instantaneous, but the web is a lot bigger than that.

Marketing and project management are two of the things that should be implemented for any new business website, but you should also implement tools and apps that can help to see your website as the bigger picture.

If you're serious about gaining any kind of traction to your site, it might be a good idea to look into the following resources that I, and people that I've worked with, have used to map out the essentials for our businesses, and then take it from there.

Trello

Trusted by millions of people from all over the world, Trello is the easy, free, flexible, and visual way to manage your projects and organize anything. Get your team together (or yourself if that is the case), and outline everything that you need to accomplish and want to accomplish from your new business website. Trello adapts to your project, team, and workflow.

Klipfolio

Klipfolio makes it fast, easy and affordable for business users to build and share real-time dashboards. Connect to 100s of services to create rich data dashboards that can monitor everything from digital marketing campaigns, website performance, and social media to sales pipeline, help desk tickets, and business finances.

StivaWeb

If you need both a quick launch and an efficient online business software, then you should consider the ready-made solutions of StivaWeb. Their software and website solutions meet the latest industry standards in terms of design, mobile and SEO friendliness. The best part - it's an affordable all-in-one service and you can try before you buy.

Mailbox

Eventually, your business is going to grow and emails will start to pile up. This is where Mailbox comes in, a mobile-first inbox that makes email management an enjoyable experience, and best of all -- it works on desktop just as good as it does on mobile. Get all your emails pulled together from the cloud. Great UI, handy features.

Buffer

Social media is a big part of any online business, it's the most versatile and most easy way of generating new business without having to invest anything but a bit of your time and patience. Buffer makes it easy to share your content across multiple social media networks without having to think twice, besides -- it saves you time that you would otherwise spend crafting.

Auctionata Raises $45M To Take Its Live-Streamed Art Auctions To New Frontiers

Screen Shot 2015-03-30 at 08.13.59 The tide is rising for live streaming services, and just as this is lifting apps, other kinds of streaming startups are seeing a boost as well. Today, Auctionata, a Berlin startup that broadcasts online live auctions for fine art and collectibles, announced that it raised €42 million ($45 million) in a Series C round of funding from a group investors led by MCI Management… Read More

Man's Desperate Attempt To Win His Wife's Trust (VIDEO)

Melisa claims her husband Chris — from whom she's separated while she's pregnant with their second child — is a deceitful, manipulative, pathological liar who can't hold a job. Chris admits he's told so many lies he can't even remember all of them. But there's one that Melisa says she'll never forget. Watch the video above as she recalls a fake email she received supposedly from Chris' counselor, claiming Chris had made progress in his treatment so Melisa should "hold in there" while her husband conquered his issues.

After initially denying he had written the letter, Chris ultimately confessed it was from him. "I was desperate, I guess, to have her back in my life," Chris reveals.

Can this marriage be saved? Find out what Dr. Phil thinks.


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