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5 Hot Apps Helping Us Stay Healthy

Everyone has a smartphone these days, but for some of us, having all this technology at our fingertips is doing more harm than good. Fortunately, there are tons of apps out there changing people’s lives for the better. I’ve weeded through new releases, version updates, and makeovers throughout the past few weeks to highlight five incredibly useful apps.

1) Argus by Azumio

Argus was released last week, gaining lots of attention as an all-inclusive data app. It tracks fitness, diet, and sleeping patterns, simultaneously pulling data from other apps in the Azumio network. The goal of Argus is to combine all health and fitness data (per user), making it one of the fastest-growing apps on the market. Here are some quick facts about Argus:

Free; however, Azumio’s other apps run $1.99 if you are considering integration
4 Star Rating
Track hydration, vital signs, caffeine consumption, heart rate, movements, quality of sleep and sleep cycles
Automatic tracking via iPhone’s built-in sensors
Pulls data from Azumio apps and third-party as well

How technology helps with global investing

In the world, we can find some 40,000 publicly traded companies of which almost 80 percent are stationed overseas, and this is a good indication that there are interesting investment potentials outside the borders of the United States.

Looked at this in a different way, over 50 percent of the global $38 trillion overall market capitalization is owned by the worldwide arena, and American mutual funds keep nearly $500 billion in international investments.

With all these potential investments outside the U.S., international investments have become an excellent vehicle to diversify an equity portfolio, even in countries such as Belarus with its tradition-steeped culture. A number of people claim that there’s definitely a growing connection in performance between international and domestic markets.

But while international markets usually tend to react in the same way to news or developments taking place around the world, after a while, global and domestic markets have a tendency to behave in different ways, and this helps to keep the balance in a diversified portfolio.

These days, you even have better options and monitor new investing developments thanks to many (investor relations) IR apps.

Can Vibration Monitoring Make Fracking Safer?

It’s been noted several different times how important vibration monitoring is becoming these days, specifically when connected to the topic of nuclear power. However, what thoughts are made when vibration monitoring is connected to a different headline, like fracking? An important question seems to rise when the two are compared: can vibration monitoring make fracking safer?

Fracking, You Say?

Fracking is a term that is also known as “hydraulic fracking.” Simply put: this is considered to take place when fractures are forced into a rock layer by pressurized fluid. Though this process can happen naturally, it can now be seen to force oil and natural gas from shale.

So, is fracking actually safe? And how is fracking affected when vibration monitoring takes place?

The Connection Between Vibration Monitoring and Fracking

It’s been noted that while drilling and multistage fracking are actually driving the shale oil and gas revolution upward throughout North America, professionals are discovering that what works in one specific field may not be best for others. In fact, each new site must be studied and constantly innovated.