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Travel and free sex, Miss Travel app is controversial app that helps people see the world for free

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Some may call it prostitution, but Miss Travel app likes to call it dating. The app, which is also available as a service on a website, is getting popular because it apparently allows people to travel the world for “free”. Free if you discount the possibility — or rather certainty — of sex. Miss Travel apparently allows rich people — likely to be mostly men — to sponsor trips of other people, in return for companionship and — again not said so explicitly but implied — sex. The dating app…

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6 things to see your pharmacist for (if you can’t get a GP appointment)

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Pharmacists working in high street pharmacies are highly-trained health professionals, who can help with lots of health-related matters as well as supply medicines. A new public health campaign is urging people to consult a pharmacist first for minor illnesses, such as sore throats, coughs and colds, instead of booking a GP appointment, which is estimated to cost the NHS £31. The Stay Well campaignaims to reduce the number of unnecessary doctor and hospital visits, which are estimated to cost the NHS £850 million per year. Here are a few things your…

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Bitcoin Investment Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated? See These 4 Benefits

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When the co-founder of PayPal gives an endorsement, investors take notice. Bitcoin started out as an investment in which most people struggled to understand the mechanics and value. At its inception, the cryptocurrency’s only investors were technophiles ready to try out something revolutionary. Less than a decade later, Bitcoin has made huge strides in the investment universe and its value has soared to incredible heights. A $1,000 investment in Bitcoin in 2011 would be worth over $15,000,000 today — and it shows no sign of slowing down. In 2017 alone, Bitcoin has grown over…

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Health trips see highest spend

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Indians seem to have the wander-lust big time. Nearly every sixth Indian family went out on an overnight trip every month, adding up to 58 million trips. No less than 86% of these trips were for social reasons -to meet friends and relatives, perhaps on festive occasions. Some opportunities for an overnight trip came up only once in a year, like annual holidays or a serious illness in the family. These, when counted separately, added up to another 56 million trips over a year, with holidaying, leisure and recreation the…

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Eyes Help Researchers ‘See’ Alzheimer’s Before Symptoms

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PhotoCredit:istock Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have discovered that eyes could help them see progression of Alzheimer’s disease even before the onset of symptoms. The research may help overcome a major roadblock in the development of therapies for the brain disorder characterised by memory impairment. Looking through the eye to see the brain is a key advantage of the new technology. “The retina of the eye is not just ‘connected’ to the brain — it is part of the central nervous system,” said author Swati More of the University of…

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Huawei, Oppo See increase in Q1 2016 as global smartphone Shipments Fall: strategy Analytics

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consistent with the Q1 2016 smartphone shipments and marketplace proportion document with the aid of method Analytics, Huawei, Oppo, and Xiaomi saw a rise in market share year-on-year in the first quarter, whilst the other two smartphone manufacturers inside the top 5 – Apple and Samsung – saw a drop. method Analytics says that at the same time as Samsung retained its most fulfilling function in phrases phone shipments, it saw a drop of three.7 million gadgets shipped 12 months-on-year – with seventy nine million smartphones shipped. it is marketplace…

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