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6 money saving benefits of using the money transfer apps while travelling

Travel is one of the most fulfilling experiences a person can have. Thanks to modern conveniences such as low-cost transcontinental flights, house-sharing and ridesharing apps, and online travel sites, getting out and experiencing the world is easier today than it has ever been before. That technology also extends to managing our finances when we’re abroad, from moving money at the drop of a hat to sharing costs with friends. Here are a few ways that a money transfer app can help you get the most bang for your travel buck.

1. Before you Leave

Concerned about keeping your bank account details safe while you’re abroad? You can open a credit or debit account specifically dedicated to your trip and then use your transfer app to add funds to it as needed, without having to pull out the card for your primary account if your spending money is starting to get low.

2. At the Airport

You can often save money by traveling in a group of friends or family and booking things like flights together. Money transfer apps make it quick and easy for everyone in the group to pool their money for plane tickets, hotel rooms, and even tours and group activities at your destination.

3. Exchanging currency

One place where travelers tend to lose the most money is at the currency exchange. These places charge a fee to change your cash into local currency; for example, American dollars for British pounds. But in addition to a hefty fee, these places tend to inflate exchange rates in their favor. Fortunately, the credit card is now basically internationally ubiquitous, so travelers don’t need cash as much as they once did. By dedicating a specific account to your travel fees and using an app to transfer money to those accounts, you can limit your cash to a small emergency fund (say, enough for a cab ride and one night in a hostel) and avoid those extra costs.

4. Avoid ATM fees

Many banks charge a foreign transaction fee for any ATM outside of their network, and an additional fee for international ATMs. On top of that, there is often a fee from the bank servicing that ATM. These can stack up quickly, so it’s best to avoid them altogether by using a credit card and an app.

5. Accommodating changes

Spontaneous adventures are one of the best parts of a great travel experience, and a quick and easy way to transfer money can help you fund those crazy last-minute decisions so that you can enjoy the moment without worrying about money.

6. Emergencies

In the event of an unexpected illness, airport closure, or other sudden problem with your trip that results in an unexpected expense, money transfer apps make it so your family members back home can send you emergency money with the touch of a button, avoiding yet more foreign transaction fees and money order fees.
There’s no question that travel is awesome, and modern conveniences make it more accessible than ever before. With these tips, you can guarantee yourself a fun-filled, economical trip, and leave the financial stress at home.

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The World’s Most Expensive Pets

We’re all guilty of spoiling our pets, but not quite as much as others. There are a lot of animal lovers across the globe, many who are willing to spend hundreds of thousands to have the very best, but is worth the huge price tag? We take a look at the world’s most expensive pets and find out just how far people are willing to go in order to have a unique pet to call their own!

Image Credit: Petwell

The Tibetan Mastiff

Known for their incredible fur making them look like the dog equivalent to a furry lion, the Tibetan Mastiff is truly one of a kind. With an estimated worth of up to $582,000 you’ll have to splash the cash to keep this fur-baby looking and feeling its best.  The Tibetan Mastiff’s were originally used as guard dogs and trained to protect palaces back in the day and as you can imagine, they are rare too. According to AFP Bejing, the last rare Tibetan Mastiff was bought for a very steep $1.95, which is an outstanding price for an individual dog.

Image Credit: High Edge Tibetan Mastiffs

An Arabian Horse

Said to be the royal among horses, the Arabian horse is elegant, sophisticated and bold. The black beauty has a perfect athletic body, high tail, chiselled neck and beautiful arched back that enables them to stand tall and proud. If you’re looking to add one of these black beauties to your home as a pet, you’re looking at an estimated worth of up to $100,000!

White Lion Cubs

First spotted in 1938, this particular breed of lion has continued to be a rare animal. Their beautiful white fur and lightly coloured eyes makes them unique, adding an adorable touch to their already cute lion features. Whether you’re looking for a cute cub to cuddle up to, or you fancy having a bold lion living in your garden to ward off any unwanted visitors, you’ll be set back quite a bit, as the White Lion cubs have an estimated worth of up to $140,000.

 

A Savannah Cat

With its bold spots and majestic character, a Savannah cat is guaranteed to turn heads. A hybrid between a serval and a domestic cat, the Savannah cat boasts character and class. With a slender, dainty body and slim tail, the Savannah cat is playful, friendly and absolutely love the water. The estimated worth of a Savannah cat is up to $12,000, but with their elegance and beauty, it’s not surprising that people want these stunning cats as their pet.

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Lavender Albino Ball Python

Whilst many people see pythons as a threat, they are up there with one of the most expensive pets in the world. Lavender Albino Ball Python’s have beautiful yellow markings and piercing red eyes, making them one of the worlds most beautiful snakes. Making the perfect pet, the Lavender Albino Ball Python has an estimated worth of up to $40,000, so if you want to add one to your family, now is the time to start saving.

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Samsung Galaxy J7 Duo Gets Android Pie With New Features and Specs

The Galaxy J7 was released in the first part of 2018, mainly for the Indian market. The phone will get last year’s OS from Android, which takes the form of Pie 9.0. The version number for the firmware is J720FDDU4BSG7 and 1.3 GB of free space is required for download and installation.

Galaxy J7 Duo specs

The phone has a 5.5 inch Super AMOLED display and an Exynos 7885 Octa-core processor. A Mali G71 GPU allows the device to have good performance when it comes to graphics.

The J7 Duo is further equipped with 4GB of RAM and 32 GB storage space but it does have a micros SD slot with a max value of 256 GB.

There is a rear-mounted double camera on the phone with 13 MP and a 5 MP sensor. The front-facing camera has a single 8 MP sensor to its name.

When it was launched, the J7 Duo came with Android 8.0 Oreo as standard. The phone was behind on the latest operating system when it was launched and still is. Although receiving the 9th version of Android Software, Google is almost finishing up the 10th version.

When to expect Android Pie 9.0?

The phone specifications should not require the latest Android OS, however. As Android 9.0 is more than enough to provide a quality user experience for J7 Duo owners. The software update is expected to slowly roll out in the next couple of months but there is no official release date offered by Samsung.

Expect a slower update as not all devices will receive it at once. These upgrades usually happen gradually by offering the software to phones belonging to a batch number. No matter your batch number, or your location, you can try to see if the update is available in your settings and manually install it.

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MinedBlock Take Centre Stage as their Initial Exchange Offering (IEO) Goes Live on The P2PB2B Exchange

In the congested and somewhat complex arena of blockchain technology lays a singularly unique company, built around the fundamental foundations from which crypto is built.

MinedBlock is a Fintech Crypto payments processor who specialise in transaction processing (mining) for crypto currencies.

MinedBlock have adopted a very concise and progressive mission statement from the offset and aim to capitalise on this through the execution of their Initial Exchange Offering (IEO).

“Our vision is to become a major player in the cryptocurrency arena and for MinedBlock to own a significant part of the infrastructure required to process transactions and mint new crypto assets. This will enable our investors to reap a significant return on investment while we employ an aggressive growth strategy to position ourselves as the ‘Amazon’ of the crypto mining industry”

The firm, who pride themselves in operating with 100% transparency have just gone live (22 July) with their IEO through the P2PB2B exchange. With a current daily trading volume of over $100,000,000 the exchange is ranked in the world’s top 50 by Coinmarketcap. P2PB2B is described by Cryptocompare as ‘the world’s fastest-growing technological exchange that provides unique conditions for investors and traders. OWASP Top 10 protection, fast KYC and instant Online Support make the platform extremely attractive to users.’

The addition of MinedBlock to p2pb2b’s IEO is a strong move for the company and enhances their dual token offering in which individuals have the choice of purchasing MBTU tokens, these tokens will be the only way to pay for our private mining services. It can also be used to purchase their ST20 token MBTX.

Once MBTU is received as payment, MinedBlock will burn 10% of each transaction, 50% will be sold at market rate, equally, across all listed exchanges to ensure ongoing availability. The other 40% will be retained and distributed as rewards for long term customers.

The company’s IEO has been split into 2 distinct stages, providing potential investors a brief window of opportunity to take advantage of MBTU’s dwindling supply:

Stage 1:

  • 22nd July to 28th July
  • 10,000,000 MBTU Available
  • Duration 7 days
  • 25% bonus
  • $0.10 per token – $0.08 average price including bonus

Stage 2:

  • 5th August to 18th August
  • 90,000,000 MBTU available
  • Duration 14 days
  • 10% bonus
  • $0.10 per token – $0.09 average price including bonus

As the IEO token offering vessel continues to gather pace, MinedBlock are perfectly positioned to hit their funding targets. This result is likely to manifest itself not from the IEO itself but through the many unique selling points (USP’s) the company has to offer.

‘Our USP compared to the competition is that we plan to make ourselves fully immune from the market, prioritise our investors (over ourselves) and be 100% transparent in everything we say and do. Most other mining firms have focused on just ‘out of the box’ mining and not considered any form of cost reduction or alternative revenue generation such as masternodes, and this has left them unprofitable and unable to continue. Our aims go far beyond ‘just being another mining company’ we intend to dominate the space as quickly as possible. At this stage, there isn’t really any meaningful competitor in the marketplace as the mining industry is still in its infancy.’

MinedBlock have already made a name for themselves by benchmarking several 1st’s in the industry.

  • 1st mining company in the industry to be exempted by the SEC
  • 1st STO offered on the POLYMATH network
  • Highest ratings within the crypto mining industry across all the respected platforms, ICOBench, ICOmarks and Neironix
  • 1 in only 30 Crypto projects to receive an AA INWARA Transparency certificate.
  • 1st in the industry with a dual token model creating a compliant security investment model with high returns and a true ‘Utility’ ERC20 token adding a ‘pay as you go’ element to our service
  • Voted the markets leading Mining project during Newconomy’s online conference “Market Challenge”: Battle of the TOP 50 event

The organisations innovative approach to the ‘mining’ industry coupled with a clear, forward thinking strategy has ensured that MinedBlock have created a stable and sustainable business that is able to adapt to change in a constantly evolving industry and has future development plans to create renewable energy to offset their largest expense ‘Electricity’, allowing their model increase it’s ROI’s drastically.

IEO:   https://p2pb2b.io/token-sale/MBTU/1

Website: http://www.minedblock.io/

Telegram: https://t.me/MinedBlockOfficial

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SpaceX’s Experimental Rocket Gone Wrong

For SpaceX it wasn’t just another day, they prepared themselves for an experimental rocket ship, but they received fire instead.  

On Thursday, SpaceX prepared everything necessary for another launch, this time for an experimental rocket ship, called Starhopper. For it this was its first time sensing the thin air and seeing the sky, as well. Good to know about Starhopper, that it’s a test-bed for a bigger launch prototype knows as Starship, also the one who will supposedly send people into space.

Elon Musk initiated the test, sending the rocket rising to almost 65 feet, resulting in success on Friday. Starhopper though, send flaming fragments which started fires next to the launch pad. A firetruck helped them and other equipment was used for many hours in order to cease the fire.

The fire has burned almost 100 acres and was ‘still not extinguished’ on Friday afternoon. However, officials assured people that any life and property will not be harmed. Also, the fact that the fire was so close to Las Palomas where is full of many bird species, didn’t cause any problem.

The muddy ground conditions were the real problem though, because they didn’t let the fire trucks to get closer and cease the flames. They used water-spraying backpacks that really helped them access the area hard to reach.

Research made for detecting the risks caused by rocket launches in that location stated that every impact that a launch activity takes place is it safe, because there is no vegetation around the platforms. Federal Aviation Administration, however, works with SpaceX to remain on its initial plan, the one to launch only Falcon 9 almost once a month from a strong south Texas spaceport. But for SpaceX this remains a hard task because they want to develop its another Starship launch system.

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