Hashtags Breathe Life Back Into Social Commerce

Social commerce — the purchasing of products through social media — is on the rebound. And that rebound is being aided by an unlikely ally — the simple hashtag. <adage_no_lookbook_links>Hashtags have migrated to Facebook from their origins on Twitter and … Continued

8 Hot Tours for Cool Days

From a bus tour that combines stadium seating, LED lights and theatrical performances to a museum dedicated to all things mass transit, we’ve got the skinny on some of the best indoor tours around . . . Read more

Eliot Planning Board OKs natural gas truck terminal

ELIOT, Maine — The Planning Board on Tuesday approved the XNG Maine plan to build a compressed natural gas truck terminal at the current site of a propane depot. XNG Maine will tap into the Maritimes and Northeast Natural Gas … Continued

Israeli Firm to Mine Dutch Sewers for the New Gold

Israel’s Applied CleanTech has found a way to turn sewers into gold mines, and now the company has signed an agreement with a Dutch wastewater treatment facility (WWTP) and paper mill to test its revolutionary Sewage Recycling System (SRS). SRS involves mining sewers for … Continued