Before the opening bell, Halitron, Inc. (OTC: HAON) announced its engagement of QualityStocks and Hayden IR in an effort to improve communication and transparency with investors, increase awareness and enhance shareholder value. In recent months, Halitron has successfully implemented an acquisition roll-up business model and developed a low cost global operating infrastructure complete with sales, marketing and manufacturing divisions. In 2015, the company’s first year of operations under its updated business model, Halitron generated over $1 million in sales, and it has since added four additional acquisitions to its growing portfolio, including PRD Holdings Inc., a manufacturing asset based in Mexico. Following its most recent acquisition, ArchivalPhotoPages, the company’s management team stated that Halitron is on a run rate to generate over $10 million in sales over the next three years.

“Over the past year, our Halitron team has successfully taken a vision, implemented four acquisitions and created a low-cost infrastructure,” Bernard Findley, chief executive officer of Halitron, stated in this morning’s news release. “We believe now is an appropriate time to target and expand our investor audience and ensure we are communicating effectively with Wall Street. We look forward to working with the team of professionals at QualityStocks and Hayden IR to execute this important goal.”

QualityStocks has helped more than 300 public companies broaden influence, attract growth capital and improves shareholder value over the past decade. By leveraging an expansive network of partners, daily and weekly newsletters, social media channels, blogs and other outreach tools, QualityStocks will relay Halitron’s corporate message, as well as its progress and growth, to a community of more than a million active investors.

Hayden IR is a highly-recognized national investor relations firm and corporate advisor to emerging growth companies. Hayden specializes in connecting companies with institutions, independent portfolio managers, buy-side and sell-side analysts, family offices, retail brokerage firms and accredited individual investors using a comprehensive, multi-tier network. For the past 15 years, Hayden has developed a reputation for delivering expertise and professionalism in areas such as investor management, relationship building, awareness campaigns, online presence and corporate identity.

Halitron’s fully integrated business model allows it to produce and sell products at extremely favorable margins. When the company acquired www.PiecesInPlaces.com last month, its management team estimated that it will add an additional 35 percent gross profit margin through its ability to manufacture the brand’s products in-house. Moving forward, Halitron will lean on these favorable margins as it positions itself for sustainable financial growth. Look for the company to benefit from its integrated business model while continuing to use its public stock currency to build shareholder value through the evaluation and execution of potentially accretive acquisitions in the months to come.

For more information, visit www.halitroninc.com

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A publicly-traded biotech company, International Stem Cell Corporation (OTCQB: ISCO) focuses its efforts toward developing innovative solutions that advance the field of regenerative medicine. This field strives to create functional tissue to repair and replace tissue or organs that have lost their function due to damage, disease, age, and congenital defects. ISCO has contributed to regenerative science by developing its own novel stem cell technology called parthenogenesis, which uses unfertilized eggs and addresses immune-rejection among humans. Stem cells have the potential to divide and differentiate themselves into any cell type. This means that these cells can treat degenerative diseases of the eye, nervous system, and liver through rebuilding and regeneration. Technological advancement in tissue engineering and stem cell therapy is expected to drive the global market for regenerative medicine.

Parthenogenesis uniquely studies immune-rejection, cell differentiation, and DNA patterns. ISCO’s technology creates a whole new class of stem cells called human parthenogenetic stem cells (hpSC). These are created by stimulating the oocytes (unfertilized eggs) into dividing. Different oocyte activation techniques create either heterozygous human parthenogenetic stem cell lines or homozygous human parthenogenetic stem cell lines. The former cells are only compatible with their donors, while the latter could be compatible with a large portion of the population. To maximize this innovative technology, the company developed the first collection of non-embryonic histocompatible (human compatible) stem cells used for research or commercial purposes. ISCO’s cell lines have the possibility of treating millions of people around the world.

Immune-matching, histocompatible cells have the potential of treating and even preventing diseases worldwide. For example, cancer is thought to come from abnormal cell proliferation and differentiation. Using stem cells, scientists can map out the human development of cells to see how cancer starts while also discovering treatments and prevention. Other diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s could be treated using healthy cells to replace damaged ones. This is an exciting time for stem cell research because of the positive impact it could have around the globe.

To showcase increasing interest in their groundbreaking developments, ISCO recently announced that negotiations between two healthcare institutes and the company’s management have begun surrounding private placement of $6.3 million of the company’s convertible preferred stock and common stock purchase warrants to purchase $25.7 million of the company’s common stock. With exposure and interest surrounding regenerative medicine steadily increasing worldwide, ISCO is strongly poised to further its scientific studies as successful contributors in the field.

For more information, visit www.internationalstemcell.com

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Laguna Blends, Inc. (OTC: LAGBF) is tapping into the benefits derived from hemp in more ways than one. The company offers a high quality product experience with an emphasis on the plant’s health benefits while coupling it with turn-key online marketing campaigns for the entrepreneur at heart. With the hemp industry delivering promising business metrics worldwide, Laguna’s unique business model is as intriguing as it is potentially lucrative.

The first product category that Laguna has introduced are one-of-a kind, instant, functional beverage products that contain hemp protein, omegas and other efficacious ingredients. “Caffe,” the first product currently being offered for sale is a protein coffee beverage offering.

In a recent news release, Stuart Gray, Laguna’s president and CEO noted, “Laguna has launched its business with a high level of interest from independent affiliates residing in the USA and Canada. The demand for high quality, functional beverage products throughout the United States and Canada, coupled with a viable business opportunity has attributed to the spike in affiliate interest. In addition, the positive feedback on Laguna’s first product to market, “Caffe” has been fantastic.”

In the beginning of March 2016, the company disclosed a non-brokered private placement of 1,750,000 units at $0.20 per unit for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $350,000. LAGBF has since closed the first tranche of this private placement consisting of 1,175,000 units for gross proceeds of $235,000. Each unit is made up of one common share and one share purchase warrant, with each warrant entitling the holder to gain one additional common share of the company at a price of $0.25 per warrant share until March 10, 2018. The units hold period expires on July 11, 2016.

Leveraging a network marketing business model, Laguna generates retail sales through independent affiliates. These affiliates use technology that enables them to build an international business from their home or wherever their travels may take them. The company is currently focused on the nutritional health benefits derived from hemp. Laguna’s first product category as an entry to market are functional beverage products that contain hemp and other efficacious ingredients.

For more information, visit www.lagunablends.com

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The company behind three award-winning restaurants and playspaces, Giggles N’ Hugs, Inc. (OTCQB: GIGL) offers everything a family could want. The first-of-its-kind restaurant chain delivers both healthy food and play that turns an otherwise stressful dinner out into a magical experience. Kids and parents enjoy themselves so much that they keep coming back for more, resulting in steady success for the company. Giggles N’ Hugs currently situates itself within three California mall locations in Greater Los Angeles, including Westfield Century City, Westfield Topanga and the Glendale Galleria. Families can stop by for after-school and weekend fun or be wowed by detailed birthday party celebrations. Giggles N’ Hugs promises the opportunity for kids to be kids while nurturing their imaginations and creativity.

Sitting at a computer, playing video games, and watching television offer only passive participation for children, as they are created by someone else. Kids need a chance to develop and grow their imaginations while young, so they have healthy critical thinking skills and creative problem solving capabilities as they mature. According to an article in The Wall Street Journal, imagination is important for learning about people and events that we don’t experience firsthand. Imagination is vital to understanding and contemplating history, events in the world, and even the future. Children should be able to visualize past cultures, like the ancient Egyptians, or even what other children look like across the world.

In preschool, children with imaginary friends are more creative, have better social skills, and can take on the perspectives of others. Even role playing aids in a child’s ability to see through another’s eyes. Imaginary games and storytelling also help kids develop learning habits, communication skills, and vocabulary. All of these creative outlets encourage kids to use all of their senses and bodies while developing muscles and neurological connections.

Giggles N’ Hugs offers a magical place where children can be whoever they want. The playspaces have monkey bars, jungle gyms, castles, and even a big dragon for kids to play on. Professional attendants also guide active games, storytelling, arts and crafts, and sing-a-longs. There’s karaoke, face painting, dance parties, scavenger hunts, magicians, puppet shows and more to get kids to actively participate. Themed parties even give children the chance to become dazzling princesses, fierce pirates, famous rock stars, brave superheroes, and everything in between. The creative possibilities are endless with the accommodating staff at Giggles N’ Hugs.

The ability to think outside the box stems from a strong imagination. To create human beings with imagination, opportunities should be abundant while they’re young. The perfect creative outlet can be found simply by playing. Fortunately, Giggles N’ Hugs encourages young children to step away from technology and into a world of their own making using the creative tools and activities happily provided.

Learn more by visiting www.gigglesnhugs.com

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It has often been said that if only the data possessed by today’s companies could talk, the secrets of sustainable revenue growth would be known. Through data analytics, the science of examining raw data with the purpose of drawing conclusions about that information, industries worldwide are able to make better business decisions and verify or disprove existing models or theories. Data analytics is different from data mining in that its purpose and focus is rooted in analysis. Data miners sort through enormous data sets using software to identify undiscovered patterns and establish hidden relationships. Data analytics focuses on the process of deriving a conclusion based solely on what is already known.

As our world is increasingly connected at the hip to technological conveniences, Alternet Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: ALYI) understands the opportunity at hand. Much of the company’s energy has been centered on investing in businesses that have innovative ways of managing information in the digital commerce and payment solutions space. For the last six years, ALYI has had its business eye on mobile finance services and mobile security. Two years ago, Alternet Systems added the digital commerce space to its product portfolio and now offers payment technology solutions designed to manage payment channels and financial technology services aimed at providing digital currency payment and banking solutions.

Data analytics is viewed as a tool designed to help companies make better marketing decisions through the ability to profile their customers to see where their interests lie. Companies are able to identify the buying tendencies of similar consumers, as well as the likelihood that they will purchase the same products again. The science of data analytics can also be credited with delivering business indicators on how consumers view a particular product and the best ways to increase efficiency. Companies view this new-found information as a way to keep up with market trends.

With strategic investments in these high-growth markets, Alternet is accelerating the future of money in the digital age. The company is guided by a team of executives specializing in entrepreneurial mindsets rooted in innovation, financial and executive management of multi-national organizations and expansive networks of industry resources.

For more information, visit www.alternetsystems.com

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Digital advertisers will shell out $8.2 billion each year as they wrangle online fraud, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB). As digital marketing continues to grow at unprecedented rates, so too does “click fraud.” With carefully plotted ad budgets on the line, averting costly online security threats is a requirement for any pay-per-click ad campaign. Enter Grey Cloak Tech, Inc. (OTC: GRCK), a Las Vegas-based company with a powerful suite of advanced filters to detect hundreds of variations of digital advertising fraud.

When Grey Cloak lays its artillery on the table, it presents powerful, advanced software called Fraudlytic. Fraudlytic identifies fraud patterns at the earliest onset, helping to curtail fraud and its financial repercussions. Full understanding of the value of this technology requires a look at the background of pay-per-click ad campaigns, which hit the advertising scene in 1996.

By 1997, more than 400 major brands were paying between $0.005 and $0.25 per click. In the next 15 years, the industry exploded and earned its badge as the most effective targeted advertising medium in history, but opportunity of this magnitude often attracts adversary.

In 2000, the first malicious programs were detected. The primary method perpetrators used for delivering the attacks were bots (web software robots) designed to carry out cookie stuffing, click fraud, impression fraud, URL masking, IP spoofing and other mechanisms that lowered conversion rates and a company’s return on investment.

Without an adequate method of defense, the malicious activity went unchallenged. That is, until technicians – including founders of Grey Cloak Tech – developed game-changing counter technology that could effectively detect and eliminate click fraud.

After years of testing and responding to customer feedback, Grey Cloak Tech unveiled Fraudlytic as a secure cloud-based platform that stops click fraud and permanently blocks the offenders while allowing legitimate consumers to view the advertisement and make a purchase.

With deep roots in the digital marketing industry, Grey Cloak Tech’s founders have long been on the front lines of anti-click fraud efforts, and, as the only publicly-traded digital advertising fraud-protection company in the United States, Grey Cloak Tech’s management team is demonstrating its ability to take an industry-leading position in more than one way.

For more information, visit www.greycloaktech.com

The report is the U.S. Department of Energy’s ‘Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report 2014’ (http://dtn.fm/x5WCf), which casts a comprehensive eye on the global fuel cells industry. It estimates that the fuel cell industry almost doubled (69%) in 2014 to $2.2 billion from $1.3 billion in 2013, and that more than 50,000 fuel cells, totaling 180 megawatts (MW), were shipped in 2014. The report relates how the U.K.-based Western Standard Energy Corp. acquired Dominovas Energy, LLC (California), renamed the company Dominovas Energy Corporation, and moved its headquarters to Atlanta, Georgia. The Dominovas Energy Corporation (OTCQB: DNRG) is now making final provisions to manufacture the RUBICON™ SOFC system.

About 50 Fortune 500 companies use fuel cell technology to generate power for either stationary or motive applications. About half of these are in the Fortune 100. Fuel cell applications power forklifts, data centers, cell phone towers, and corporate or retail facilities. More than 2,500 fuel cells for material handling vehicles were ordered or installed in 2014, bringing the number of fuel cell-powered forklifts in North America to more than 7,500 units, located at more than 60 warehouses and distribution facilities in 20 states and Canada. Fuel cells can also be found in cars now. Commercial introduction of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) began in earnest in 2014 with Hyundai’s Tucson ix35 FCEV.

Cars aside, the flag bearer for the industry is South Korea, which ‘is embracing large-scale fuel cells for energy production in a way that few other countries can match’ (http://dtn.fm/D7nD9). A Bloomberg piece (http://dtn.fm/2iAlq) notes that there are opportunities for U.S. companies: ‘South Korea is tapping into U.S. ingenuity to drive the market for fuel cells… Conglomerates based in South Korea are buying, investing in or partnering with U.S. fuel-cell makers, seeking to build on their designs for the complex systems by incorporating cheaper production methods that will make them more economical.’

That fuel cell technology is feasible for large-scale grid operations is demonstrated by South Korea’s Fuel Cell Park. In February 2014, the Gyeonggi Green Energy facility, a 59-MW fuel cell complex in Hwasung City, South Korea, began operation. The plant consists of 21 2.8MW hydrogen fuel cells supplied by FuelCell Energy of Danbury, Connecticut.

Not to be outdone, the United States is powering on. Another Bloomberg story (http://dtn.fm/snKJ7), in January of this year, tells how the state of Connecticut has ‘approved a proposal for what would be the world’s largest fuel cell power plant.’ The ‘63.3-megawatt Beacon Falls fuel cell power plant in the state… would be bigger than the 59-megawatt fuel cell plant in operation in South Korea.’

This area is Dominovas Energy Corporation’s forte. The company has developed the industry’s first scalable, single megawatt SOFC system based on its Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) technology known as the RUBICON™. As Dr. Shamiul Islam, Dominovas Energy’s executive vice president of the fuel cell division, explains:

“Until now, all single megawatt systems of fuel cell generated power were comprised of an array of individual kilowatt units configured to function at a megawatt scale. The generally accepted configuration and design of megawatt systems within the industry to date have taken smaller configurations of the fuel cell stacks, generally 1kW, and pieced them together to create configurations totaling multiple kilowatts. This approach is problematic in that the generation of megawatt baseload power is inefficient and it additionally creates units that, by design, have multiple opportunities for failure which contribute to extraordinary and otherwise unnecessary repair and maintenance costs. In designing a true megawatt system, Dominovas Energy has optimized system size, production efficiency, and overall system performance and veracity.”

For more information, visit www.dominovasenergy.com

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Before the opening bell, Content Checked Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: CNCK) announced a new strategic partnership with Leaner Creamer, the only all-natural powdered coffee creamer that promotes weight loss and appetite suppression. Under the terms of the new partnership, both parties will commence a cross-promotional marketing campaign designed to promote sales and brand awareness among health conscious audiences. Content Checked will look to leverage Leaner Creamer’s sizable social media presence and celebrity endorsements in order to further its brand and encourage additional downloads of its innovative suite of mobile apps for people with dietary restrictions.

“We are thrilled to be working with Leaner Creamer as it aligns directly with our mission — to better the lives of individuals with dietary restrictions,” Kris Finstad, chief executive officer and founder of Content Checked, stated in this morning’s news release. “We truly believe that this healthier alternative will aid in better nutrition habits and weight loss for individuals who are seeking a viable alternative to traditional, calorie-rich, dairy-based creamers.”

Leaner Creamer aligns well with Content Checked’s corporate mission, because it is specifically designed to meet the nutritional needs of individuals with gluten and lactose intolerances. According to its site, Leaner Creamer utilizes a coconut oil base infused with a proprietary, all-natural blend of citrus aurantium extract, hoodia and green tea extract to deliver a healthy alternative to fatty coffee creamers that can transform a daily cup of coffee into an effective tool for appetite suppression and weight-loss.

By gaining coverage on Leaner Creamer’s social media accounts, Content Checked will look to introduce its family of apps to a new audience. On Twitter, Leaner Creamer boasts more than 85,000 followers, and the all-natural coffee creamer has an additional 159,000 followers on Instagram.

Last month, Content Checked announced a new partnership with leading New York City-based capital markets advisory firm PCG Advisory Group designed to increase its new media profile and social media engagement. Through strategic partnerships such as the company’s newly-announce cross-promotional campaign with Leaner Creamer, Content Checked will look to accelerate the adoption of the ContentChecked, MigraineChecked and SugarChecked smartphone applications in order to capitalize on its recent momentum and better communicate its story to both institutional and retail investors.

For more information, visit www.contentchecked.com

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Last week, GTX Corp. (OTC: GTXO) partnered with the Trust 2 Protect Campaign, which works to promote national change through the development of collaborative solutions that bridge the communication gap dividing law enforcement and citizens. At the campaign’s launch event in New York City on April 4, Patrick Bertagna, chief executive officer of GTXO, joined alongside an enthusiastic roster of mayors, police chiefs, sheriffs, directors, judges, celebrities, and athlete endorsers – including NFL great and GTX brand ambassador Clinton Portis – to bring additional focus toward aligning officers with the cause.

To learn more about the event, visit http://dtn.fm/iP92w

After meeting with the NYPD Commissioner’s Office, Bertagna and the Trust 2 Protect Campaign traveled to New Jersey for an event hosted by Jose Torres, mayor of Paterson, New Jersey. As mayor of the third largest city in the Garden State, Torres’s focus on diminishing crime and bringing police together with the community is unrelenting. Together with event organizers, Torres introduced Trust 2 Protect’s mission, which is to engage law enforcement departments across America; empower departments with the knowledge of the latest safety, communications, tracking and monitoring technologies; and promote the good work of law enforcement officers.

In total, more than 60 law enforcement officials attended the Trust 2 Protect event, which included speeches from Mayor Torres and many of the organization’s founding members. Patrick Bertagna of GTX Corp. spoke on the importance of police presence in the community, as well as the courage and selfless dedication of law enforcement to keeping people safe. Bertagna went on to detail the obligation of the private sector, particularly in high tech industries, to continue developing new and innovative technologies and tools that can aid in the protection of local communities. The company’s GPS SmartSole, for example, was discussed as a solution for officers who regularly receive missing persons calls.

The Trust 2 Protect Campaign will continue to meet with law enforcement officials and policymakers around the country moving forward. On May 10, the campaign will travel to Washington, D.C. to spread its message of a more united community. The organization has also announced plans to visit Texas and Florida in the coming months.

For more information, visit www.gtxcorp.com

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Alternative lodging is easily the fastest growing sector in the $1.25 trillion travel and tourism market. The oldest and most recognized brands within the alternative lodging sector are Airbnb and HomeAway. NextTrip.com is about to shake things up.

NextTrip is the first and only real-time bookable reservations system in the alternative lodging industry. Unlike the competition, which book by request and can take hours or days before a lodging owner confirms, NextTrip’s platform books in real-time, similar to online hotel bookings. Understandably, travel agents and tour operators are clamoring for just such a feature.

Customers are now able to plan and book any vacation and all their travel needs, including airlines, cruises, tour packages, and rental cars, without using multiple web sites. To maximize customer experience and efficiencies, Monaker Group (OTCQB: MKGI) recently engaged Primero Systems to fully integrate and maximize the NextTrip.com booking platform, and the company expects complete build out and functionality within four months.

As one would assume, available inventory is imperative in the alternative lodging sector. Airbnb has been around since 2008 and has an estimated 1.5+ million alternative lodging listings. HomeAway was founded in 2005 and currently has approximately 1.2+ million listings. NextTrip will add another 500k to 600k units in next few weeks and will soon have over 1.2 million listings in inventory, giving it one of the largest alternative lodging inventories in the world. Most listings are in desirable locations in the U.S., the EU and the Caribbean, and about 20% of the listings are exclusive. Monaker expects rapid exclusive listing growth, because, unlike the competition, Monaker doesn’t charge a sign-up fee, just a commission upon booking. The competition charges both. Monaker even has a proprietary solution to unlock timeshare and fractional share properties as rental inventory.

Airbnb is privately held with an estimated $25 billion valuation. HomeAway was acquired by Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE) for $3.9 billion. With comparable listing inventories, more options, better and easier to use services, more exclusive listings and more cost effective listing solutions, Monaker Group is really starting to shake things up in the alternative lodging sector. If Monaker’s revenues reach estimates and its valuation even comes close to the competition’s, this stock could shake up any portfolio.

Learn more by visiting www.monakergroup.com