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Payments for professional services

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Shares Reserved for Future Issuance

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This element represents the amount of recognized equity-based compensation during the period, that is, the amount recognized as expense in the income statement (or as asset if compensation is capitalized). Alternate captions include the words "stock-based compensation".

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Amount of equity interests of the acquirer, including instruments or interests issued or issuable in consideration for the business combination.

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Total number of common shares of an entity that have been sold or granted to shareholders (includes common shares that were issued, repurchased and remain in the treasury). These shares represent capital invested by the firm's shareholders and owners, and may be all or only a portion of the number of shares authorized. Shares issued include shares outstanding and shares held in the treasury.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Number of shares of stock issued during the period pursuant to acquisitions.

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Number of shares issued in lieu of cash for services contributed to the entity. Number of shares includes, but is not limited to, shares issued for services contributed by vendors and founders.

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Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) - Restricted Stock Issuances (Details Textual) - USD ($)			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2015	Jan. 02, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Aug. 14, 2015	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 16, 2014
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock issued for payment of services				$ 125,992	$ 157,110
Common stock, shares, issued (shares)				5,222,951	2,885,424
Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Adjustments to additional paid in capital, share-based compensation, requisite service period recognition (in dollars)					$ 166,610
Restricted Stock [Member] \| Director [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock issued for payment of services					$ 75,000
Employee stock award- restricted stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock, shares, issued (shares)				1,364		84,375	1,250
Common stock, capital shares reserved for future issuance, value				$ 18,700
Investor Relations Services [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Payments for professional services		$ 7,500
Shares reserved for future issuance								1,000,000
Investor Relations Services [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock issued during period, shares, issued for services (shares)		30,110	52,000
Shares reserved for future issuance		5,000	5,000
General and Administrative Expense [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Adjustments to additional paid in capital, share-based compensation, requisite service period recognition (in dollars)				7,600
General and Administrative Expense [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Adjustments to additional paid in capital, share-based compensation, requisite service period recognition (in dollars)				$ 125,992
Ebyline, Inc. [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable	$ 250,000
Common Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock issued during period, shares, issued for services (shares)				100,756	19,624
Stock issued for payment of services				$ 10	$ 2
Stock issued for payment of acquisition liability (shares)				31,821