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Julia Abenes Fitness Model Looking Good in Gym and By The Pool
Julia Abenes is a model, fitness trainer, entrepreneur who we have talked about here on Crenk before. Here are some of her latest pics and you can check out her blog here. Oh and did we mention she has her own Reddit here – /r/juliaabenes
Best New Mashups: Data Mashups Using Google Chart, EchoNest and Google Fusion Tables
The news of data visualization provider Tableau's IPO on Friday is yet another sign that the movement behind data and analytics continues to gain steam. With that in mind, today we'll take a look at recent mashups that allow users to perform data analytics of some kind and often show the results through interesting visualizations. Read below for more information on each.
Bing Beams Up Star Trek Fans With Home Page Easter Egg, Klingon Translator
In conjunction with the arrival of "Star Trek Into Darkness", Bing has added a couple of features that fans should appreciate: a home page Easter egg when you search for "beam me up" and a new language option to Bing Translator: Klingon.
How To Protect WordPress from Intrusion: Your Must-Read Checklist
Botnets around the world have turned their attention from sending out spam emails to systematically hacking into Wordpress installs; it's a lucrative business given that Wordpress powers 40% of all blogs. Especially considering thatShow More Summary
Tweekender: Mario Balotelli's dog deserves her own Twitter account
Game of Thrones, Diplo, and Rupert Murdoch all made a splash this week
Website Foundations That Make Customers Come In And Stay
Websites need to be clear for two audiences; for the search engines so they can make sure the site is ranked high enough for people to find it, and it has to be interesting enough for us humans that come to those websites to stay and contact the site owner. Google changes their requirements up [...]Show More Summary
Augmented World Expo 2013–The Future of Augmented Reality
If you’re interested in Augmented Reality (AR), Augmented World Expo 2013 (AWE 2013) is a window to the future through which we can see new technology that could change our lives in various fields such as education, health, emergency services, … Continue reading ?
AOL's Patch Gets New CEO, As Just Under Three Percent of Staff Is Laid Off in Consolidation (Memo)
The hyperlocal content efforts gets trimmed and a new leader too.
Nintendo snatches the ad money from gamers' "Let's Play" videos
Nintendo is coming after makers of Let's Play videos, only the company isn't taking down their clips. It's only taking their mone
Find Latitude and Longitude Coordinates & Ways To Use Them Online
Most of the time, when you're looking for directions or want to find a location, you probably go directly to Google Maps (or whatever your favorite mapping tool is) and look up the address. Well, that's fine when you have the address, or you know the names of the city, town or location that you want to find. Show More Summary
Ten Questions for Yat Siu, Co-Founder of "Fast Food"-Style Game Studio Animoca
With more than 350 games, Animoca is all about quantity, and its co-founder says being based away from Silicon Valley helps.
Geek Reading May 17, 2013
I have talked about human filters and my plan for digital curation. These items are the fruits of those ideas, the items I deemed worthy from my Google Reader feeds. These items are a combination of tech business news, development news and programming tools and techniques. How to Cross the Chasm (Javalobby – The heart [...]
LulzSec Hackers Sentenced for Past Mayhem Bringing Their Era to its Final Interlude
During the 50-day mayhem spree by these Internet hackers, LulzSec brought attention to the capability of a small group out to do vandalism and damage to websites—and exactly what could be done with it. Instead of breaking into websites and … Continue reading ?
Syrian Electronic Army hijacks Financial Times Twitter accounts
The Syrian Electronic Army has claimed yet another victim. This time, it's the Financial Times.
5 reasons Tumblr is doomed if Yahoo buys it
If the sad state of Flickr, the rotting carcass of Delicious, and the ghost of GeoCities are any indication, having Yahoo add Tumblr to its smelly domain locker would be its demise.
Civic Hackers Across the Country Will Band Together in June for National Day of Civic Hacking
Hackers across the country are getting ready to participate in the first annual National Day of Civic Hacking which will take place in over 80 cities on June 1st and 2nd, 2013. The two day event will bring together citizens, developers,...Show More Summary
What makes Coca-Cola the No-1 SuperBrand in Social Media?
Who else has completed more than 80 years of Olympic Partnership with largest-ever activation? Which brand has ever covered more than 275,000 miles across 186 countries in 365 days? Who gets the credit for activating a campaign that made fan cast nearly 910,000 votes, almost 7.3 million sabotages and accounted for virtually 3 million YouTube [...]Show More Summary
Which Is Best, A MacBook Air Or MacBook Pro? Both Models Compared Side-By-Side
You might think Apple’s relatively small laptop selection would make choosing a model easy. For some people, that’s true, but for others the tight range of options and prices makes for a difficult choice. A consumer with $1,200 could end up looking at both versions of the Air and the 13-inch Pro. Show More Summary
