Adult Friend Finder Is Going Public

US based FriendFinder Networks (formerly Penthouse Media Group) has filed a registration statement with the SEC to go public. The story was broken by Techcrunch and this seems like a huge leap for the adult network.

Little known Russian investment bank Renaissance …

AppShopper: The Best iPhone and iPod Touch Applications Directory in Town

Apple iTunes has always been so popular and with the launch of the iPhone iTunes has gone to the next level. Every single day Apple sells millions of dollars in the iTunes store just for iPhone applications. With so many applications being launched everyday how do you …

Crenks' Top 5 Posts of 2008

Today I thought I would put together a post that outlines our best posts for 2008. Here at Crenk we try to write articles that are actually going to bring some added value to the reader and the site involved. In 2009 we hope to bring our readers more useful posts that …

My 2008 Prediction Analysis

Back at the start of 2008 I made 11 predictions of what was going to happen in 2008. I must admit most of these predictions were very bold and possibly never going to happen, but what the hell thought it was a good punt.

My Predictions for 2008:

1. Microsoft will start …

Pownce-ing On The Opposition

Seeqpod: The Free Music and Video Streaming Service

In the last few days Seeqpod has released a new stand-alone application for the Windows Mobile Platform. If you dont already know what Seeqpod is its a search tool that allows users to freely find any "playable" content (music, video, presentations, etc) on the …

The Pirate Bay Launches a Free Video Converter and Toolbar

The Pirate Bay is at it again but this time they are actually offering something useful to its users. The Pirate Bay's new offering is a ViO converters which reduces AVI, MPEG, MP4, WMV and others videos to 20% of its original size without any reduction in image …

Google Gulp: The New Google Energy and Intelligence Drink

Sometime I wonder what Google isnt going to do next. This time I have found a link to a new Google product that I thought simply couldnt be real, Google Gulp.

"Pleased to announce Google Gulp (BETA)(TM) with Auto-Drink(TM) (LIMITED RELEASE), a line of "smart drinks" …

Grand Effect Blog Network: Have They Gone Under Or Just Lazy?

Probably about 6 or so months ago there was a bit of press about a new blog network that was being started that had real potential, that network was Grand Effect. Grand Effect was launched by Sarah Perez (Sarah in Tampa & RWW ) and David Peralty (Branding David & Xfep …

Crenk Launches Our Own Job Board. Free Listings!!

Here at Crenk you might have noticed the new image in the sidebar. Crenk has partnered with JobThread to provide our readers with a new job board.

The job board software is a great tool in which we are offering for Free until the end of January. It would be great to get …

Crenk Wants You to Show Your Stuff!

Crenk is looking towards building a solid community of fans who not only provide us a sense of community around Crenk, but also have an opportunity to share their thoughts on some of our stories, and interact with other fans …

ActiveVOS: Business Process Management and Service Software

Active VOS is the world's first all-in-one, standards-based visual orchestration system. Active VOS is a provider of cost-effectively and flexibly use all of the web services infrastructure that has been installed in companies over the last few years to create composite …

Crenk Is Now Featured On The World Famous Single Page Aggregator Popurls.com

It has finally happened! Crenk has been recognised by Popurls.com and added to their famous aggregator of everything great on the web.

Popurls was launched by Thomas Marban back in March of 2006 and since then has been dominating the world of "single page aggregators". …

Mac Mini Making A Comeback At MacWorld Expo?

Sometimes the dead just won't stay dead. Not a zombie flick I'm afraid, but rather a sordid tale of a piece of technology that appeared to have fallen off the face of the earth, now rumored to possibly be making a comeback, the Mac …

Palm Fights to Stay Relevant

Remember Palm?

You know the mobile device kings from long ago, yep, they are still around. Palm has attempted many times to reinvent itself with new products, and over time they've had a few hits every now and then. I remember when the Z22 came out, I bought one for my …

Xoopit Wins with Yahoo

When Xoopit was first released as an add-on to Gmail, I was one of the first adopters. I typically enjoy adopting newly released applications, and this was no different. I remember installing and enjoying the add-on initially, but over the next couple of days, after …

BREAKING NEWS: Apple Not Part of MacWorld Expo

My writings, my podcasts, and basically my predictions have come true. Today it was announced that Apple will no longer be a part of MacWorld Expo, the very event that was almost defined by the very company.

"Philip Schiller, Apple's senior …

Peer39: The Semantic Advertising Solution

Peer39 is a natural language processing and machine learning, Peer39's patented algorithms understand page meaning and sentiment, and deliver the most relevant and effective brand safe display and text advertising. Headquartered in New York City, Peer39 maintains a …

TuneUp Cleans iTunes on Mac

Too often music information is ignored once it's been put into a player. For casual listeners, information like song title, track number, or even album art seems irrelevant in light of the actual song playing. For those of us that truly love our music, enthusiasts of

Twones The Music Lifestream Aggregation Service. Friendfeed But Only For Music Sites

Today, Amsterdam based Twones launches in private beta. Twones is a new Music service that tracks the music you're playing on your computer (iTunes, WMP, Winamp) AND on 18 web services (Youtube, Last.fm, Myspace, Muxtape etc.).

Twones is funded by concert giant Live …