With approximately two-thirds of the population in the U.S. classified as obese, many folks are looking to lose weight and to get in better shape. People are turning to their smartphones for assistance to eat better and to exercise effectively.

There are apps that track food intake, count calories, and calculate how many calories various exercises burn. Additionally, there are apps that offer workout programs and allow users to work out at their own pace as well.

This piece from PC Magazine presents 15 fitness apps, which are classified as the best available. While the one that best does the job for an individual is a matter of preference and personal taste, it is good to know the options that are available.

Some of the apps highlighted here are posed as tracking tools, in which you log your workouts or calories eaten, while others automate the tracking for you while you're working out. Some are coaching apps that march you through a fitness routine, and others are a combination of all these things. 

While Google Glass is a neophyte in the marketplace, it already has most of the popular apps on the market, NBC News reports.  

Apps for Facebook, Twitter, Evernote, Elle, Tumblr, and CNN are now available, joining the existing New York Times and Path apps. Timothy Jordan, a senior development advocate for Google, showed the new apps this week at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco.  

Owners of Google Glass can activate the new apps at google.com/myglass.

The Facebook app is fairly limited, mainly allowing you to share photos directly from Glass to Facebook, along with captions. If you accidentally share an item, the app allows you to quickly remove it right away through Glass.

Larry Ellison, the CEO of Oracle was the highest paid chief exec with a salary of $94.6 million, according to a report by the Hay Group for The Wall Street Journal/Hay Group CEO Compensation Study.

The time frame of the report is between May 1, 2012 and April 30, 2013. Three of the top five compensated CEO are from the entertainment industry. Les Moonves, CBS ($58.8 million), Robert A. Iger Disney ($36.3 million), and Phillippe P. Dauman, Viacom ($33.1 million) were second, third, and fifth, respectively. Nike’s Mark G. Parker ($33.9) was fourth on the list.

Irene Rosenfield, CEO of Mondelez International, was the highest paid female chief exec at $21.6 million. Carol Meyrowitz, CEO of TJX Companies, received the biggest pay hike, getting a 227.8 percent increase on salary of $18.6 million. 

This is news … not an editorial.

Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy, has purchased a house for his wife and former Playboy Playmate, Crystal Harris, the Redfin Blog reports.

The 6,000-square-foot house was formerly owned and custom-built byvideo game producer and Internet entrepreneur Jason Rubin. It has four bedrooms and five bathrooms and sets on more than one-half acre of land in West Hollywood. The residence was built in 2011. 

Hef sure looks happy in that photo, doesn't he?

The 87-year-old Playboy founder married Harris, a nude model, in December 2012. According to US Magazine, Harris will not be in his existing will, but apparently she’s not missing out. 

A 28-percent increase in the price of Microsoft’s stock has made its cofounder, Bill Gates, the richest man in the world again, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index, reports the L.A. Times.

The retired CEO of Microsoft has been putting his energy intophilanthropic activities through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation since 2008.  

Gates relinquished the number-one position to Warren Buffet, the top shareholder, chairman, and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, in 2007. The spike in Microsoft’s stock added $10 billion to Gates’ wealth.

At the same time, Mexico's Carlos Slim has seen his fortune's fall as a result of a bill passed by Mexico's Congress that loosened the stranglehold his company, America Movil SAB, had on the Mexican telecommunications market, according to Bloomberg. Slim's fortune fell by $2 billion to $72.1 billion. 

Is this a "my bank account is bigger than yours" thing?  Are Jennifer Lopez and her ex-hubby, Marc Anthony, having a duel to show off which one is richer?Maybe, or it could just be an intriguing coincidence.

However, just one day after Anthony purchased his new digs, a $2.5-million house in Los Angeles, Lopez bought a grandiose estate in the Hamptons. Lopez’s house has 8,500 square feet of living space, while Anthony’s new L.A. haven has 6,000 square feet. 

 A source tells the New York Post that the 43-year-old songstress; her much-younger beau, 24-year-old choreographer Casper Smart; and her 5-year-old twins, Max and Emme, visited the mega-property several times recently, and Lopez has finally decided to take the plunge and buy the property, which is located in Bridgehampton, New York, near Mecox Bay. 

While overall sales of automobiles sales are down in India, the luxury car market is growing annually in double-digits, Automotive World reports.

Sales of luxury cars, which are classified as automobiles priced at more than $32,000, are expected to reach 325,000 cars sold by 2020, according to industry insiders. By 2020, the number of high-net-worth individuals is expected to increase to 1.5 million from 205,000 in 2012. That is an increase of more than 700 percent. China and the U.S. will be the top markets for premium automobiles.

 The makers of luxury vehicles increasingly keep an eye on another characteristic of this market: the growing demand from Tier Two and Tier Three cities, which house 33% of the country’s HNI population. OEMs have started holding road shows in these cities, in an attempt to reach the target consumers here, typically wealthy landowners.

Italian-born actress Gina Lollobrigida, a highly acclaimed movie star of the 1950s and 1960s, was the star of an auction held by Sotheby’s that took in $78 million this week in Geneva.

Ms. Lollobrigida, 85, sold a 23-piece collection of her jewelry to raise money to support stem cell research, reports the AP and OMG from Yahoo!. 

 The gem of the event was a 74.53-carat fancy yellow diamond owned by the actress that sold for $2.985,750. That same diamond was once owned by Ahmad Shah Qajar, the shah of Persia from 1909 to 1925.

Its sale for $2,985,750 set both an auction record and a record price per carat — an eye-popping $40,061 per carat — for a fancy yellow diamond, according to a statement Sotheby's issued at the conclusion of the auction.

Two giants of their respective industries are teaming to display their latest technological innovation in San Francisco this week at the Google I/O developers conference. 

Google and Mercedes-Benz are introducing the Digital DriveStyle app, which can be used in conjunction with luxury automaker’s Drive Kit Plus system. The system enables the car’s infotainment system to be operated via a smartphone. The system also can be controlled through MBZ’s patented Command system with voice controls.

While it is currently a concept, the Digital DriveStyle app is expected to rollout sometime in the first half of this year, reports Fox News and Motor Authority.

Google and Mercedes-Benz are also showing off a new concept with a Digital DriveStyle display at Google I/O. This new concept is showing off the capabilities of Google's Places API with new features, such as faster search, the ability to preview destinations on the go, knowing the hottest spots in town, and getting live traffic conditions from Google Traffic.

The mega yachts spotted sailing in the Caribbean are now heading toward the Mediterranean for the summer. The annual event transforms St. George into an unofficial boat show, as many of these luxury-laden vessels have been in the area this week.

The yachts, the Lazy Z and the Ingot showed up at the East End last weekend and stayed a few days, while the Norwegian Breakaway is expected to make its way to the Heritage Wharf. There are so many yachts sailing in that it would be hard to keep track without a catalog.

The Dawn, which has had to tender her passengers in from Grassy Bay while renovation work to Heritage Wharf continues, is expected to come alongside at Heritage for the duration of her next trip.

Seven years ago, Mike Jeffries, the CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, said that he only wants cool and popular kids wearing the A&F label. Thanks to the Internet, some stories never die.

The “cool” Mr. Jeffries also stated that he only hires attractive people and that he doesn’t want fat and ugly people buying Abercrombie & Fitch either. That is why his label does not make an extra large size for females as well.  

The audacity of the CEO prompted filmmaker Greg Karber to help A&F find another niche market—the homeless of L.A.  Mr. Karber went to some thrift stores in Los Angeles and gathered up some pre-owned A&F apparel. He then went to Skid Row and handed out the clothes to homeless people.  (Well played, Greg.)

Watch the video from Tastefully Offensive. Thanks to A&F and its condescending CEO, the homeless have upped their standards. Up yours, Mr. Jeffries! 

What a difference a year makes.

The bad news is the crumbling of an automaker that appeared to have a bright future. The good news is for folks that are interested in buying a pre-owned Karma. 

NBC News reports that the luxury electric cars being auctioned on eBay are not selling at even one-half of the original value. Auctions are ending with maximum bids of less than $50,000. 

Just ask Bill Michlin, a dealer with the Fields Auto Group in the Chicago suburb of Glencoe. He just wrapped up an eBay auction for a 2012 EcoChic version of the Karma with a top bid of $45,100. "I had 2,000 look at that car on eBay," he said. "We didn't sell it because it didn't meet the minimum reserve bid, but it will eventually."

A portrait of the first president of U.S., George Washington, sold for $662,500 at an auction last week in Dallas, Texas. reports the Dallas News. 

Heritage Auctions, the world’s third largest auction house, obtained the 36-inch by 29-inch portrait of President Washington by Rembrandt Peale from an unidentified family in Dallas.

The portrait was part of the family’s private collection of fine art.  

Let them berate Kate!

For someone being shunned by the world of high fashion for not being a size zero, Kate Upton is garnering attention plentifully from the media for her curvaceous shape and pretty face. The woman pooh-poohed by the glamour industry has landed on the cover of Vogue Magazine.

Upton, who was the sixth most popular person on Google searches in 2012 was essentially called a blonde bimbo that could be had by the highest bidder by Sophia Neophitou, the casting director of Victoria’s Secret runway shows. Ms. Neophitou also called her a "Page 3 Girl' in an interview with the Daily Mall (Meow!) 

“We would never use” her for a show, casting director Sophia Neophitou told The New York Times in February 2012. “She’s like a footballer’s wife, with the too-blond hair and that kind of face that anyone with enough money can go out and buy,” Neophitou added.

Lamborghini recently showed the world its single-seat sports car, the Egoista, to mark the Italian supercar brand’s 50^th anniversary in the automotive industry.

So, is the one-seat vehicle a specially designed racecar, or is it a car that will go into production? According to Lamborghini, it is neither one. The Egoista is a one-off dream car that embodies the spirit of Lamborghini. It will not become a series production like the Lamborghini Aventador model, which rolled out last month.

A company spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal that the “Egoisa is ‘a car for itself’ that will ‘always remain a dream for everyone.’”

“I am very attached to this Italian brand, being an Italian myself. I wanted to pay homage to and think up a vehicle to underline the fact that Lamborghinis have always been made with passion, and with the heart more than the head,” said Walter De Silva, design boss for Volkswagen Group.

These six horseracing tracks are among the top tracks in the world. Four are located in the United States, one is in England, and one is in Dubai.

 The pageantry that accompanies the Sport of Kings sets it apart from other competitions. It is the one sport where the owners are nearly as popular as their athletically gifted horses. Horseracing events are more like soirees than sports competitions. 

Perhaps the best known racetrack out there is Louisville's Churchhill Downs, the official home of the world famous Kentucky Derby (May 3-4, 2013). Thankfully, since the track is so famous, there are plenty of options that let people in on some pretty great perks. The Turf Club is an exclusive, two-level private club that offers members luxury amenities, like gourmet meals and fantastic views of the racecourses.

Heesen Yachts has launched the first all-aluminum fast displacement motor yacht, Superyachts.com reports.  Galactica Star is the name of the 65-meter yacht.

Van Oossanen Naval Architects worked with Heesen to create a ship that is 30 percent more efficient than a round-bilge motor yacht. Omega Architects designed the exterior lines and Bannenberg and Rowell Design designed the interior.

The owners of Galactica Star are scheduled to take delivery of their yacht in June.

In conjunction with Heesen Yachts in-house naval architects, Van Oossanen Naval Architects also implemented the naval architecture. The vessel’s advanced design combines a special hybrid hull form that results in a very low wave profile over the entire speed range, while also improving sea-keeping and maneuverability.

Traveling by private jets has never been more popular than it currently is in Macau, China, the Macau Business Daily reports.

There are three private-aviation companies that offer flights on private jets in Macau, and another firm that recently applied to operate a chartering service as well. While the demand for private air travel is rising, it is business as usual for casino owners, as they have been using their own private jets to shuttle VIP customers to and fro for years. However, the high costs of maintenance for aircraft has casinos now looking at chartering services instead. 

 Las Vegas Sands uses its planes to transport not only high rollers, but also its own executives. Sheldon Adelson, the chairman of Las Vegas Sands, and Steve Wynn, the founder and chief executive of Wynn Resorts Ltd, are reputed to fly exclusively in private planes belonging to their companies.

An automobile with auto-pilot capability akin to how aircraft currently are flown is how Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, sees the technology being deployed in cars, according to the New Zealand Herald.  

The luxury electric-carmaker is having discussions with Google to determine if autonomous-driven vehicles could be in showrooms prior to the prediction of industry pundits that claim it is a decade away.  Google, with its prototypes already being operated in various states sees the technology being available within five years instead.

Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, both investors in Tesla before its 2010 initial public offering, have been proponents, with their company demonstrating a driverless fleet of Toyota Prius hybrids equipped with laser-radar devices mounted on the roofs.

Parents are trying to keep their older children at home with new fantastical luxury rooms that capture the interests of their offspring, reports the Wall Street Journal.

The new upscale rooms are thematic recreations that focus on personal interests of the 10 to 17 year old offspring.   The trend is taking place on both sides of the country, as parents are investing $750,000 ... and more.

These rooms are recreation centers that offer the ultimate personal space where kids can be kids—where they can play and do their homework in their own customized environment. 

Chris Pollack recently finished renovating a Manhattan townhouse that includes a 1,000-square-foot teen suite with ping-pong and billiards tables, a recording studio, kitchen and a theater for movies and videogames. The estimated cost: roughly $750,000.