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Can you believe the holiday shopping season is almost upon us, pressing down with the weight of a thousand suns and squeezing the last bit of cash out of your bank account? Black Friday deals can be a little misleading – not everything is actually a deal anymore. The new SlickDeals Black Friday app is now in the Play Store to help you save some cash later this month. If that's not enough, FatWallet dropped its Black Friday app in the store a few weeks ago.

• [Deal Alert] Galaxy Note 8.0 On Sale For $345 (Plus $25 Google Play Credit) On eBay With Free Shipping, No Tax Outside NY/NJ
• Amazon Wireless Black Friday Android Deals Are Up - Most Phones On Sale Starting At $0.01
• Slickdeals, One Of Our Favorite Sources For Great Stuff On The Cheap, Gets Its Own Android App
• Behold Amazon's Mind-Blowing Black Friday Deals: All VZW, Sprint, And AT&T Phones Are Now Just $0.01 (Rezound, RAZR, Galaxy S II, EVO 3D, etc.)

[New App] SlickDeals Releases Black Friday Deals App, Joins FatWallet In Google Play To Help Track Down The Best Sales was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

Thanksgiving is fast approaching, and what better way is there to work off those calories than a mad dash for that last high-end tablet reduced down by a fraction of its normal cost? The chaos of Black Friday strikes every year, and it only takes a look at the upcoming deals to understand why. Best Buy has released a preview of what discounts to expect in just a few weeks, and there are perhaps enough offerings on hand to make an Android fan line up outside the store right away.

• Get Sprint's Galaxy Tab $50 Off Black Friday Deal Early During RadioShack's "Shack Friday" (November 21st-24th)
• Behold Amazon's Mind-Blowing Black Friday Deals: All VZW, Sprint, And AT&T Phones Are Now Just $0.01 (Rezound, RAZR, Galaxy S II, EVO 3D, etc.)
• T-Mobile G2 On Sale For Just $49.99 On Contract
• AT&T Galaxy Note 8.0 Launching On June 21st For $400, Or $200 When Bundled With A Galaxy S4, S4 Active, Or Note II

Best Buy Releases Early Look At Black Friday Deals, Offers Discounted Smartphones, Tablets, Bluetooth Speakers, And So Much More was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

You might think we'd reach a saturation point at which Jennifer Lawrence's sweet, candid attitude becomes run-of-the-mill. But she still gets us, every single time

At the London premiere of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the Oscar-winning actress stopped in the middle of interviews and photo ops to comfort a sobbing fan behind the security barrier

Overwhelmed fans probably swarm J-Law every day, but she didn't hesitate to spend a few minutes speaking with this girl. It also further proves why Lawrence is one of the most adored celebrities of 2013. Read more...

Sometimes a smartphone comes with a crappy camera. Other times, it just comes with crappy software. The good thing is that there are no shortage of compelling camera apps to choose to from, and today, there's one more. SmugMug's Camera Awesome has made its way over to Android after amassing over 20 million downloads on the Apple App Store and averaging a near perfect 4.5 star rating.

Camera Awesome is packed with features, offering users an HDR mode, the ability to take panorama shots, and a high-speed burst.

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• [Deal Alert] Get $50 Off Kindle Fire HD 8.9" Wi-Fi Or LTE With Amazon's Gold Box Deal Of The Day Coupon
• [Deal Alert] Amazon Celebrates The FAA's New Electronics Rules With A Kindle Sale: Fire HDX For $195, Fire HD For $118, Today Only
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[New App] SmugMug's Popular iOS Photo App 'Camera Awesome' Comes To Android, Brings Along A Few Tegra-Exclusive Features was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

Dayframe from Cloud.TV was just released as a beta app last week, and today it has hit version 1.0. This is an app that turns your Android device into a digital photo frame with a ton of options. The new update also includes something that will make upcoming KitKat-powered tablets much better as photo frames – immersive mode.

This app pulls in images from online services like 500px, Instagram, and Flickr, but also grabs your photos from local storage and online social accounts.

• [New App] Dayframe Turns Your Android Device Into A Customizable, Animated Web Photo Frame, Beta Ends Next Week
• [New App] DayFrame From Developer Of HD Widgets Cloud.TV Is A Cool Voice-Enabled Slideshow Dock App
• KitKat Feature Spotlight: Apps Can Now Go Truly Full-Screen, Hide The Navigation Bar
• [New App] Use Any Live Wallpaper As A Daydream In Android 4.2 With 'Live Wallpaper Daydream'

Dayframe Officially Leaves Beta, Adds Immersive Mode On KitKat For A Perfect Photo Frame Experience was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

There are only about 10,000 Google Glass Explorers on the planet right now. Pretty soon that number should quadruple to 40,000 thanks to Google allowing Explorers to each invite 3 friends into the program. And from 40,000 that number may soon skyrocket. Google is now allowing the general public to sign up for a Glass Invite.

Or to clarify… sign up for the opportunity to eventually get a Glass Invite.

Signing up doesn’t guarantee that you’ll get Google Glass but it will definitely give you the best shot at buying Glass early on. The signup page explains that Google is “experimenting with different ways of bringing new Explorers into the program,” and claim they’ll let you know when a spot becomes available.

This is for US residents only who will have two options:

• If a spot opens up, I want to purchase Glass and become an Explorer
• Just keep me informed about the latest Glass news

But you can still show interest in buying Glass even if you choose a different country, which residents in Canada, UK, Australia, and other predominantly English speaking countries may want take advantage of.

This signup sheet mentions nothing of price although we expect any “Explorer” edition Glass to sell for the $1500 rather than a discounted consumer amount. Either way, it’s probably worth taking the chance and submitting your name for selection.

Ok, so you're probably grinding away at the office or school this dreary Monday, but fear not, here are some interesting and random (yet true) facts to get your thoughts off the mind-numbing work. Starting off, here's a list of interesting Google and YouTube Easter Eggs. Continue reading for more.

In the annals of the Make-a-Wish Foundation, there's never been anything as big as this

A five-year-old boy named Miles, who lives in northern California, has leukemia. He loves superheroes, and his fondest wish is to be Batman. So Make-a-Wish put out a call for help from the citizens of San Francisco, where Miles' wish is to be realized in an elaborate set of stunts on Friday, Nov. 15.

They got more than they bargained for — 7,100 RSVPs on the website, and counting

The plan is for Miles to have an action-packed day around the city: rescuing a damsel in distress on a cable car, capturing the Riddler in a downtown vault, chasing the Penguin around Union Square, and finally receiving the thanks of a grateful mayor and police chief on the steps of City Hall Read more...

Batman and Superman will come to blows in Man of Steel 2, which will be set in Detroit and is slated to be released in summer 2015.

Man of Steel director Zack Snyder let loose with the detail at a recent Yahoo event promoting the Blu-ray release of the first movie, though he didn't say whether their fights would be in the vein of brothers-wrestling-in-the-basement or more all-out brawls.bl

"Whether they're fighting or they become friends or they're friends and then they fight, that's the fun of making movies and playing with this kind of mythology," Snyder said in the video, below. "You get to sort of take this icons and see how emotionally they fit together. ... And of course there will be some physical conflicts as well." Read more...

With the PS4 release date looming and the Xbox One not far behind, you should be gearing up for an awesome holiday season

Regardless where you stand in the PS4 vs. Xbox One battle, both consoles have released impressive lists of games, which will be available at launch. Notable titles include Call of Duty: Ghosts, Battlefield 4 and Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, all available for both consoles

Post-launch game releases are also sure to impress, with the next installment in the Halo franchise, Halo: Spartan Assault available for digital download on Xbox One and Xbox 360 in December, and a PS4 version of Minecraft waiting in the wings as well Read more...

Macklemore knows what's up. When it comes to treasure hunting, look no further than your local thrift store.

Besides your grandpa's clothes, second-hand shops can contain some amazingly bizarre goodies. Whether it's a piece of nostalgia to remind you of your childhood, or a really, really sweet deal, thrift stores are a magical place.

You know what they say: One man's taxidermic eagle vampire head is another man's treasure. Take a look at what others have found while popping some tags.

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Have you ever thought how ridiculous it looks when mascots—generally created to entertain children and hype up the crowd—are forced to put on their best pensive faces and look respectable during moments of silence? Neither had we, until coming across this When Saturday Comes forum thread celebrating that very juxtaposition. Inspired, we decided to hunt down some more instances of the solemn mascot.

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The biggest stones in college football today belong to Evan Spencer, who plays receiver for Ohio State and who just got his name written on wipeboards across the Midwest today. ESPN.com reported the lad said, in reference to top- and second-ranked Alabama and Florida State, "I'm a little biased. I think we'd wipe the field with both of them."

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William 'Bull' Bullard made it to the finals on American Ninja Warrior, but he couldn't overcome the obstacle of a collapsing backboard standard during a Harlem Globetrotters exhibition in Honduras.

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Late in the Bulls' win over the Cavaliers tonight, Derrick Rose went from his all-angles self to a version with an unsettling lack of verticality. Turns out the Chicago point guard, who spent all last year and much of the previous season mending a knee injury, merely tweaked his hamstring or something; coach Tom Thibodeau said after the game it was minor, and that doctors will poke at Rose on the morrow. Who knows till then.

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Shopping for a desk on Craigslist, a Rabbi from Connecticut got more than he bargained for — much more.

Noah Muroff paid less than $200 for the desk, according to WTNH News. When it wouldn't fit through his office door, he and his wife began to dissemble the desk in hopes of squeezing it through. That's when Muroff noticed behind one of the drawers a plastic shopping bag containing $98,000.

Muroff is a high school Rabbi at Yeshiva of New Haven, according to what appears to be his LinkedIn profile

"Right away, my wife and I sort of looked at each other, and we said, 'We can't keep this money,'" Muroff said. Read more...

Sriracha has been the spicy king of the sauce world for the past few years. It's time to kick it up a notch, and get creative.

The distinct condiment can be found on the dinner tables of foodies everywhere who like to add the kick of this red sauce can add to practically any meal

Now that we can rest easy knowing the beloved rooster bottles won't be absent from the grocery store shelves any time soon, we can spice things up with the most tastebud-tempting recipes your little Pinterest heart can handle.

Ranging from main dishes, cocktails, and desserts, you could host a full-on sriracha celebration with these goodies. Just be sure to keep a glass of water handy. Read more...

A Russian conceptual artist known for his extreme political protests shocked tourists visiting Moscow's Red Square yestersay by nailing his scrotum to the cobblestone pavement as part of a protest marking Russia's annual Police Day.

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I don't think there's any collection of athletes more likable than the members of the The U.S. Women's National Team. Case in point: The team was in Orlando, Fla., this weekend to play an exhibition match against Brazil when their team bus broke down after a practice session. Instead of waiting around for the bus to get fixed, a few of the players caught a ride back to their hotel with some fans.

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The Wolfman seems to have made a habit out of celebrating home victories with a trip to a New Orleans dive bar. After his Saints beat the Cowboys last night, Ryan was once again spotted in Ms. Mae's, buying rounds for everyone in the house.

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College GameDay is in Tuscaloosa this morning for tonight's game against LSU. There are signs and some of them are about toilet stores. Yay! Others are about teabagging people. Boo. Let's check 'em out.

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Clay Matthews is playing today against the Eagles after breaking his thumb in Week 5. Matthews protected his hand by having it wrapped to essentially become a club, which will require some improvisation while tackling. Philadelphia's players should be worried about getting hit with that thing.

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Smoother than you!

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Yep, that's Justin Tucker doing his best Terrio impression.

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Microsoft’s Xbox One console isn’t supposed to go on sale until November 22nd, but some lucky gamers have started receiving their pre-orders two weeks in advance. After Microsoft's 12-minute video tour of Xbox One, at least three consoles have been delivered early, with two originating from Target. One console briefly made it onto eBay with a buy it now price of $10,000 before being quickly removed. However, Twitter user @Moonlightswami has been posting his first impressions of another console over the past several hours.

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If you're planning on going to a Beyonce concert, prepare for her to get in your face — or at least your FaceTime

The singer spotted an audience member FaceTiming with someone during her show. Bey strutted by on stage in her sequined bodysuit and snatched up the iPhone to chat with a stranger

Image: YouTube, RJC626

She talked to the person on the other line and then got right back to doing her thang

Beyonce has been making headlines recently for her willingness to interact with her concert-goers' phones. A few weeks ago, she posed for an epic selfie with one lucky audience member Read more...

Samsung’s next tablet could be the company’s largest yet. Reports indicate that the Korean mobile maker has plans to bring a slate with a 12.2-inch display to market early next year. Seen here passing through the FCC with model number SM-P900, all signs point to the tablet earning a place among Samsung’s Galaxy Note lineup.

What will likely launch as the Galaxy Note 12.2 sometime early next year (the January/February convention season could mark its debut) surfaced only recently, but surrounding buzz suggests other than the larger display the device could end up with a familiar hardware compliment. The S-Pen toting tablet will borrow from the build of the Galaxy Note 10.1 204 Edition, if we are to believe initial reports. This could include a 256×1600 display and Snapdragon 800 CPU (or Exynos 5420).

Samsung isn’t the only company expected to introduce an extra-large tablet next year. Rumors also claim that Apple could get in on the act with a 13-inch iPad as analysts see the market segment picking up steam in the wake of Microsoft’s Surface.

[FCC via SamMobile]