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Apps for Black Friday deals

So by now you guys should have some idea about what your goals are for deals during the Black Friday sales!

Still, it might be a little bit overwhelming. To help you out, you should check out Blackfriday.com and Bfads.net. They have all the big ads and if you download their apps they’ll let you know price changes.

FOR ON THE DAY, you should be prepared and RIGHT NOW download Amazon’s Price Check App. With this you can scan bar code’s on products in store and the app will let you know if you can get a better deal. You might not want to be all showy about this though, understandable some retailers are not fans.

Images courtesy of CNN & Webtaj.

Country by country who has the most mobile phones?

There are over 6.8 BILLION mobile phones in the world. Yay! Everyone in the world has mobile tech!

Uh…not quite. (Zuckerberg is working on it though!)

Not everyone in the world has ( or wants?) access to mobile tech, but there’s quite a few people who do. Some even many times over.

Which country you think has the most mobile phones?

If you’re thinking it’s mostly dictated by, well, which country has the most people, you’d be about.. 63.2% right ( don’t try and calculate that, it’s a fakestimated percentage!)

Here is the list, ranked country by country of mobile phones ownership around the world.

1. China 1,206,553,000
2. India 867,800,000
3. United States  327,577,529 310
4. Brazil 268,440,423
5. Russia  256,116,000
6. Indonesia 236,800,000
7. Pakistan 125,012,860
8. Japan  121,246,700
9. Germany  107,000,000
10. Philippines 106,987,098

So there you go. Lots and lots and lots and lots ( is that enough lots?) and…lots of mobile phones! Who knew this would be a thing? ( Steve Jobs did.)

Image courtesy of Metskers.

Missed Gaga on SNL? Don’t be a misserouterer anymore! Apple TV now includes…

Now you can access all Yahoo has to offer direct on Apple TV. Similar to their recently launched iOS app, this means you can access all the content that Yahoo hosts as well. That means AWESOME!  Hello SNL, Hello The Colbert Report, Hello The Daily Show!

The shows aren’t live but you can get them shortly after they’ve aired. You have to sign in using Google Plus, Facebook or or using the app’s registration.

This latest addition to Apple TV comes after they’ve already, just this year, added Time Warner’s HBO Go, WatchESPN, Sky News, Vevo, Disney, Weather Channel, and Smithsonian.

We see what you’re doing here Apple. Slowly building up an excellent service, then BLAMMO! June 2014, hello Apple iTV!

Hello  already  killer service, hello agreements already set in place with the top TV making peoples, hello awesome design aesthetic AND HELLO major league new tech.

Right?

Image courtesy of Amazon.

Black Friday deals

Yay!

Here’s a couple of excellent, techy, exciting, WONDERFUL  Black Friday deals for y’all  to look out for!

1,

Walmart will have the 16GB Apple iPad Mini + $100 Walmart Gift Card for $299.00.

Apparently they will have stock guaranteed for 1 hour BUT you can’t use the gift card on the mini. Walmart says they will price match but you must have the ad and the store must be open with their sales starting when you try.

Walmart, opens at 6 p.m on Thanksgiving day.

2,

Target  will have the iPad Air 16GB w/ WiFi + $100 Target Gift Card for $479.00 for Black Friday.

Target opens at 8 p.m on Thanksgiving day.

It also seems that both online and in-store shoppers get a 20% gift card if they spend at least $75 between Thanksgiving and end of business on Black Friday. The gift card can be used Dec. 1 to Dec. 7.

It’s almost here!

Image courtesy of CNN & somepets.com

What stores open when for Black Friday shopping??

So, opening store times are like Black Friday 101 right? It seems stores are opening for their Black Friday Sales sooner and sooner these days!

So you guys can be totally on your game, below is a list of stores and their opening hours!

Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28:

Lowe’s online  – 4:00 A.M.

Kmart – 6:00 AM

RiteAid – 7:00 AM

Walgreens – 8:00 AM

CVS: 9:00 AM

Michaels – 4:00 PM

Toys R Us – 5:00 PM

Best Buy – 6:00 PM

Sports Authority – 6:00 PM

Walmart – 6:00 PM

Old Navy – 7:00 PM

Bon-Ton – 8:00 PM

Dick’s Sporting Goods – 8:00 PM

JCPenney – 8:00 PM

Kohl’s – 8:00 PM

Macy’s – 8:00 PM

Modell’s Sporting Goods – 8:00 PM

Office Depot – 8:00 PM

OfficeMax – 8:00 PM

Sears – 8:00 PM

Shopko – 8:00 PM

Target – 8:00 PM

Staples – 9:00 PM

AT&T – Midnight

Bath and Body Works – Midnight

Dell – Midnight

Fry’s – Midnight

GameStop – Midnight

Friday, Nov. 29:

A.C. Moore – 5:00 AM

Bass Pro Shops- 5:00 AM

Burlington Coat Factory- 5:00 AM

Cabela’s- 5:00 AM

Fred Meyer- 5:00 AM

Home Depot- 5:00 AM

Lowe’s- 5:00 AM

Bed, Bath and Beyond- 6:00 AM

BigLots- 6:00 AM

Jo-Ann- 6:00 AM

Meijer- 6:00 AM

Menard’s- 6:00 AM

PetSmart- 6:00 AM

Ace Hardware- 7:00 AM

BJ’s Wholesale Club- 7:00 AM

Dollar General- 7:00 AM

Harbor Freight- 7:00 AM

Rite Aid- 7:00 AM

Sam’s Club- 7:00 AM

SteinMart- 7:00 AM

RadioShack- 8:00 AM

REI- 8:00 AM

Costco – 9:00 Am

Some Apple stores are opening at 6:00 AM on Black Friday, however others will be opening at their regular opening times. Click here to see when your local Apple store will be opening.

We think these guys probably already know the store opening times for Black Friday. We hope.

Image courtesy of CNN & UsaToday.

Top 20 Games for iOS by revenue & country!

Only 50,000 Galaxy Gear Smartwatches sold!

Ruh Roh Samsung!

The Galaxy Gear, Samsung’s wearable tech effort has only sold around 50,000 units according to a report from BusinessKorea.

Launched a short time ago in September, the watch has not been received well by critics, or as it turns out, by buyers. It costs $299, it is not standalone, and this is what it looks like:

Samsung were (/are?) impressed with themselves for getting their version of wearable tech in watch form out first. Especially when the perception is that Apple usually play the role of tech innovators. This was their turn to create history with a first, but should they have waited?

The people say …mmmmmmmyeahprobably.

The customer and critical reviews of the Galaxy gear have mentioned that it is too bulky, it doesn’t sync with all of their smart-phones, and the battery life, at one day, is nowhere near good enough.

Apple is among other tech giants said to be working hard on their own version, named in the press the iWatch. A standalone gadget, it is said that a huge priority for the company is in trying to make the battery last at least four days and have a design aesthetic that will make people who don’t wear a watch currently, want to wear the iWatch.

So, kinda sucks for Samsung. But you know what this means, don’t you guys?

This can only be a fantastic thing for us, the consumers. Wearable tech, in this case specifically watches can and will only get better from here.

And if you were one  of the 50,000 peeps who bought the Galaxy Gear, kudos to you! If things continue in the same vein, now you’re the proud owner of some rare tech. Rare tech is good for the wallet!

Images courtesy of Cheezburger.com & digitaltrends.com

Black Friday Deals

It’s almost here! Like Christmas but you actually get what you want! Sometimes.

NO not that episode of Southpark, that’s already been, we were just using it to make our point.

BLACK FRIDAY IS COMING!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j0At7–Aq8

In the days leading up to the anticipated day, we’ll be giving you the best places to get the best deals on all things Apple, and all things tech.

This Black friday, you guys are gonna slay it.

          Images courtesy of troll.me & Southparkstudios.

Twitter IPO! It happened! And it was good!

The Twitter IPO happened this morning! Lots and lots of money was made/exchanged/flurried about, and people were happy! Yay!

The bell was rung by Sir Patrick Stewart, Cheryl Fiandaca from the Boston Police department and Vivienne Harr from the charity Make A Stand Lemon-aid (An awesome charity btw, check it out here).

The stocks started selling at $26 a share but soon shot up topping out at $50.09 and closing the day at $44.94, up 73%!  Way better than Facebook (although concerning less money) and better than we think some people were expecting.

Twitter is now worth about 25 billion dollars.

That’s a lot of clams, kids.

We imagine the mood at Twitter today was a little like this;

And that’s awesome. Well done Twitter!

Images courtesy of USA Today, OMGCUTETHINGS & Clams.