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Google revamps Google Shopping results in time for your Black Friday research

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If you want to check out what deals are available online before you hit the stores on Black Friday, Google has just made the task a little easier with revamped Google Shopping results.

Google Shopping results now include more detailed product information, customer reviews and show which stores have it in stock. Selected products also have 360-degree views … 
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Gameloft giving away Android games on Twitter for Black Friday weekend

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It’s the deal day today in the United States. To our non-U.S. audience, Black Friday (which follows Thanksgiving Day, a legal U.S. holiday observed on the fourth Thursday of November) officially marks the beginning of the holiday season (Black Friday through New Years). Unless you’re a U.S. resident, many if not all Black Friday deals don’t apply unless you’re shopping for intangibles.

Enter Gameloft’s Black Friday weekend sale of games for Android. If you’ve been looking for an excuse to load your Android device with high-quality games, make sure to follow @GameloftAndroid on Twitter. Beginning Friday and through Cyber Monday, Gameloft will be tweeting links to download paid games free of charge. Each link will be valid for two hours so you’ll need to remember to check their channel on a regular basis.

Gameloft also has a temporary sale of high-end games such as Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus, The Oregon TrailReal Soccer 2011 and more. These titles have been slashed to just 99 cents and a are ready to be downloaded here.


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Google polishes up Google+ advertising for Thanksgiving

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Google has posted a nice new promo clip for Google+ to their YouTube channel, just in time for the official start of the holiday shopping season. Surprisingly, it isn’t about discounts or deals as Google opted for a different approach.

It’s entitled “Circles Love Story” and illustrates vividly “new ways of sharing the right things with the right people”. So, a guy meets this girl and puts her in the “Love of my Life” circle on Google+. Ring a bell?. She returns the favor by putting him in the Creepers circle, but soon changes her mind and moves him around a bit until he ends up in…

Just watch the clip above. Google also polished up the original Google+ advert and introduced a new tagline. Both the original and new advert are right after the break. Speaking of holidays, have you seen a Thanksgiving Google Doodle that lets you customize a virtual turkey?


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