It seems the Black Friday sales got off to an early start yesterday, Adobe Analytics data showing a record online spend yesterday of $1.75B as of 5pm, a pattern expected to see yesterday’s total online spend hit $3.7B once all the data is processed. Check out the 9to5Toys deals hub for the best Black Friday promotions spanning all retailers, which will easily beat Apple’s first-hand sales with real discounts and savings on the latest iPhones, Macs, iPads and more …...

On Tuesday, YouTube became the top grossing app on the App Store for the first time in the app’s history. The app had previously hit number 3 in the charts, but has never become the top grossing app on iOS. According to data from Sensor Tower (via TechCrunch), YouTube has become the number one top grossing app on the iOS App Store as of yesterday. The app has been slowly making its way up the charts over the past few years, but what really pushed it to the top is the platform’s YouTube Red video subscription....

Regarded by many as the funniest sitcom of all time, Friends has reached legendary status. The TV show about six 20-somethings living in New York City has left a permanent mark on pop culture and amassed a following of loyal fans. Every season of the popular show had its funny moments, with no season being truly unfunny or boring (despite sometimes having plotlines that angered fans). It’s no easy to task to decide which episodes are the funniest, and which season as a whole has the highest number of funny moments....

Things were (finally) changing, starting from Windows 7, Microsoft tried to “patch” this vulnerability with questionable results (excellent article here: http://www.harmj0y.net/blog/redteaming/pass-the-hash-is-dead-long-live-localaccounttokenfilterpolicy/). But with the advent of Windows 2012R2 and the corresponding Domain Functional Level, it is possible to completely prohibit the NTLM authentication and consequently PTH for domain users belonging to the special group “Protected Users Group.” Sure, with a metepreter session we could easily load the “incognito” module and impersonate the domain admin user who just logged in by “stealing” his Kerberos ticket:...

So there is a bit of a quiet revolution going on in the computer world lately. Solid State drives (drives is a legacy term that needs to go – it is not a drive at all) have been coming way down in price over the past few years to the point where they may actually make sense for some normal power users. Now I am not saying that you should take out your current hard drive and replace it with something marginally faster and about 10 times the price in terms of Gb/$....

In the world of Game of Thrones, few characters are as central, enigmatic and possibly – as shall be revealed either way in the final season – the single most important game-changer in the overall storyline that the series has to offer as Jon Snow is. His brooding is the stuff of Hamlet-like legends, while his moments of action are second to none. A consummate warrior who seeks the most honorable path possible, he also had a penchant for negotiation and peacemaking....

The night is dark and full of cameos by famous musicians - here are all the big musical names that have featured in Game of Thrones. After eight seasons, HBO’s A Song of Ice and Fire adaptation came to a divisive conclusion earlier this year, largely disappointing fans with a long-awaited final season that was accused of rapid pacing, poor writing and numerous narrative dead ends. Considered as a whole, however, Game of Thrones remains a groundbreaking piece of television, both in terms of its broad appeal and the enormity of its production....

Hot Pie was first introduced as an orphan and a baker’s apprentice from King’s Landing in Game of Thrones, but he went on to become a fan favorite - so what happened to him? The character, played by Ben Hawkey, was one of Arya Stark’s closest friends. He made his Game of Thrones debut in the season 1 finale, “Fire and Blood”. After Ned was executed, Arya joined the Night’s Watch recruits in the hope of reuniting with Jon....

In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to fix the Bluetooth issue on the Samsung A30S. Transferring data over Bluetooth is slow but that isn’t its only application. As smartphones are getting rid of the headphone jack, Bluetooth paired wireless headphones are a craze, Samsung Galaxy A30S did the same with their device. In any case, we got a tonne of questions on Samsung A30S Bluetooth problems that users are facing and there are too many....

YAGER has recently released a free-to-play multiplayer PvP and PvE FPS title called ‘The Cycle: Frontier‘ for Windows only. It seems that players didn’t like the game that much for some unexpected reasons and it has received mixed reviews on Steam. Meanwhile, some players are facing The Cycle Frontier Not Showing Friends issue which becomes one of the common widespread problems for sure. Now, if you’re also facing the same then don’t worry....

As one of the most famous online game stores, Origin allows you to purchase, download, and manage the games. But errors are prone to happen to such gaming clients as Origin code 10.0 on Windows 10. Because of such an error, users are unable to install and enjoy the services of Origin gaming dashboard. This will be presented with the installer fond an error warning message. Origin is known for its simple to use gaming dashboard where you can add or delete games easily....

So, if you’re also one of the victims then you’re in the right place. Here we’ve shared the possible workaround that you can find below. Thumbnails of any content are one of the key selling points to the readers or audiences whatsoever. So, whenever you can’t see thumbnails in your uploaded videos on Twitch, this will be one of the irritating things. Fix Twitch Thumbnails Not Loading Error Twitch Support team also acknowledged this particular thumbnail not appearing error on Twitch over recent years....

Villains like Zoom or Captain Cold might grab the headlines, but with The Flash’s speed slowly failing, it’s looking more and more like The Trickster may actually be the biggest threat coming Barry Allen’s way. That’s judging by the latest adventures of DC’s scarlet speedster, already overwhelmed by a new and mysterious master plan enacted by Hunter Zolomon, not to mention the strange new Speed-Force-equivalents unleashed upon the DC Universe. But as our exclusive preview of The Flash #67 reveals, The Trickster is choosing this opportune moment to stage his criminal comeback in grand fashion....

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TrCK0ya097Q] We have seen Siri clones in the Android Market trying to pass themselves off as the real thing, and some Siri alternatives making their way to the Windows Phone Marketplace. Evi, on the other hand, might actually be the first true Siri competitor/alternative for Android and non-iPhone 4S iOS users. Available on the App Store for 99 cents and free to Android users on the Android Market, Evi is the work of True Knowledge and its “core semantic search technology” better known as The True Knowledge Answer Engine....

Ken Segall, author of Insanely Simple and former Apple advertising consultant, today posted a blog entry detailing his views on the evolving definition of “pro” at Apple. In it, Mr. Segall claims that Apple is working to rework the pro industry and grow a “larger audience of high-end consumers who can suddenly understand, enjoy and benefit” from the apps and hardware. An even more interesting tidbit is what he reveals about Steve Jobs’ plans for the company’s pro products:...

Balsillie said in his first public remarks since leaving the company in 2012 that he knew BlackBerry couldn’t compete after the iPhone’s introduction in 2007 and after BlackBerry’s buggy touchscreen device called the Storm had a “100 percent return rate.” Balsillie also described RIM’s disastrous launch of the BlackBerry Storm as a rushed response to bring a touchscreen smartphone to market following Apple’s iPhone. In his comments, Balsillie said at the time he believed that RIM have brought its once-popular BlackBerry Messenger service to iOS and Android as the company’s revenue was largely from its services and not hardware....

Fox cancels Almost Family, after rape allegations surface involving series star Timothy Hutton. Based on Sisters, an Australian drama, Almost Family premiered on Fox in October 2019. The show centered around a fertility doctor (Hutton) that used his sperm to conceive at least 100 children throughout his career. As this revelation comes to light, other characters are introduced. Julia, one of the doctor’s many offspring, reunites with two of her half-siblings to deal with the bombshell as well as other issues which have been affecting their lives....

According to a report from Nikkei Asian Review, Apple manufacturing partner Foxconn has proposed to purchase Sharp’s LCD business. The deal would see Foxconn hold a majority stake in the company, while Apple would also come on board as an investor. The exact breakdown of the partnership between Foxconn and Apple in purchasing Sharp’s LCD business is unclear at this point, but Apple already controls a major portion of the business…...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SKWY4ZMjVwg] FreedomPop launched its free 500mb monthly data plans in beta earlier this month with a conventional hotspot and USB dongle free to users with a refundable deposit. The promised WiMAX-enabled iPhone and iPod cases were not yet available, but today the company announced availability of a $99 4G Hotspot sleeve for iPod touch called “Freedom Sleeve Rocket” (via TechCrunch). It’s not the best-looking case we’ve seen, and still no iPhone version, but it is free data to third-gen and fourth-gen iPod users in reach of partner Clearwire’s network....

6 people: Chandler, Joey, Ross, Monica, Joey, and Rachel. The orange couch, the purple apartment, the incredibly funny plots. This is how we remember Friends. The show gave us a perspective about friendship, what it really meant and how far you could go to protect the people you loved. Yet, there were odd moments that left us wondering whether or not the six of them were as close as they seemed....