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forgive Black Friday we're revving up for a cyber weekend I'm Bridget Carey this is your scene that update so you want to find the bus tuck deals this holiday weekend well I'm gonna coach you on everything you need to know to be a savvy shopper in under three minutes deal hunting is serious business I was raised in a time where you had to arm yourself with a roll of wrapping paper to bat away mobs of people if you wanted one of the three we fits in the store and you know what there was no Thanksgiving shopping Black Friday I meant Friday but technology has made us soft it's not like that anymore retailers are taking a sport out of the hunt you can find sales already starting now Amazon and Walmart are talking about cyber monday deals before the turkey is even thought out actually Walmart's gonna start cyber monday deals on Sunday so it's just one big cyber weekend now and smartphones they're your most important weapon in the war for your wallet if you're going to a store use an app to scan the barcodes of products while you're in line to make sure you're getting the lowest price if you find it listed for a lower price at another store the big retailers are gonna honor that price even if it's at Amazon it just needs to be from Amazon itself and not a third party seller you can barcode scan using the camera on your phone with apps like shop savvy red laser and also Amazon's app has a barcode scanner and speaking of Amazon you may see deals exclusively on the app this year like a 50 inch HDTV for a hundred and fifty dollars target is also pushing people to its kids wishlist app by offering 10% off on toys on the list this is the best time to buy big-ticket tech items like game systems and televisions actually you'll probably see a few 4k Ultra HD TVs on sale and it's sort of a good time to go into 4k but out of all those on sale Friday we're only recommending the Vizio M 60 c3 it's $800 at delcom and maybe Amazon is gonna have it too also it's worth looking into Smart TVs with Roku streaming Texan side TCL makes a 32 inch Roku TV that only costs 125 bucks at Amazon and Walmart now is also when you're gonna find deals on Apple products target has Apple TV streaming boxes sale and as for the Apple watch Target and Best Buy cut $100 off the price over at seen it we have a list of the 31 best Black Friday deals to help you plan goggle is also offering tips on the best time to go into stores by collecting data on people with their location turned on on their phones Google found that there's a spike right when stores open on Thanksgiving at around 6 p.m. but the heaviest shopping time in stores was between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. so if you want to avoid the crowds it's best to shop early in the morning I remember don't stress out there's going to be plenty of other deals and sales filling your email inbox over the next few weeks you can count on it that's it for this tech news update and there's more at cnet.com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey