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Cyber Monday becomes Cyber Week

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With a surge in online shopping on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, why call it Cyber Monday anymore? Online sales for Internet retailers surpassed $1 billion for the first time on Black Friday. With early online deals, next year you can avoid a Walmart store battle over phones.

Also in today's roundup, we're keeping an eye on top online retailers and sales this week. Amazon is always the top destination for online deals, but shoppers are also heading to eBay and Shopify. And there's more shopping being done on mobile … Read more

Nintendo exec to run U.S. branch of KidZania

Former Nintendo Vice President Cammie Dunaway has a new job: U.S. president and global marketing head for an interactive family entertainment company.

Dunaway, who left Nintendo on Friday, will run the U.S. branch for KidZania, a Mexico-based global company that makes kid-sized cities with streets, buildings, businesses, and vehicles that children can explore and run. By letting kids pretend to be firefighters, vets, bakers, and other professionals, these family entertainment parks try to entertain and educate them about their options in life, according to KidZania.

So far, the company has launched eight parks around the world, with more … Read more