Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has bought 98 acres of land in Cupertino to double their office space. Apple bought land that was once owned by Hewlett-Packard. Last year Apple reported $65 billion in sales and had added 12,300 employees. This brought their global employee count to 46,600.

Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving Day. Black Friday is also noted as being the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. One of the best parts of using the Internet is that you don’t necessarily have to stand in long lines outside in the cold at 3AM in front of a Best Buy or buy a newspaper and search for deals in pamphlets. Below is 14 websites that can help you find the best deals:

IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS), a business information agency, has acquired iSuppli Corporation for $95 million. IHS will also gain ownership of Screen Digest, a technology research agency that iSuppli acquired this past June. “Taking advantage of existing IHS expertise, the addition of iSuppli and Screen Digest will help us develop new products and services for a variety of the vertical markets we serve,” said IHS CEO Jerre Stead. iSuppli employs about 240 people across 14 offices worldwide.

Sesame Street has been on a streak for making viral videos. We have seen Sesame Street parody the Old Spice guy and then they made a song called “There’s An App For That.” Now Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster has made a viral video in the form of a Saturday Night Live audition tape. Check out the video below:

The Annoying Orange is a comedy web series that was created by Dane Boedigheimer. Dane decided that there wasn’t enough Antoine Dodson “Bed Intruder” parodies out there. Below is the Kitchen Intruder video:

General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) has announced that they are investing $163 million in three manufacturing plants across Michigan (Bay City and Flint) and Ohio (Defiance). The money will be spent to expand engine production for the Chevy Volt and the Chevy Cruze.

French gadget blog Nowhereelse has received an invitation from Sony Ericsson for a press event on December 9th. The event states that this is “the most awaited event of the past 10 years.” The invitation has the classic PlayStation button icons on it as well. This is clearly an invitation to an event where Sony will announce the PlayStation phone, but I am not 100% certain. [BoyGeniusReport]

Art.sy is a New York City based startup company that has raised $1.25 million in funding. Investors in Art.sy include Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Rupert Murdoch’s wife Wendi, Jack Dorsey (Twitter co-founder), Jim Breyer, Dash Zhukova, Founder Collective, Keith Rabois, David Tisch, Charlei Cheever, Dave Morin, and David Kidder. Art.sy’s funding was led by Thrive Capital. Art.sy raised $160,000 in seed funding and launched at TechCrunch Disrupt. Art.sy was founded by 24 year old founder Carter Cleveland and he decided to make the website private again. Now he is shifting his service to be more focused on high-end art deals. [TechCrunch]