Monday is here… *sigh*. While you were busy trying to accomplish every “to-do” relax over the weekend, a few stories developed that you may have missed. I’ll briefly round-up a couple bits of information here for you to catch up on and then let you get back to enjoying your Blue Monday.

There’s an important list every serious outdoor junkie has at least heard of — it’s called the Ten Essentials, and it lists gear no adventurer should journey into the wilds without. But it was codified long before the digital age arrived; now that power-hungry electronic gadgets are a part of adventuring, a relaible backup fuel tank is pretty important. It could even make the difference between life and death.

That’s where Mophie’s Juice Pack Powerstation Pro ($130) comes in. It’s a monstrous 6000 mAh chunk of a battery guarded by a ruggedized, military-spec housing — and it’ll charge practically anything short of a laptop.

The weekend is coming to an end but there’s no reason why we can’t celebrate with a little swag! Last week we were giving away 3 iLuv Samsung Galaxy S III cases and today we’re going to announce the lucky winners, as well as give you a chance to win some new swag.

Today is the last day of Google’s 25 Billion App Downloads Celebration and so we have the final list of apps that have been discounted to 25¢. It was a great 5 days of promotions and we hope you were able to take advantage of the many amazing apps that were discounted. This last batch will be on sale for 24 hours and then they’re gone, so act fast or you’ll miss out on:

It’s day 4 of Google Play’s 25 Billion App Downloads Celebration, which means: there’s only 2 days of deals left! If you haven’t already hit up the Play Store to see what apps have been discounted, we’ve got the new list here for you to ponder. These awesome prices are only good for 24 hours so don’t take too much time thinking about it or you’ll miss out. Today’s list of 25¢ apps includes: