[Update: I’m sad to report our Pumpkin Carving Contest has been cancelled due to lack of participation. We’ll just have to think of something a bit less challenging next time.]

As Halloween approaches, some of us will be ghouling up our houses with spider webs, corpse limbs, and the quintessential carved pumpkin. Since we love Android, and we’re pretty sure you do too, we thought it’d be cool to combine the fun of Halloween pumpkin carving with our affinity for Android. Before I get into details, let me just say this will be all about fun, so don’t worry if you’re not the most skilled pumpkin carver.

It’s not a whole lot to go by, but this image surfaced on the Dead Trigger Facebook page, teasing the existence of a Halloween update for the Android and iOS zombie shooter, Dead Trigger. Will you be fighting pumpkin-head zombies?

It’s a beautiful Fall Sunday here on the East Coast and we’re excited to give away some more Android swag! Last week we were giving away a couple Android beanies and today we’re going to announce the lucky winners, as well as give you a chance to win some new swag.

Travel Deal juggernaut, Orbitz, has released a standalone Hotel app making on-the-fly hotel bookings easy and affordable. To kick off its release, Orbitz is offering an extra 10% discount off their best deals when you book in the app between Friday, Oct 19 – Sunday, Oct 21. This app couldn’t have come at a better time for me and some of the “mobile only” deals I’ve been perusing are fantastic.

Two days ago we told you about Verizon’s plan to allow carrier billing for up to $25 worth of digital content a month from the Play Store. Today was the day it was supposed to go live and while it hasn’t, Google has taken to the Play Twitter account to confirm that it is indeed on the way.