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Happy Thanksgiving to all of our readers! The A8S team enjoyed a relaxing weekend jammed packed full of football, food, and more football Without further ado, this week’s #SoMash reviews college football Rivalry Weekend’s hashtag end zone, Google+ livestreaming LBJ, CP3, and Melo, and Arizona’s major Twitter announcement.

Welcome back to this week’s Social Mashup! We’re here to kick off the short work week with the launch of Google’s music store, Facebook’s recommended people list and Foursquare’s badge updates.

Last week, the Washington Wizards became one of the first NBA teams after the Phoenix Suns to join the official ranks of Google+ Pages. Upon Google announcing Pages for the new social network on November 7, a handful of major launch partners emerged such as Angry Birds, Toyota, Pepsi, and The Muppets.

Welcome back from the holiday weekend. Here’s what we’ve got for you in this week’s edition of the Social Mashup: Google+ launches brand pages, LinkedIn group statistics, ‘Where Is The Cool’ rivals Pinterest but for men, and QR code haircut sponsorships.

Tonight at 8pm ET when Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood take the stage to co-host the 45th Annual Country Music Associations (CMA) Awards, “Country Music’s Biggest Night” will feature more than 20 performers including mega names like Taylor Swift, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Zac Brown Band, Jason Aldean, Keith Urban, Sugarland, Kenny Chesney and Grace Potte.

Happy Monday! Did you take advantage of your extra hour of sleep yesterday? We certainly hope so! Well, here’s what we’re covering in this week’s Social Mashup: Glamour Magazine’s use of Social SnapTags to generate more “likes” for advertisers, Google’s “GoMo” mobile initiative, Twitter’s testing “Top News” and “Top People” in search results, and LinkedIn’s continued growth.