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Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:
On Election Day 2012, Twitter Kills The Great White Fail Whale  —  In one pithy, three-word sentence, Twitter creative lead Doug Bowman summed up the microblogging service's election day perfectly.  —  “RIP Fail Whale.”  —  Indeed, all throughout November 6th, that cutesy …
Megan Garber / The Atlantic Online:
Via @BarackObama, the Most Popular Tweet of All Time  —  This tweet, from @BarackObama, was sent about 30 minutes ago: … In that span of time, it became the most retweeted tweet of all time.  In that span of time, it was retweeted — as of this writing — 298,318 times.
Greg Sandoval / CNET:
MegaUpload redo is shut down even before debut  —  The government of Gambon said it plans to suspend the domain name that MegaUpload founder Kim DotCom planned to use to launch a new cloud-storage service.  —  We won't find the MegaUpload-replacement service anytime soon at Me.ga.
Jake Smith / 9to5Mac:
Apple loses $368.2 million lawsuit to patent holding company VirnetX in E. Texas court ruling  —  According to Bloomberg, Apple has lost a lawsuit against VirnetX in a Texas courtroom late this evening and has been ordered to pay $368.2 million in damages.  VirnetX sued Apple for infringing …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Exclusive: Microsoft Office for iPhone, iPad and Android revealed  —  Office Mobile will arrive in early 2013  —  Microsoft's Office for iPad, iPhone, and Android is a reality.  Although Office Mobile has been rumored and reportedly spotted in the wild, Microsoft has remained persistently quiet about its plans for the product.
More: Gizmodo and iClarified
Bloomberg:
Apple Says Samsung's Galaxy Note, Jelly Bean Infringe Patents  —  Apple Inc. (AAPL) told a judge that Samsung Electronics Co. (005930)'s Galaxy Note 10.1 device infringes its patents, and sought to add the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system to an existing lawsuit against Samsung in California.
Walter S. Mossberg / AllThingsD:
Nexus 4 Is a Great Value With Small Improvements  —  Google's Android operating system is used on hundreds of smartphones and tablets.  But the flagship Android devices, the ones the company calls “the best of Google,” are labeled Nexus.  They are meant to show the world all that an Android device can be …
More: CNET
Marguerite Reardon / CNET:
AT&T to pay feds $700,000 to settle overcharging dispute  —  The Federal Communications Commission announced Tuesday it has reached a $700,000 settlement with AT&T over claims that the carrier overcharged wireless data customers.  —  AT&T has agreed to pay $700,000 to the federal government …
Roger Cheng / CNET:
AT&T will spend $14B to pump up wireless, wireline network  —  The telecommunications giant is investing heavily in its infrastructure in a bid to spark accelerating growth.  —  AT&T today laid out a broad plan to upgrade both its wireline and wireless networks and keep its growth moving.
Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
Well, It's Becoming Clear That Steve Jobs Was Flat-Out Wrong  —  An interesting thing has happened in the days since Apple released its new smaller iPad:  —  Many Apple devotees have said it will become THE iPad, at least in their own personal use.  —  Why?  —  Mainly because of weight and size.
Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:
Microsoft will invest $100 million in Rio de Janeiro with new tech center  —  Microsoft is set to invest around $100 million USD in Rio de Janeiro over the next four years while the opening of its first advanced technology center in Brazil, Agência Estado reports.
More: ZDNet and CNET
George Herd / BBC:
Broadband ‘2,000 times’ faster aim of Bangor scientists  —  The Bangor University team hope the high-speed fibre optic technology can be developed using cheap ‘off-the-shelf’ components  —  Broadband speeds that are 2,000 times faster without a massive hike in costs?
Horace Dediu / asymco:
The late smartphone adopter paradox  —  comScore reports that US smartphone penetration has decisively crossed over 50% in August.  This should not come as a surprise as the penetration rate has been very linear.  —  Now that we've crossed this milestone, the thing to watch is the conversion rate …
Janet Aronica / Shareaholic Blog:
October 2012 Traffic Sources Report: StumbleUpon Share of Traffic Down 53% Since July  —  Welcome to Shareaholic's monthly traffic sources report, where each month we take a look at the traffic trends for our 200,000 publishers who reach 300 million people each month and take a look at the trends …
Vlad Dudau / Neowin:
Gartner: 1.2 billion smart devices will be sold in 2013  —  It's no secret that smartphones and tablets are becoming ubiquitous, but the actual numbers might surprise you.  The analyst firm Gartner has released a report saying that this year, 821 million smart devices have been sold, including smartphones and tablets.
Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:
Delicious Announces A New Design With A Focus On Community, Speed And Mobile  —  Just when you thought that the site Delicious was dead and gone, it's back...again.  Since being acquired by AVOS, headed up by YouTube co-founders, the site has had a few revamps.
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Kanis Leung / Associated Press:
Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai is found guilty of colluding with foreign forces and conspiring to publish seditious articles, and faces a possible life sentence

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Major brands were replaced by direct-response advertisers during commercial breaks of CBS News' December 13 town hall with Erika Kirk, moderated by Bari Weiss

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