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Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Advertisement Articles for 11/07/2012 Web Video is Easy! Just Ask CollegeHumor's Ricky Van Veen and Vice Media's Shane Smith at Dive Into Media 2013 On Election Day 2012, Twitter Kills The Great White Fail Whale Netflix Has Plenty of Competitors, and None of Them Are Close Viral Video: Nate Silver Declared President of United States of Pollsters And We Can Now Call the Election for … "The Daily Show" Getting a Tablet With a Lot of Memory Nexus 4 Is a Great Value With Small Improvements Apple Ordered to Pay $368 Million in Patent Case Brought by VirnetX So, Mitt Romney Doesn't Think the iPad Is Just a Consumption Device, Either A Cloud-Based Laptop That's as Light as One Here's What the New York Times' Nate Silver Traffic Boom Looks Like This Election Day, I'm Axing My Loudmouthed Facebook Friends. Are You? (Poll) Enough's Enough With the Swing States: Obama Calls on His Reddit Base Post-Election, CrunchGov's Ferenstein Talks About What's Up Next for Tech and Politics News of the World, Australian Papers, IGN Weigh On News Corp. Earnings New Jersey Gives Its E-Voters -- and Voting Officials -- More Time The Last Place in America That's Not Politically Polarized: Wikipedia Microsoft Killing the Messenger, Migrating Users to Skype With This Gadget, iPhone Is for the Birds Facebook Reschedules "Gifts" Press Event in New York Yep, There Have Been Problems With Email Voting in New Jersey HTC and Verizon Want Another Shot at the Holiday Shopping Budget Amazon Tests Prime for $7.99 a Month, Just Like Netflix When an App Is an Essay Is an App: Tapestry by Betaworks AT&T Prices Lumia 920 to Sell -- At $100 Read Kara Follow Kara Subscribe to Kara Read Walt Follow Walt Subscribe to Walt Read Katie Follow Katie Subscribe to Katie Read John Follow John Subscribe to John Read Peter Follow Peter Subscribe to Peter Read Liz Follow Liz Subscribe to Liz Read Ina Follow Ina Subscribe to Ina Read Tricia Follow Tricia Subscribe to Tricia Read Arik Follow Arik Subscribe to Arik Read Lauren Follow Lauren Subscribe to Lauren Read Bonnie Follow Bonnie Subscribe to Bonnie Read Mike Follow Mike Subscribe to Mike Follow us on: iPhone app E-Readers Facebook Twitter RSS Web Video is Easy! Just Ask CollegeHumor's Ricky Van Veen and Vice Media's Shane Smith at Dive Into Media 2013 Peter Kafka Nov 07, 2012 06:00 am Every old media company is trying to figure out how to port their stuff to the Internet. These two guys are headed in the other direction. read more » On Election Day 2012, Twitter Kills The Great White Fail Whale Mike Isaac Nov 07, 2012 05:00 am Despite a torrent of tweets from across the globe, Twitter engineering managed to keep the site's head above water. read more » Netflix Has Plenty of Competitors, and None of Them Are Close Peter Kafka Nov 07, 2012 04:00 am At least not right now, says a new report from Sandvine, the broadband service company. read more » Viral Video: Nate Silver Declared President of United States of Pollsters Kara Swisher Nov 07, 2012 12:31 am Apparently, every Obama poll had a Silver lining. read more » And We Can Now Call the Election for … "The Daily Show" Ina Fried Nov 06, 2012 08:23 pm With an iPad strapped to each arm, correspondent John Oliver reads an "actual tweet" from an "actual voter" before calling the election for Romney. read more » Getting a Tablet With a Lot of Memory Walter S. Mossberg Nov 06, 2012 06:40 pm Walt answers a reader's question on finding a tablet with more than 32 gigabytes of memory. read more » Nexus 4 Is a Great Value With Small Improvements Walter S. Mossberg Nov 06, 2012 06:03 pm Google's new Nexus 4 Android smartphone has some nice features and an attractive price tag, but the improvements are modest. read more » Apple Ordered to Pay $368 Million in Patent Case Brought by VirnetX Ina Fried Nov 06, 2012 06:02 pm In non-election news, patent lawsuits are still big. read more » So, Mitt Romney Doesn't Think the iPad Is Just a Consumption Device, Either Ina Fried Nov 06, 2012 04:17 pm Various media outlets say the Republican presidential candidate has been typing a 1,100-word speech on his iPad. read more » A Cloud-Based Laptop That's as Light as One Katherine Boehret Nov 06, 2012 03:54 pm Google's newest Chromebook is the most portable design yet and at its most affordable price. read more » Here's What the New York Times' Nate Silver Traffic Boom Looks Like Peter Kafka Nov 06, 2012 03:06 pm Zoom! read more » This Election Day, I'm Axing My Loudmouthed Facebook Friends. Are You? (Poll) Mike Isaac Nov 06, 2012 03:00 pm Has social media made Election 2012 better or worse? I vote worse. read more » Enough's Enough With the Swing States: Obama Calls on His Reddit Base Liz Gannes Nov 06, 2012 02:49 pm In these last few hours of Election Day, Barack Obama took the time to address his most important constituency: Reddit users. read more » Post-Election, CrunchGov's Ferenstein Talks About What's Up Next for Tech and Politics Kara Swisher Nov 06, 2012 02:20 pm Hey, go vote. read more » News of the World, Australian Papers, IGN Weigh On News Corp. Earnings Peter Kafka Nov 06, 2012 01:25 pm News Corp., which owns this Web site, posted revenue of $8.14 billion and adjusted earnings of $0.43 per share; the Street was looking for $8.16 billion and $0.38 per share. The media conglomerate took a $67 million charge on costs associated with its News of the World scandal, and another $152 million charge for "restructuring and impairment charges" related to its Australian newspaper unit and the IGN games unit it is preparing to sell. read more » New Jersey Gives Its E-Voters -- and Voting Officials -- More Time Arik Hesseldahl Nov 06, 2012 01:24 pm Now e-voting won't officially end in New Jersey until Friday. Can someone say polling place? read more » The Last Place in America That's Not Politically Polarized: Wikipedia Liz Gannes Nov 06, 2012 01:01 pm Though in the lead-up to today's election news organizations somehow kept unearthing supposedly undecided voters to interview, today's American political discussion is in fact ridiculously polarized and unfriendly -- on TV, on blogs, on Twitter, on Facebook and IRL. But Wikipedia editors, it turns out, can get past their differences and have reasonable discussions across party lines about controversial political topics. That is, according to a study by researchers from USC and the Barcelona Media Foundation, found via the Wikimedia blog. read more » Microsoft Killing the Messenger, Migrating Users to Skype John Murrell Nov 06, 2012 12:34 pm Microsoft confirmed today that it will retire its Messenger service early next year after moving users to Skype, the Internet calling service it bought a year ago for $8.5 billion. Microsoft said the move will enable broader device support on all platforms for instant messaging, video calls and calls to landlines and mobiles. read more » With This Gadget, iPhone Is for the Birds Lauren Goode Nov 06, 2012 12:16 pm The latest wacky invention on Kickstarter takes iPhonography to a whole new level. read more » Facebook Reschedules "Gifts" Press Event in New York Mike Isaac Nov 06, 2012 11:29 am Facebook has again sent out invitations to members of the press for an event in New York City, two weeks after its originally planned date was put on hiatus due to Hurricane Sandy. Just as before, it's centered around Facebook "Gifts," the company's social gift-giving e-commerce initiative, and will be held at FAO Schwarz in Manhattan on Nov. 15. read more » Yep, There Have Been Problems With Email Voting in New Jersey Arik Hesseldahl Nov 06, 2012 11:23 am The day is still young. Expect a long night in America's 11th most populous state. read more » HTC and Verizon Want Another Shot at the Holiday Shopping Budget Ina Fried Nov 06, 2012 10:27 am The two companies schedule a Nov. 13 event in Manhattan. read more » Amazon Tests Prime for $7.99 a Month, Just Like Netflix Tricia Duryee Nov 06, 2012 09:53 am Amazon has been building up its library of content for some time, but this could be its biggest move yet to challenge the standalone streaming service. read more » When an App Is an Essay Is an App: Tapestry by Betaworks Liz Gannes Nov 06, 2012 09:15 am After author Robin Sloan released an essay in the form of an app, the folks at Betaworks were inspired to help other people do the same thing. read more » AT&T Prices Lumia 920 to Sell -- At $100 Bonnie Cha Nov 06, 2012 08:35 am AT&T finally unveils pricing for its Windows Phone 8 handsets, and it might surprise you. read more » Get the latest news & reviews on AllThingsD.com: News | Reviews | Mobile | Media | Social | Enterprise | Commerce | Conferences | Voices | Video | Jobs About Us | Contact Us | FAQ | Privacy Policy | Advertise | Send a Tip You are receiving this email because you are an All Things Digital Newsletter subscriber. 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