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Apple Settles Patent Suit With HTC

By NICK WINGFIELD

Apple and HTC have brought an end to their lawsuits against each other, in the first settlement between Apple and a maker of Android smartphones.

FiveThirtyEight

Which Polls Fared Best (and Worst) in the 2012 Presidential Race

By NATE SILVER

A number of firms that conduct their polls online had strong results. Some telephone polls also did well. But others, especially those that took methodological shortcuts, performed poorly.

Political Memo

With Digital Trail, an End to the Hushed Affair

By MICHAEL WINES

Affairs are nothing new among Washington’s powerful, but in the digital age, it is nearly impossible to keep them from becoming splashy political scandals.

Slipstream

When a Palm Reader Knows More Than Your Life Line

By NATASHA SINGER

Biometric data-gathering — from palm scans to facial-recognition software — is all the rage. But consumer advocates worry that the public may be losing privacy.

Digital Domain

A Race Against the Clock, Again, in Package Delivery

By RANDALL STROSS

From 1998 to 2001, Kozmo.com offered free delivery within an hour. Now, some online merchants and their delivery partners are inching back toward that vision.

Yale Graduates Seek a Hip-Hop Degree

By JOSHUA BRUSTEIN

Rap Genius has found roadblocks on the way to the definitive lyric resource.

The Haggler

The Minutes Were Prepaid, but the Grief Was Free

By DAVID SEGAL

A customer turned to the Haggler after prepaying for cellphone minutes — without knowing that there was a 90-day deadline for using them.

Corner Office

In Sports or Business, Always Prepare for the Next Play

By ADAM BRYANT

Jeff Weiner of LinkedIn says the company follows the “next play” philosophy of Duke University basketball — that the team shouldn’t dwell on celebrating recent successes or lamenting failures.

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Preoccupations

How to Bridge the Hiring Gap

By ROBERT W. GOLDFARB

Many C.E.O.’s lament that recent college graduates lack specific, technical skills, but these employers should realize that a broad education has benefits, too.