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Around the Web 11.12.08: Finding Snow White on your cellphone, and dire predictions for Best Buy

November 12, 2008 |  9:28 am

Snow White

-- Disney and Verizon will launch a phone application that helps visitors navigate Disney theme parks and find out where they can get an autograph from the elusive Snow White. LAT

-- Should the cable industry switch to a la carte pricing? After all, we receive about 100 more channels than we usually watch. LAT

-- Now the iPhone takes on the gaming industry, which is actually helping the gaming industry. WSJ

-- Speaking of gaming, our critic loves Fallout 3. LAT

-- Sales of expensive TVs fall. A NYT writer gloats. Bits

-- Circuit City’s hurting. Now Best Buy is cutting its earning estimates too. AP via NYT

-- Microsoft is close to nosing out Google and striking a deal to provide search for Verizon phones. WSJ

-- The company that makes the Flip video camera is going gangbusters, but a high-definition version leaves a bit to be desired. Bits

-- Gmail gets video chat. USA Today

-- A European court rules that knockoff Lego bricks are OK. Wired

-- Gawker media CEO Nick Denton predicts that online advertising is going to tank next year. Maybe that’s why he keeps canning his staff. PaidContent

-- Alana Semuels

Photo by Aim and Shoot! via Flickr


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