SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Maxthon, a global software company that develops state-of-the-art web browsers, encourages its global community of users to watch and discuss the US presidential election returns online, on Tuesday, November 6th, with one of our high performance browsers. Users can go to YouTube, Youku, Facebook, Twitter, Weibo or C-SPAN to exchange information and get state-by-state voter tallies and exit polls in real-time on their computers, smartphones or tablets without interruption.

Local, national and global media will cover the election during and after the polls close Tuesday night. The winner will the candidate who receives 270 electoral votes, based on the rules governing the Electoral College, for which each of the 50 states has its own share of votes. President Barack Obama is the Democratic incumbent and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is his Republican opponent.

"There's no better way to watch election night unfold than online with one of Maxthon's high performance browsers." said Karl Mattson, GM of Maxthon International/Chief of Product Development. "Maxthon's  superior video performance and speed will make it easy for folks to take in multiple sources of news, commentary and community as they watch this historic and extremely close race."

About Maxthon Ltd.

Founded in 2005, Maxthon Ltd is a global software company that develops state-of-the-art web browsers that regularly outperform other top browsers. Committed to high standards for innovation, the Maxthon suite of browsers supports a wide range of devices from desktops to mobile. Maxthon browsers are used each month by more than 100 million people in 140 countries around the globe. Maxthon has offices in San Francisco, Hong Kong and Beijing. For more information about Maxthon, please visit www.maxthon.com.

Maxthon's Suite of Browsers

Download Maxthon for iPad from the iTunes App Store
Download Maxthon for iPhone from the iTunes App Store
Download Maxthon for Mac (Beta) here:
http://www.maxthon.com/mac/
Download Maxthon 3 for Windows here:
http://www.maxthon.com/mx3/
Download Maxthon Mobile for Android phones here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mx.browser
Download Maxthon Mobile for 10" Android tablets here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mx.browser.tablet

SOURCE Maxthon