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June 3, 2013, 2:50 PM

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Richard Lai / Engadget:
ASUS Zenbook Infinity official with a Gorilla Glass 3 lid, touchscreen and backlit keyboard (eyes-on video)  —  Just as promised, ASUS has unveiled its Zenbook Infinity at Computex 2013 in Taipei.  Being the first laptop — let alone an Ultrabook — to boast a Gorilla Glass 3 lid …
Aaron Souppouris / The Verge:
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Twitter Releases Vine For Android Smartphones As It Tops 13M Users  —  Twitter has released Vine for Android, bringing the 6-second video sharing service to Google's mobile OS for the first time.  The Vine app is available for Android smartphones right now, and is a free download for anyone running Android 4.0 or higher.
Nick Summers / The Next Web:
Samsung announces new 8" and 10.1" Galaxy Tab 3 Android tablets, launching globally in June  —  Samsung introduced its Galaxy Tab 3 range of Android tablets today, unveuling a new 8-inch and 10.1-inch option which will be sold “globally” from the beginning of June.
Andy Greenberg / Forbes:
Researchers Say They Can Hack Your iPhone With A Malicious Charger  —  Careful what you put between your iPhone and a power outlet: That helpful stranger's charger may be injecting your device with more than mere electrons.  —  At the upcoming Black Hat security conference in late July …
Bloomberg:
Microsoft Said to Cut Windows for Tablet Prices  —  Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is cutting the price of its Windows software for small tablets, seeking to shore up foundering efforts to combat Apple Inc. (AAPL) in the mobile-computing market, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Vlad Savov / The Verge:
Dell XPS 11 video preview: a Yoga for the Haswell crowd  —  Unlike Acer and Asus, who overwhelmed us with sheer numbers this morning, Dell's Computex assault is formed by just one, standout product, the XPS 11.  This 11.6-inch laptop touts an outstanding 2560 x 1440 resolution …
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Zynga to Lay Off 520 Employees — 18 Percent of Staff — and Shutter New York and LA Offices in Refocus on Mobile  —  Zynga is laying off 18 percent of its workforce — which represents 520 employees — in a bid to reduce costs and more drastically restructure its troubled business toward mobile …
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Chris Ziegler / The Verge:
HTC One coming to Verizon this summer  —  Following months of speculation, Verizon has announced today that it'll be launching its own version of HTC's vaunted One in the coming months.  For HTC, the announcement carries special weight: Verizon's support means that the One will be available …
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Apple Launches WWDC 2013 iOS App With Session Video Integration  —  One week ahead of the start of its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Apple today launched a new WWDC iOS app to help attendees stay on top of the latest news and events going on at the conference.
Mat Smith / Engadget:
Acer Iconia W3 official: the first 8-inch Windows 8 tablet launches this month for $379 (hands-on)  —  It looks like the promise of smaller Windows 8 tablets has been fulfilled, and Acer's revealed its plans for a smaller form factor.  Yep, we heard word of (and even peeked at listings for) …

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