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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 …
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| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Microsoft Ponders Major Restructuring, Amid Renewed Wall Street Focus on Stock — According to sources close to the situation, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is working on what is likely to turn into a significant restructuring of the massive software company, which could also move several current execs to more prominent roles.| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
| 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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| Mark Pincus / Zynga Company Blog: |
CEO Update — Our Founder and CEO Mark Pincus today sent a note to employees outlining structural changes Zynga implemented today and provided some detail on cost-reductions that are taking place company-wide. Please find his note, posted in its entirety, below. — To our Zynga Community,
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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.
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| 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.
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| 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 …
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| 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.| Min-Jeong Lee / Digits: |
| Josh Lowensohn / CNET: |
Here's the Justice Department's case against Apple — The Department of Justice has posted its opening statements against Apple as the two head to trial over alleged e-book price fixing. — The Department of Justice has just released the 81-slide deck of its opening statements against Apple …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Leaked SKUs likely point to MacBook refresh at WWDC as inventory tightens — According to a set of leaked part codes for upcoming Apple products, Apple will likely debut a refresh to at least one of its MacBook lines at the upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference.| Lorraine Luk / Digits: |
Foxconn Developing Firefox Devices — Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. said Monday it is developing more than five devices-from smartphones to televisions to large display boards-using Mozilla's Firefox mobile operating system.| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Kantar: Android took 52% of US smartphone sales in April, but iOS and Windows Phone are growing faster — In the US, Android grabbed 51.7 percent of the smartphone sales market through the three-month period ending April 2013, while Apple took second place with 41.4 percent, and Microsoft settled for third at 5.6 percent.| 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 …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple again plans AirDrop wireless file-sharing for iOS — Apple is currently testing versions of iOS 7 internally that include the AirDrop WiFi-direct file sharing tool from the Mac, according to people familiar with the software. — Like with the Flickr and Vimeo integration …
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| 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) … Sponsor Posts
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