Following last year's launch of the GSM version of the Droid DNA, which was internationally launched as the HTC Butterfly, today HTC has announced the HTC Butterfly S, which could be also called - feature-wise - the Butterfly One, since it shares many features with HTC's hero device. This stylish, supercharged 5" Android smartphone is powered by a 1.9 GHz quad-core processor and features HTC BlinkFeed, HTC Zoe and HTC BoomSound, first introduced with the HTC One. The new device also offers HTC's latest Sense 5 experience and Android Jelly Bean, with a stamina battery that packs 3,200 mAh of raw power, guaranteeing peak performance for longer.

At a world wide press event in London (see our live photo coverage here), Huawei unveiled the Huawei Ascend P6, the world's slimmest smartphone measuring 6.18 mm. The smartphone features a 1.5 GHz quad-core processor and a sleek metallic body. With its 4.7" high definition in-cell display, an industry-leading 5 megapixel front-facing camera, and outstanding software, the Huawei Ascend P6 is the embodiment of elegance with an edge. Huawei Ascend P6 is ultra slim at and weighs just about 120 g. While it is small enough to slip into the tiniest of pockets or clutch bags, the stylish Huawei Ascend P6 is designed to be seen and coveted! It features Android 4.2.2, a 2000 mAh battery, 4.7-inch HD in-cell LCD screen technology and "MagicTouch" for enhanced screen responsiveness even when wearing gloves.

Ever, since Skype acquired Qik, it was somehow clear that they'll add sooner or later video messages to its Skype service, which was so far about real time voice and video telephony. And today, Skype announced "Skype Video Message" which is said to come now out of preview as a full-fledged (and free!) feature in Skype for Windows, Skype for Windows 8, Skype for Mac, Skype for iPhone, Skype for iPad, Skype for Android and Skype for BlackBerry (but not Skype for Windows Phone). With Skype Video Message, it's possible to record and share a personal video message, even when recipient isn't available aka online. However, recipients will receive the message as soon as they sign into Skype again and will to view your video message.

The word is on the street, that Facebook's mysterious June 20 event is about a Vine-like video feature for Facebook's (sill popular) Instagram - so far - photo only service. If true, we won't see an RSS service as so far expected. Twitter's Vine, which was just recently made available for Android (following its previous iOS only introduction), allows to record short 6 seconds movies which then can be shared via Vine, as well as - for sure - via Twitter. It became quite popular the other days for citizen journalists, covering the latest developments in Turkey, around the Gezi park and in Istanbul in general. According to TechCrunch, a recent leak indicates that Facebook was internally testing Instagram video.

As Brian Hall, General Manager Microsoft Surface, unveiled in a blog post this morning, Microsoft is releasing a couple of major improvements for its Windows 8 and Windows RT based Surface tablets. According to Hall, this includes improvements to WiFi connectivity. While there were improvements back in the March update that reduced the instances of "limited connectivity", the development team went even further now to minimize these events from the Surface side. Furthermore, Microsoft has published a new driver for the Surface USB to Ethernet adaptor for Surface Pro to allow direct Ethernet connection to a wired network, including the ability to PXE boot.