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it's time to kill google buzz again I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update a mini version of the galaxy s4 could be revealed in a few weeks Samsung is having an event on jun 20th to announce new products and the Wall Street Journal has a source saying it's likely that the s4 mini will be shown off so if the five-inch s4 phone is too big and too expensive for you it's likely the s4 mini will cost less and that screen could be about 4.3 inches remember google buzz it was google's failed attempt at a social network before Google+ well if you're a google user you'll likely got a reminder about the service in an email a few days ago Google notified users that it will save your old buzz posts in Google Drive starting in July if you made any public posts or comments these can still be seen by other users if you want to avoid that possibility google offered a link to delete all your buzz content now a few tech tidbits worth noting if you have Windows Phone 8 a new youtube app is in the works and it will be released in the coming weeks Google was upset with microsoft's version of the YouTube app because they didn't play advertisements and it allowed users to download the videos google told microsoft a cease-and-desist because this violated the terms of service so now Microsoft has to make a new youtube app with ads verizon's cloud backup service now supports iphones and ipads along with android devices Verizon's cloud is an app that lets mobile customers save their photos videos and contacts online as well as stream music and view documents saved to the cloud you can also access the files from your desktop computer customers get 500 megabytes for free but more storage will cost you for example 25 gigs of space costs three dollars a month and several companies are trying to buy a stake in the video sharing site hulu including yahoo directv and time warner cable will have to keep an eye on this bidding war to see which one wins the battle for who lose 4 million subscribers hurricane season officially begins this week on june first and the national shanak and Atmospheric Administration or NOAA for short expects six major hurricanes this year so it's a good time to take a look at the Noahide f Raider app it's a very popular app but it's not free it costs two dollars in Google Play but it's on sale in the iTunes Store for a buck it's great for fast loading radar maps but it also lets you customize the layers of info you want on the map users can shot with other people about approaching storms and you can bookmark where your friends and family live that's your tech news update you can find more details at cnet com / update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey