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hey I'm Kareem levy and welcome to rumor has it the show that rounds up the week's biggest tech rumors and you can vote on what you think about the rumors too in the interactive player if you're watching on cnet now apples event in e3 last week put some long-standing rumors to rest but don't worry I was able to scrounge up a few things that have been making their rounds online first up photos of the long-rumored HTC one mini have surfaced leaving everyone to wonder why is there a mini everything the device is said to be a shrunken down version of HTC's flagship device it'll feature a 4.3 inch LCD screen and a thinner and shorter frame and of course the same unibody aluminum design other speculation points to a 720p rather than 1080p screen and a watered-down dual-core processor it's really funny how trends changed just a few years ago everybody wanted the smallest most pocketable phones then we saw rise in screens that are 5 inches and bigger leading to the annoying term phablet and now we're back to shrinking down these huge machines so that they fit back in our pockets adding to the mini train there's an event in london on jun 20th where Samsung will possibly announce the Samsung Galaxy s4 mini a previous leak pegged the handset to have a 4.3 inch screen a dual core 1.6 gigahertz processor and an 8 megapixel camera mini mini everything I wish physical keyboards were the next new old new old trend next up last week Facebook sent invites to a special press event on jun 20th but did not reveal what will be announced the invite came shortly after facebook hashtags were released and just days after the discovery of code that hints at a Facebook RSS reader which could replace google reader but TechCrunch is reporting that the company has something a little more exciting up its sleeves according to an anonymous source Facebook's Instagram will include video support similar to Twitter's vine okay so first hash tags now Instagram videos it already released verified accounts last month they say that copycatting is the highest form of flattery but is this just getting too obvious what do you guys think it's Facebook turning into Twitter will it unveil Instagram videos don't forget to vote and leave a comment and we'll check in with the cnet council the cnet council is composed of five editors who cast their votes anonymously their opinions are not an endorsement by Cena or CBS interactive obviously because these are rumors folks and the cnet councils verdict is a unanimous yes each one of the editors I asked thinks that Facebook will announce Instagram videos at the June twentieth event I mean come on can't you just see the suits over at Facebook watching vine and seeing it trend and being like what is this vine thing that everybody is into we must do something just like it right now the suits or the hoodies as the case may be yeah I can totally see that that's our show everybody please share your rumors at rumor has it at cnet com or call us up 1 800 750 cnet and tweet us and tune in next week for more tech rumors