Friending was not used as a verb until about five years ago. Social networks burst into the scene with this word when Friendster, MySpace and Facebook came into being. Suddenly, our friends became more than our friends. They became our audience. Blogging was made to look like shouting out into a void and posting updates on a social network became like an intimate conversation among friends at a bar, maybe. Then friends of friends started to become our friends.

Samsung has just disappointed over ten million of its Android phone customers who have bought its line of Galaxy S phones. These Android phone models will not be getting Google’s latest version of Android that is the Ice Cream Sandwich. These millions of people are going to be stuck on the outdated version of 2.3 Gingerbread until they decide to drop more cash on a new phone.

It has been reported that Google is working on making eyeglasses that will display information about the whole world around us. The high tech specs would tap into Google’s cloud-based location services to transmit details about the user’s surroundings. The visual information will then appear as a three dimensional augmented reality computer display. This concept is known as wearable head-up displays (HUDs).

Google gives Mozilla a new lifeline by renewing a deal to remain the default search engine within the Firefox web browser. Mozilla has negotiated an important and mutually beneficial revenue agreement with Google for the next three years.

Few years back, compact discs burned with custom playlists were ultimate last minute gifts. They represented thoughtfulness and they were unique. Usually they got a response that surprised and stunned the recipient. Those days are over now. But if you have a USB drive lying around, you can give a gift that might even be better than a burned disc. You can now give a customized USB drive. You can not only pack it with a variety of goodies like photos and hand-picked music but the user can also use any space remaining over and over again with whatever he or she may like to add.

You don’t buy a $500 tablet just to entertain yourself. Think seriously. Put it to good work. Make an investment with these add-ons and get to work.

Facebook’s latest service `Timeline’ was globally rolled out today. Timeline had only been available to only a few people but now it has been made available to everybody. Timeline allows you to compile and let others see everything they have shared so far from photos to stories to shared music and videos.

Google has unveiled `Find my Face’ tool. It has entered the growing field of social facial recognition technology by introducing `Find my Face’. It is a tagging suggestion tool for its Google+ social network.

If you are into an online business or in a business where your customers/clients are spread out all over the world, you would know the need for electronic signature. Adobe had a program called eSignature that allowed its users to sign PDFs online for free. Well last month, Adobe terminated its eSignature program because Adobe bought EchoSign which allows its users to do the same.

Well today, you can signup with Adobe EchoSign and start signing your documents or asks your clients to sign documents electronically for free.

An augmented mirror of the future will reflect you and your world. The research and development laboratory of the New York Times has developed a digital advanced mirror that allows you to interact with personalized data during your morning routine.