Essentially, the feature allows you to subscribe to a user, and in so doing, you’ll get details on almost every aspect of their Facebook activity. It’s not yet known whether this feature will be an opt-in feature, or if you’ll be able to opt out. In any event, it could potentially raise privacy concerns, and it just seems to invite stalking if abused. On the other hand, it also seems as if it’s an easy way to keep tabs on a friend’s activities without any effort.

You can mark messages as being important or not important, and based on that, Gmail will “learn” your habits, and move messages into the Priority Inbox queue. Of course, you can still use the filter feature to automatically flag certain messages as being important.

This sounds like a handy feature, and can help people tell what messages are important at a glance. Try it out today, and see what you think!

The patents were not as the result of his own inventions, but they came through work done by Interval Research, a software lab that Allen co-founded. A spokesman for the company says the lawsuit was necessary in order to protect their interests. No representatives for the companies involved were available for comment.

CBS, NBC and Disney are rumored to be involved in similar discussions, which would make programming available from all of the major broadcast networks. If you don’t like commercials, then this may be for you; the rumors also state that there would be no commercials. Confirmation of this rumor is expected next month, along with news about Apple TV, which would deliver movies and videos to customers’ television sets.

Although the patent application was made public Thursday, it was actually filed back in February, and according to the application, the company is seeking to identify stolen or jailbroken devices, as well as protect private customer data. One possible application is when a customer’s phone is reported stolen, the data could be moved to Apple’s servers, and then erased from the device, which of course would be disabled.

Apple could also apparently disable the jailbroken devices, and it could inform AT&T, who could then disconnect phone service. Either way, if this application is granted, it could grant Apple the exclusive power to disable both stolen and jailbroken devices.

There will be privacy features in place so that you don’t have to reveal your home’s location, or if you want to block a specific location that you’re in. The default setting will be for friends only, so you don’t have to worry about scrambling to update your security settings.

Though this does sound much like Foursquare, it actually appears to be quite different, and it will be interesting to see what user reaction is.

Wozniak is the first Apple executive to appear on the show, but not the first techie. That honor apparently goes to Wil Wheaton, perhaps best known for his role as Wesley Crusher on “Star Trek: The Next Generation”.

The airdate for Wozniak’s episode is not known yet, nor is it known what character he’s playing. It will, however, be interesting to see how they handle the fact that one of the show’s characters uses Windows, as alluded to in a previous episode.

The service could possibly be available on Android phones by the end of this year, though both Google and PayPal have refused to comment.

PayPal is already available on iPhone and Blackberry devices, so this next step seems like a natural progression for the payment giant. Although this is far from certain, and is at this point but a rumor, the idea is very intriguing, and it will be interesting to see if Android users embrace the new feature, should it come to reality.

Testing for the new feature began two months ago, and it is now available to most users, if not everyone. The feature is somewhat similar to the “mutual friends” feature on Facebook, and to see this new feature, simply go to another user’s profile, and you will see the “You Both Follow” feature in the sidebar.

There is also a “view all” link, which will allow you to see the full list of people that you both follow. This could be a valuable feature for those looking to find common ground with those they follow, or simply just for the fun of it. Are you using the new feature?

The EEE pad, which runs under the Windows platform (and is shown to the left), will be the basis for the Android tablet. It will, of course, differ vastly from the Windows versions, because it will be running Google’s Android operating system.

The first of its tablets will likely bow in December, and another will follow in January. Two months later, then, the Android version will come along, and with the tablets will come serious competition for the iPad. Will users bite? Will it do as well as Asus is hoping for?