By Angie Onkst

The rumors  has now turned into the reality. Facebook is now all set to launch @facebook.com email services to its 500 million social network users.  Facebook, which understand that it can’t win just with email only client, has launched the messaging platform which combines social messages, mobile text messages, instant messages and last but not least email..

According to the company, all 500 million Facebook users will be offered the email service. However, the service will be option for user to register.

Access to @facebook.com will be done initially by invitation. But in a few months, it will be accessible to all Facebookers. Literally at a click away.

Even though Facebook tried to describe the service as different from regular email service. The Facebook messaging service is still designed to steal the users from Gmail and Yahoo Mail and Hotmail.

Apple has once again delayed the launch of iOS 4.2. The software, which was supposed to be launched earlier this month, has been postponed till November 24. It is difficult to know the exact reason of the delay of iOS 4.2 release. However there are few possibilities including the Verizon iPhone.

Verizon iPhone 4:  There are rumors which regards to iOS 4.2 and Verizon iPhone. Few news sources are now speculating that iOS 4.2 will come along Verizon iPhone 4 which is due to be released early next year. It is very difficult to see that what is happening on the Apple side. However, the possibility of the combined launch of Verizon iPhone and iOS 4.2 may not make any sense.

Wi-Fi Bug: Electronista reported that Apple testers have found a Wi-Fi bug in iOS 4.2 powered devices during the testing phase. The report indicated that the bug was not in all devices.

Whatever is the reason iOS 4.2 delay but the bottom line is that iPhone 4 and iPad owners will have to wait for some more time until they get the new OS.

Conclusion: It will not surprise me to see Verizon iPhone and iOS 4.2 together considering the secretive culture and surprising history of Apple.

Two of the largest retailers of United States, Walmart and Sears, have annouced that their stores will remain open on Thanksgiving 2010 day. Thanksgiving falls a day before the greatest sale of the year, Black Friday.  Many major stores keep their doors shut on this day to get prepared for the giant sale.

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Google is celebrating one after another events with Doodle. After observing the Veteran’s Day through its Doodle, Google is celebrating the 160th Birthday of Robert Louis Stevenson today. Robert Louis Stevenson was born on 13 November 1850.  He was a poet, essayist and travel writer.

Robert Louis Stevenson’s first novel was published when he in a teen age. He was engineering and law student at University of Edinburgh. Even though he was suffering from a chronic illness, the great poem kept on writing. Robert Louis Stevenson wrote on many topics. His one of the quotes is that ” Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.”. Robert Louis Stevenson also wrote about friendship when said that ” A friend is a gift you give yourself.”

Google celebrate the birthday, anniversary and other event of great event. Recently Google celebrated its own birthday, the discovery of X-Ray and Veteran’s Day. Google homepage is dedicated to Robert Louis Stevenson today.

Apple is expected to release iOS 4.2 for its mobile devices including Apple iPad, iPhone 3G, 3GS and 4. The software version will bring many new things including the print feature called AirPrint for Apple iPad. iOS 4.2 will also reportedly improve the performance of iPhone 3G which is under performing since Apple released iOS 4.

Verizon iPhone: Apple reportedly plans to launch Verizon iPhone in few weeks now. It is believed that Apple will not put the future Verizon iPhone 4 owners in difficult position  by asking them to update their phones right after the purchase. Therefore, Verizon iPhone 4 is now expected to have iOS 4.2 as default Operating System.

It will also be interesting to see that what extra features Verizon iPhone will bring apart from what we are have in current iPhone 4. On the contrary, it is also possible that Verizon iPhone becomes a trim down version of GSM based iPhone. Just like Verizon iPad which doesn’t have built-in CDMA receiver.

Black Friday 2010 is still a couple of weeks away but we have started to notice that Black Friday Ads have already started to appear on different websites. Multiple media organization are reporting that Black Friday 2010 will be Gadgets and Games Friday when almost all major retailers will try to have as many electronic devices as possible on the discounted price.

As for the game consoles, Product Reviews noted that Nintendo will have to face the difficult time in Black Friday 2010 because they have not introduced anything new for long time. On the other hand, Both Microsoft and Sony have released the motion-sensor devices for their respective game consoles. Microsoft Xbox Kinect and Sony PlayStation Move are considered to be the hot products of Black Friday.

You can check one of the many Black Friday Ads websites online (including black-friday.net) to find out which store will have better price Black Friday 2010 for the product you are looking for.

If Google is set as the homepage of your browser then you must have noticed that the search giant is celebrating the 115th brithday of X-Rays’ Discovery.

X-Ray was first acciendently discovered by German Scientist, Wilhelm Rontgen, in 1885. Rontgen was investigating the cathode rays when he came across X-Rays emanating from Crookes tubes. According to the X-Ray history, the German Scientist did the first X-Ray experiment on the hand of his wife. Wilhelm Rontgen gets the credit of all devices including the X-Ray machine because his discovery made all inventions possible.
Google celebrate important events through the Google Doodle.  This year, among the most striking are the doodles interactive logo to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Pac-Man and the video that recalled the 70th anniversary of John Lennon.

Every time Google celebrates anytime with Google Doodle, the first thing many people do is to find the related apps on iPhone and Android phones. We all know that Google Doodle is celebrating the discovery of X-Rays today. Therefore, we checked iPhone App Store for X-Rays related Apps.

X-rays App is the first application if we search “X-rays” on Apple iPhone App Store. X-rays App is not the X-rays engine but the App provides number of X-ray images for users to identify the broken or fractured bones. The App seems to be designed for Medical professionals unless someone is very interested in bones regardless of profession.

X-Rays app provides limited X-ray images in the free version but user can unlock the full list of images by purchasing the complete version. All X-Ray images in the application are available offline.

Simple search on Android Market also gives the number of X-Ray related Apps. “X-Ray Instrumentation” is the first in that list.

The largest tech retailer of United States, Best Buy plan to start the pre-Black Friday sale in its nationwide stores and on its online website. The company announced yesterday it is started new promotion called  “Shop Early, Save Big” which is for customer who prefer to buy before the Black Friday or Thanksgiving 2010 eve.

The tech retailer claims to offer  deep discounts in the pre-Thanksgiving 2010 or Black Friday deals. The official statement released by the company list many products in the discounted rate including AMD V-Series Processor based Best Buy eMachine for $279.99, Samsung Blu-ray player for $119.99. Best Buy also gives $100 off on HTC Droid Incredible. The phone, which is being sold for $199.99 at other retailer, will be available for $99.

Verizon iPhone is one of the over reporting stories on the internet and however it is not a reason to tune out investors.  According to Strategy analytics, Apple could double its sales of iPhone in some markets around the world. In France, for instances, iPhone is now offered at three carriers  which result in market share jumped from 3% to 11% between first and third quarters.

Apple had 23.8% of the US market in the first three quarters of 2010.  At the same time, it is hard to say whether France strategy will work in US given Verizon has more retail contracts customers than the iPhone’s exclusive U.S carriers.  However, Apple may increase its US market share to 35% if company offers its iPhone with Verizon, according to Canalys estimations.

As Canalys’s most recent estimate puts the U.S. market in 2011 at 85 million units, a 35% share would be nearly 30 million sales. That is 144% above the firm’s projection for Apple’s 2010 sales.

According to various media reports, Apple is planning to bring its Verizon iPhone by the start of 2011 and possible iPhone 5 will be launched in middle of 2011.