> For anyone suffering from the visual overload of Facebook’s web iteration — rife with font chaos and real-time Ticker updates that transform our “friends” into agents of distraction — the new Facebook app for iPad offers immediate relief. Our gut first impression?

The good news for everyone anyone using their Xbox 360 as a AT&T U-verse set-top box , is that it will be upgraded as a part of the new dashboard update coming this fall. that means support for the integrated search, new UI and control via voice or gestures with Kinect. The bad news? After the update, it will only work if you’re also a subscriber to Xbox Live Gold

Here’s the scenario: A., You’ve been getting your wireless print on with Canon’s PIXMA MG8220, MG6220 or MG5320 all-in-one inkjet printer, and B., you own an iDevice. Well, feel free to do a little dance (just not this one ), because Canon’s added AirPrint support for the lucky three aforementioned. Simply (we hope) update your printer to the latest firmware, and boom , you’ll be printing over iOS 4.2 and beyond

The LG Optimus 3D certainly isn’t the slimmest smartphone we’ve ever seen, but it looks like the chunky handset is about to get seriously streamlined. In an interview with Pocket-Lint , LG developer Dr. Henry Noh confirmed that his company is working on a thinner version of its 4.3-inch phone, hinting that it may be ready for release by next year.

           This week on the Gadget Lab podcast, the crew talks about big Apple news, little Jawbone news and a few weird ways to touch your iPad. First off, product reviews editor Mike Calore discusses the major event of this week with staff writer Mike Isaac, Steve Jobs’ resignation as CEO of Apple Inc .