World of gadgets: An app to organize your Facebook

You're in line for coffee. You really want to check your family's Facebook posts to see if there's anything you need to know about, but they're lost among status updates from friends. You never did spend the time to create a group of just your relatives.

You don't have to live this way. A new app called Jildy, released for the iPhone last month and under development for Android phones, sorts your Facebook friends into lists of those who interact with one another, so you can read or post to just those people quickly.

Using Jildy is easy. The first time you start it, flick the switch to turn Facebook access from Off to On. If you already have Facebook's app on your phone, you won't even need to log in. You will be presented with a familiar screen that prompts you to grant permission for Jildy to retrieve some of your Facebook information. Click Allow, and Jildy will spend a few seconds loading your friend lists.

The automatic grouping is surprisingly accurate, since most Facebook users tend to post or comment to one another in isolated groups.

Thinksound's Ms01 headphones don't make much of an impact, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

The midprice headphones are intended to be low-impact, as in eco-friendly. They are made of wood with PVC-free cables and packaged in recycled materials.

The earphones are small, even for earphones. The body is about the size of an almond, with soft in-ear rubber tips, and the headphones' 3.5-millimeter plug will work with most portable devices.

With extended listening, the most prominent feature is the degree of detail. Listening to symphonic music, I could hear the background clatter of musicians bumping about, which was indistinct on my regular headphones.

The second-most prominent feature is the crazy amount of cord noise. When the cord touches any surface, a rumbling shoots into the earpieces. Included ear hooks reduce the noise, but take the minimalism out of the design.

The Ms01 headphones list for $120, but are $100 directly from Thinksound and elsewhere online.