Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning. Here's everything that you need to know before taking that first sip of coffee today:
If Mark Twain — also known as Samuel Clemens — were alive today, he would be celebrating his 176th birthday right now. But since the author isn't around to blow out candles or eat cake, Google is marking the occasion by putting some of his beloved characters onto its homepage.
Government regulators are sharing some alarming information about Facebook: They believe the online social network has often misled its more than 800 million users about the sanctity of their personal information.
Speaking of Google doodles, if you haven't caught all of them, no need to worry — there's a shortcut to those images for your viewing pleasure.
According to "sources," The Daily is reporting that Microsoftwill launch Office for iPad, as well as a new Mac edition. As for Microsoft (which, along with NBC Universal, is a co-owner of msnbc.com), a spokesperson could only tell us, "We have nothing to share at this time."
Meanwhile, according to Gizmodo, Amazon totally just de-rooted your jailbroke Kindle Fire with it's 6.2 update.
Here in the good ol' U.S. of A, it's either an Android or iPhone for 71 percent of smartphone users.
Speaking of smartphones, a rating system like the one now used for video games is on it's way for mobile apps in a move geared to provide guidance to parents, especially when it comes to sexually explicit or violent apps.
Can you really learn relativity from a comic book? The Japanese have been using manga for decades to teach complex subjects, and now Americans are doing it too.
Speaking of which, here's a geek shopping site threatens to leave you broke.
In closing, Morrissey gets a job ... heaven knows he's miserable now.
— compiled by Helen A.S. Popkin, who invites you to join her on Twitter and/or Facebook. Also, Google+.
