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.
You can't even buy a decent apartment in New York City for what BetaWorks paid for Digg -- $500,000.
Facebook tells people you've read posts ... even if you haven't.
Two out of three phones bought in U.S. are smartphones -- That may not come as a surprise to the millions of existing smartphone owners, but it's still a significant milestone. Here's why.
Microsoft will most likely reveal its Office suite update on Monday.
The Internet regulation bill known as SOPA was defeated in Congress earlier this year after an enormous outcry by activists, but fragments of it are turning up in other bills -- like this one.
Turns out, texting is the preferred method of communication among teenagers, what with the number of texts sent daily increasing.
Here's how iTunes predicts your politics.
All kinds of intrigue went down on Reddit yesterday, bleeding into the read world when 150 people showed up in midtown Manhattan "in the hopes of catching an exchange between two characters in a code-cracking drama that unfolded on Reddit last night."
In the biggest most awesomes news out of Comic-Con this year, Neil Gaimen announced that he's going to complete his Sandman series! AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
OH! And OMG! Did you see what Adam Savage of Myth Busters fame wore to Comic-Con this year? Check it out!
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