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:
Amazon is fixing to have a mid-priced smartphone to sell to the Kindle audience this time next year, according to a report by Citigroup analysts Mark Mahaney and Kevin Chang that cited "supply chain channel checks."
Heads up to all you Facebook haters out there regularly ripping on us self-absorbed "sheeple" trusting all our personal info to the Big Bro we call Facebook. If you’ve ever clicked on a Facebook profile or page, Facebook follows you around the Internet too.
If you use Microsoft Office, a sneaky and harmful worm may be out to infect your system.
Not only that! There's an alarming amount of malicious software targeting Google's Android smartphone platform, but experts say the problem will only get worse until a large share of Android customers experience firsthand the frustration, inconvenience and damage the malware can cause.
Speaking of Facebook, yesterday was "National UnFriend Day" according to Jimmy Kimmel; the perfect opportunity to lose some folks from your bloated buddy list on Facebook. How did you celebrate?
What would happen if your area was under a nuclear attack? Would you survive, suffer injuries, or be doomed? There's a site which can provide an answer.
And here's a sign of the times — they're taking down that giant Yahoo sign in San Francisco that's been up since the dot-com glory days of 1999.
Oh, and say goodbye to AOL's yellow running man. He's been replaced by something boring.
BuzzFeed, along with a dozen or so Ryan Gosling fans, protested in front of People Magazine headquarters today for picking Bradley Cooper as the sexiest man alive. WE ARE THE 99%.
Physics is somehow cool now on account of that one show that isn't nearly as good as you think it is.
You know what show is even better than you can possibly comprehend? "Community!" Y'all better recognize!
— compiled by Helen A.S. Popkin, who invites you to join her on Twitter and/or Facebook. Also, Google+.
