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Pre-caffeine tech: Facebook stalkers, Doctor Who 7! 

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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.

Yeah. So about employers and Facebook. Say you go out to a job interview, and everything went well, but when you get home the hiring manager has sent you a friend request on Facebook and LinkedIn. With potential employers asking candidates for their Facebook passwords, you have reason to be cautious. Here's what to do

Speaking of making money, Pinterest isn't just for pictures! One cold-blooded spammer says he nets over $1,000 a day on the site via automated spambots. Ka-ching

Oh, and just so we're clear? The NSA director says China is behind the biggest U.S. military data thefts

Twitter has an annoying unfollow bug and it's been around for a while. But here's an interesting read all about it.
So about those new iPads being overly hot, according to Consumer Reports. Other testers say no. Here's how it boils down. (Get it? Boils ... nevermind). 

Google's long-awaited online storage service -- Google Drive -- is actually finally going to happen in April! Maybe

Want to share your location with some of your Facebook friends, but not others? The My Facebook Friends app here to help vet your stalkers

Ooooh! Maybe Lord Voldemort put a spell on Amazon.Com Tuesday!  On the same day that Amazon started selling Harry Potter e-books, buy buttons on the company's dominant Kindle e-book store disappeared for several hours!

Awwww! If you’ve recently encountered (and cried over) a video of a pup named Fiona, you're not alone. More than 1 million people have watched the clip — which follows Fiona’s transformation from a squalid, blind street dog to a spiffy, happy fluffball with partially restored eyesight.

In closing: AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! Doctor Who series 7 trailer breakdown! Doctor Who series 7 trailer breakdown! "GOOD GRIEF THAT'S MR WEASLEY!"

— compiled by Helen A.S. Popkin, who invites you to join her on Twitter and/or FacebookAlso, Google+.



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