Dec. 12, 2012 at 9:04 AM ET
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:
Facebook users' seven-day voting period on the new privacy policy came to an end with far less than the 30 percent required to sway Facebook's opinion. Here's what you need to know about that.
To be honest ("TBH"), you may be so busy having a real life that you might have missed Facebook's most-discussed trends and stories of the year. Fear not, because here they are.
Meanwhile, Google's Zeitgeist 2012 — "an in-depth look at the 'spirit of the times' as seen through the billions of searches on Google over the past year" — was revealed on TODAY.
Also, Twitter profiles change today, no matter what.
Oh! And here's what Gizmodo says is the dumbest Apple rumor of the year.
There's so much data that we're running out of words to describe it.
It's also No Email Day: Good luck celebrating that!
The point is, porcupines inspired improved surgical tape.
Here's the latest on that whole nutty John McAfee business.
In closing, here are 19 dogs worried about the Apocalypse. (Just sayin' ... you're not alone!)
Compiled by Helen A.S. Popkin. Tell her to get a real job on Twitter and/or Facebook. Also, Google+.