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:
"Retweet" is now in the dictionary. Alas, so are "jeggings" and "mankini."
Facebook is fixin' to move navigation over to the left side of your screen — if it hasn't happened already.
Google just launched a music blog to highlight Google Music Beta — something that's existed for a while even most people probably never heard of it.
Silicon Valley It boy Ashton Kutcher is also cover boy for Details' September issue, for which he edited an online only version, "directing most of his recommendations and profiles to tech companies he's invested in, with nary a word of disclosure."
Don't open any emails claiming you've incurred a "Uniform Traffic Ticket" from the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles for speeding on July 5 at 7:25 a.m. — which people are receiving whether or not they live in New York. It's a virus!
Almost half of companies track what employees are doing on Facebook and elsewhere — even if it takes place after office hours.
Speaking of spying, Canada is thinking about giving police the power to gather personal Internet info without warrants.
BioWare wants your vote on the hair color for the female hero of the "Mass Effect 3" game. But is this poll creepy ... or cool?
In other imaginary people news, a non-human DJ will take to the airwaves next week in San Antonio, Texas, in what may mark another step on the path that puts flesh-and-blood radio personalities out of a job.
Here's what the past 600 years of watchmaking looks like.
In closing, here are 30 cakes that look like things other than cakes.
Helen A.S. Popkin goes blah blah blah about the Internet. Tell her to get a real job on Twitter and/or Facebook. Also, Google+.