Facebook Shares to Be Sold in Less Than a Month

Back in August, information surfaced indicating that Facebook would begin allowing its employees to sell some of their shares in the company this fall. Now, a date has been set for this to begin, and that date is the 1st of November.

Google Was Almost on TV

Google is straying from its old ways and moving more toward traditional advertising methods, says the Wall Street Journal. We're not seeing Google commercials on TV yet, but could that be on the horizon?Apparently, Google employees had plans of slipping a Google ad in during the Olympics, but Sergey and Larry weren't having it, because such an ad wouldn't "fit the company's image." WSJ reports:

Online Health Sites Announce Merger

Online health sites Waterfront Media and Revolution Health Network have reached an agreement to merge and will pose a potential threat to WebMD's top position in the health care category.

Potential Hulu/Joost Killer Begins Beta Testing

A new player in the online video game is emerging in Sling.com. Well the service is new, not really the player. Owners Sling Media have been around for a while, focusing primarily on hardware, but that is all about to change, starting with Sling.com, which has just begun beta testing to select users.

Facebook Finds a Home for International Affairs

Tanáiste and Minister for Enterprise Trade & Employment, Mary Coughlan TD announced today that Facebook is making Dublin the location of its international headquarters.From there, they will run all of their international operations and provide support to Facebook users in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.