Windows 8, Facebook IPO troubles, mobile advertising challenges, and what a hot lawsuit against a Silicon Valley VC means for women in technology.

Read on to see the stories making headline news on the tech scene this week!

It’s official: this morning, shortly after 9:30AM EST, when the NYSE opens, a few people on this planet will enter into a new tax bracket (at 11:30AM to be percise).

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) yesterday evening announced pricing of $38 per share for its initial public offering of 421MM shares of common stock, to take place today. Facebook will offer shares (all 180 million + of them) for trading under the NASDAQ symbol “FB.” In addition, selling stockholders (who are about to get mega paid) are offering 240MM shares of Class A common stock.

Facebook Timeline has been making waves throughout the Internet.

We all love Facebook.

Due to our growing dependency on this essential, go to, social media drug of choice, we are accustomed to the drama and freaking out when even the slightest change comes our way. That’s why it’s little shock, that the introduction of Facebook Timeline has been such a heated topic.