Time to take a look at the most popular timelines on Histropedia for the 1st week of October. Another wide range of topics with topics including Vikings and space adventure! Let us know in the comments if you discover any interesting timelines and we will include them in next weeks Top Timelines! TOP TIMELINES OCTOBER WEEK 1 Viking Age people 182 Events from 801 till 1317 Timeline of people from the Viking Age, including Harald Bluetooth who's name would later be used to describe a technology we all use everyday.

Facebook has been in the news again with another high profile acquisition. Just over a month after acquiring WhatsApp the social media giant has now purchased the leaders in virtual reality Oculus Rift. The list of companies and services Facebook has acquired is staggering, at least 45 in total. Zuckerburg's first acquisition came in 2007 when he purchased Parakey. The details around the deal are unclear but it seems pretty obvious from reading the Mashable article this was a pure acquihire, "