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Welcome to Facebook.
Sophmore at Harvard University, Mark Zuckerberg creates Facebook out of his college dorm room. Facebook is a social networking site only available to students at particular colleges and universities. -
The 'Wall'
Perhaps the most fundamental feature of Facebook is the Wall. Allows each user to post to their own wall and post to other users profile. -
Hello everybody
Facebook is now available to anyone over the age of 13yrs old. the 'Newsfeed' is created another major feature of Facebook. -
Platform
Program developers are able to launch games, quizzes and photo sharing tools to users. Rise in the Facebook economy. -
$240 Million
Facebook sells 1.6% to Microsoft for $240 million. -
Messenger
Facebook 2.0: the introduction of Chat. Facebook Chat is a messenger feature that allows users to privately message within the website. -
Like
The 'Like' feature allows the support and validation of posts from other users -
Settle
Facebook settles federal charges over security breaches. -
Purchase of Instagram
Facebook buys Instagram for (speculated) $740million -
1 Billion Users
Facebook reaches 1 billion active users -
IPO
Initial Public Offering of Facebook = $38 per share. -
10 Year Anniversary
10 Year Anniversary of Facebook -
Purchase of WhatsApp
Facebook purchases WhatsApp for $16 billion USD, WhatsApp will, however, operate separately from Facebook. -
Live Streaming
Facebook launches live-streaming. -
All time high
Shares rise 9% an all-time high of $118 per share -
Advertising
Facebook reveals it sold $100,000 in ads during 2016. -
2.23 Billion
Facebook currently has 2.23billion active users worldwide and is the largest social networking site in history. -
Scandal
Facebook is involved in Cambridge Analylitca Scandal.
