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Launch
Mark Zuckerberg launched "TheFacebook" for Harvard Students -
'Facebook'
August 2005 saw the website name changed from 'TheFacebook.com' with the domain 'Facebook.com' purchased for $200,000 -
Anyone can join!
September 2006 Facebook went beyond educational institutions and allowed anyone above 13 with a registered email address to join -
Newsfeeds
First major redesign added newsfeeds to the homepage and a mini-feed to user's profiles -
Microsoft Investment
Microsoft announced they had purchased a 1.6% share of Facebook for $240 million -
Facebook Chat Introduced
Facebook launched the chat feature for users in 2008 -
Real-Time Stream
Real-Time stream added to the user's homepage -
1 Trillion Views
In June 2010 Facebook hit 1 trillion page views -
Facebook Messenger
Facebook chat got a revamp and changed to messenger, allowing users to talk, video chat and call one another privately. -
'Like' Pages
2009 saw both celebrities and businesses making pages for fans and customers to 'like' their page and interact with them -
Real-Time Activity Tracker
A real-time activity tracker was added in 2011 so users could see exactly what their friends were doing on Facebook and when -
Video Chatting
2011 was also the year that Facebook introduced their video chat feature -
Follow Button
The introduction of the Follow button allowed users to 'subscribe' to public content without needing to add people as a friend -
Facebook Buys Instagram
Facebook buys Instagram for 1 billion dollars -
App Centre
Facebook launched App Centre, a place to download different apps and games for users to play on the site -
Clickable Hashtags
Facebook's newsroom introduced clickable hashtags to follow popular trends and discussions -
Facebook Stories
January of 2017 saw Facebook follow the trends of Snapchat and Instagram by introducing Facebook Stories -
2 Billion Users
Facebook announced they had 2 billion users on the site in June 2017
