The Growth of Facebook By navibanwait Feb 4, 2004 Founded as 'Facesmash' by Mark Zuckerberg and his roomate and friends at Harvard University Founded on Febuary 4, 2004 by mark Zuckerberg and his roomate and friends. Period: Feb 4, 2004 to Mar 31, 2015 The Growth of Facebook Mar 1, 2004 Facebook became open to other US universities Oct 1, 2005 Facebook expanded onto universities in the UK Sep 26, 2006 Facebook was open to anyone over the age of 13 Oct 1, 2007 Facebook allowed over 100,000 business pages to promote themselves and inform others about there business Oct 24, 2007 Microsoft announced they purchased 1.6% of facebook for $240 million giving facebook a total value of about $15 milllion Oct 1, 2008 Facebook announced they were setting up their first international headquarters in Dublin, Ireland. Jan 1, 2010 Facebook begun to invite users to become beta testers after you pass a question based selection process Feb 1, 2011 Facebook became the largest online photo host and had over 100 billion photos posted by summer Oct 1, 2011 Facebook became acessable on cell phones and over 350 million users used it causing facebook traffic Feb 1, 2012 Facebook filed for a initial public offering and negiotiated a share price Jun 12, 2013 Facebook announced it was introducing clickable hashtags to help users follow trending discussions, or search what others are talking about on a topic Feb 1, 2014 Facebook announced they would be buying the messaging company Whatsapp for $19 billion Feb 1, 2015 Announced they have 2 million active advertisers that are mostly small business' Mar 31, 2015 Used by over 1.4 million people around the world.
