Saturday, October 1, 2011

History of Facebook ?

Do you think you already know all about Facebook's history ?
well think again and look at these.

2011

July
Facebook reaches over 750 million active users

2010

August
Facebook launches Places

July
Facebook reaches over 500 million active users
Facebook launches beta of Questions

February
Facebook reaches over 400 million active users

2009

December
Facebook reaches over 350 million active users

September
Facebook reaches over 300 million active users

August
Facebook acquires FriendFeed

July
Facebook reaches over 250 million active users

June
Facebook launches Facebook Usernames

May
Digital Sky Technologies makes a $200 million investment for preferred stock at a $10 billion valuation

April
Facebook reaches over 200 million active users

February
Facebook reaches over 175 million active users
Facebook joins OpenID board
“Like” feature added

January
Facebook reaches over 150 million active users
CNN Live/Facebook integration

2008

December
Facebook Connect becomes generally available

August
Facebook reaches over 100 million active users

April
Facebook launches Facebook Chat
Facebook releases Translation application to 21 additional languages

March
Facebook updates privacy controls to include Friend List privacy
Facebook launches in German

February
Facebook launches in Spanish and French

January
Facebook co-sponsors Presidential Debates with ABC News

2007

November
Facebook launches Facebook Ads

October
Facebook reaches over 50 million active users
Facebook launches Facebook Platform for Mobile
Facebook and Microsoft expand advertising deal to cover international markets; Microsoft takes a $240 million equity stake in Facebook

July
Facebook acquires startup Parakey

May
Facebook launches Marketplace application for classified listings
Facebook hosts F8 event to launch Facebook Platform
Facebook Platform launches with 65 developer partners and over 85 applications

April
Facebook reaches 20 million active users
Facebook updates site design and adds network portals

March
Facebook reaches over 2 million active Canadian users and 1 million active UK users

February
Virtual gift shop launches as a feature

2006

December
Facebook reaches more than 12 million active users

November
Share feature added on Facebook, simultaneously launched on over 20 partner sites

September
News Feed and Mini-Feed are introduced with additional privacy controls
Facebook expands registration so anyone can join

August

Facebook development platform launches
Notes application is introduced
Facebook and Microsoft form strategic relationship for banner ad syndication

May
Facebook expands to add work networks

April
Facebook raises $27.5 million from Greylock Partners, Meritech Capital Partners and others
Facebook Mobile feature launches

2005

December
Facebook reaches more than 5.5 million active users

October
Photos is added as an application
Facebook begins to add international school networks

September
Facebook expands to add high school networks

August
The company officially changes its name to Facebook from thefacebook.com

May
Facebook raises $12.7 million in venture capital from Accel Partners;
Facebook grows to support more than 800 college networks

2004

December
Facebook reaches nearly 1 million active users

September
Groups application is added; the Wall is added as a Profile feature

June
Facebook moves its base of operations to Palo Alto, Calif.

March
Facebook expands from Harvard to Stanford, Columbia and Yale

February
Mark Zuckerberg and co-founders Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes and Eduardo Saverin launch Facebook from their Harvard dorm room

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