History of facebook

1. History of By Jessica Gavin

2. About Facebook Facebook is one of many social networking sites Launched in February 2004 Operated and owned by Facebook, Inc 600 million users as of January 2011 Users create profiles, add other users as friends, and exchange messages Users also join common interest groups or workplace/school groups

3. History Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerburg with his fellow students, Eduardo Saverin , Dustin Moskovitz , and Chris Hughes Originally intended for college students in the Boston area, in the ivy league, or attending Stanford University but eventually expanded to anyone 13 years or older January 2009 facebook was ranked the most used social networking system

4. Mark Zuckerburg Facebook was developed from the idea of Facesmash that was created by Mark Zuckerburg Facesmash was a site just like hot or Not Zuckerburg’s next project was for his art history final, a site students could share their comments about different Augustan images Mark then started writing code for his next project

5. Facebook Mark Zuckerburg launched Facebook in January 2004 Six days later he was accused of stealing Cameron Winklevoss , Tyler Winklevoss , and Divya Narendra idea for Harvardconnection.com, basically the same idea as facebook A lawsuit was later followed Facebook’s first investment took place June 2004 from Paypal after appointing Sean parker, and entrepreneur, as president Facebook continues to expand today