Innovation of facebook EOTO #1
Timeline:
2003: A Harvard sophomore by the name of Mark Zuckerberg creates a website called Facemash
2004: Facebook launches of February 4th for Harvard Students
In March it opens up to students at Yale, Columbia, and Stanford
September 1st Facebook Introduces “The Wall”
(The wall allows people to write posts/public messages)
In June Facebook headquarters becomes located in Palo Alto, CA
2005: Facebook expands to high school students.
2006: Facebook changes there joining age to 13 after a protest to the company
2007: Facebook launches Platform
Microsoft purchases a 1.6% share of Facebook for $240 million
2008: Facebook settles a lawsuit with ConnectU
(The lawsuit was between the Winklevoss Brothers and Mark Zuckerberg)
Facebook introduce Chat
2009: Facebook introduces Like
2010: “The Social Network” about Zuckerberg is released and receives 8 Academy Award nominations
2011: Zuckerberg introduce Timeline
2012: Facebook agrees to acquire Instagram for $1 billion.
Facebook closes its purchase of instagram
2013: Facebook introduces Graph Search
(This feature allows allows users to see information about people in there network)
Facebook offers to buy Snapchat for a rumored $3 billion.
2014: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 Billion
2016: Facebook reactions are launched
2017: Facebook’s 14-year anniversary
What Has Facebook Turned Into From Then Vs. Now:
When Facebook launched in 2004 and began to open up to other school in soon became a phenomenon across campuses throughout America.
Once “The Wall” was created 3 months later on December 1st the company announced they have over 1 million active users and it only grew from there.
Facebook became known as a genius platform that was created and by 2009 became the world’s most used social networking service.
Facebook has allowed so many people to connect with others and has left such a huge influence on society and social media today and according to 2020 statistics Facebook users are currently at 1.69 billion.
The creation of Facebook changed how we used social media compared to 2004 when it was launched; it has altered social media as we know it to be today.
Sources:
https://phys.org/news/2014-02-timeline-key-dates-facebook-year.html
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2019/02/business/facebook-history-timeline/index.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/02/02/facebook-turns-10-cultural-impact/5063979/
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