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Facemash realese
Mark Zuckerberg releases Facemash, the predecessor to Facebook. It is described as a Harvard University version of Hot or Not.[1] -
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Co-founders writing facebook
Mark Zuckerberg begins with his fellow co-founders writing Facebook -
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Harvard-only social network
Zuckerberg launches Facebook as a Harvard-only social network -
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The first partnership
Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, and Eduardo Saverin form Thefacebook.com LLC, a partnership -
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First investment for 500,000
Facebook receives its first investment from Peter Thiel for US$500,000 -
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Facebook incorporates into a new company
Facebook incorporates into a new company,[7] and Sean Parker (early employee of Napster) becomes its president -
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launches ''wirehog''
To compete with growing campus-only service i2hub, Zuckerberg launches Wirehog. It is a precursor to Facebook Platform applications -
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lawsuit on Zuckerberg
ConnectU files a lawsuit against Zuckerberg and other Facebook founders. -
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One millionth registered user
Facebook achieves its one millionth registered user.[10] -
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13 million invested into facebook
Accel Partners invests $13 million into Facebook.[5] -
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No restriction with photo feature
Facebook launches its photos feature with no restrictions on storage (but without the ability to tag friends) -
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A rumor on a larger media company
News Corp acquires MySpace, spurring rumors about the possible sale of Facebook to a larger media company -
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Domain for $200,000
Facebook acquires Facebook.com domain for $200,000. -
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First high school version
Facebook launches a high school version of the website. -
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Expands to United kingdom Universities
Facebook expands to UK universities.