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insperation
zuckerberg begins to write about facebook -
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facebook launched
facebook is put out on the internet -
facebook expands
March 2004: Facebook expands to MIT, Boston University, Boston College, Northeastern University, Stanford University, Dartmouth College, Columbia University, and Yale University. -
facebook recives investment
June 2004: Facebook receives its first investment from Peter Thiel for US$500,000 -
facebook moves its base
June 2004: Facebook moves its base of operations to Palo Alto, California -
ONE MILLIONTH COSTOMER!!!
December 30, 2004: Facebook achieves its one millionth registered user -
more investments but now $13 million
May 26, 2005: Accel Partners invests $13 million into Facebook. -
facebook expands a little
September 2006: Facebook launches a high school version of the website -
Facebook grows alot!!!
September 26, 2006: Facebook is open to everyone aged 13 and over, and with a valid email address -
new places
Facebook sets up its international headquarters in Dublin, Ireland -
new stuff added to facebook
August 2009: Facebook acquires FriendFeed -
community pages???
April 19, 2010: Facebook introduces Community Pages, which are Pages that are populated with articles from Wikipedia -
facebook updates website
April 21, 2010: Facebook introduces Instant Personalization, starting with Microsoft Docs, Yelp, and Pandora -
movie movie movie
October 1, 2010: The Social Network, a film about the beginnings of Facebook directed by David Fincher is released. The film is met with widespread critical acclaim as well as commercial success; however, Mark Zuckerberg says that the film is a largely inaccurate account of what happened. -
more $$$ invested in facebook
January 2011: $500 million is invested into Facebook for 1% of the company, placing its worth at $50 billion -
small changes
February 2011: Facebook adds new "civil union" option for gay partnerships -
TALK ABOUT PICTURES!!!
February 2011: Facebook application and content aggregator Pixable estimates that Facebook will host 100 billion photos by summer 2011 -
want to SKYPE
June 2011: Facebook partners with Skype to add video chat. -
new timelines added to facebook
September 22, 2011: Facebook launches new UI Timeline in F8 Convention -
ipad users now can get facebook
October 10, 2011: Facebook launches iPad app -
login changes for facebook users
December 21, 2011: Facebook log in page changes due to Facebook Timeline addition. -
new profile interface
December 22, 2011: Facebook launches its new profile user interface, Facebook Timeline. -
more money???
May 2012: Facebook IPO, initial price set at $38 a share, and the stock closed at $38.23 on its first trading day.