20 reasons why Facebook rocked '10

Mar 2010
Facebook reached Top Ranking in the US, overtaking Google

Apr 2010
Facebook introduced its first class of fellows including students researching crowdsourced online help, the structure of networks, information disclosure, online advertising and data analysis

May 2010
Facebook added 18 additional countries to Gross National Happiness: analyzing the use of positive and negative words in status updates to estimate the happiness of people on Facebook in each of the countries

All of 2010
Facebook released Facebook for iPhone 3.1 and Facebook for Android 1.3

Jun 2010
Facebook Sports enthralled Soccer World Cup fans with Goal Leaderboard: a globally accessible application designed to ignite and stoke global football passions

Jul 2010
Facebook reached the 500 million users mark

Jul 2010
To celebrate 500 Million Users, Facebook launched Facebook Stories: an application that displays inspirational stories from all over the world

Jul 2010
Facebook took on Yahoo! Answers with Facebook Questions

All of 2010
Non-profits on Facebook drew user attention to a number of causes (ranging from child rights to animal rights) that other outfits are rallying for

All of 2010
peace.facebook.com drew more interactions as users commented on the role technology can play in achieving world peace

All of 2010
Global Disaster Relief empowered users to participate in relief efforts whenever calamities struck (for example: the earthquake in Haiti)

All of 2010
Facebook encouraged political participation among the youth

Aug 2010
Facebook Places challenged location-based service Foursquare

Sep 2010
Facebook introduced Facebook Credits (cards), along with Target to enter the lucrative gift card business

Sep 2010
Mark Zuckerberg launched a $100M foundation to improve US education, starting with the Newark (New Jersey) public schools

Oct 2010
Facebookrelaunched Groups to helps users share, chat and email with a select group of friends within their network

Oct 2010
Facebook launched its office in in Hyderabad, India

Oct 2010
Facebook roped in top talent from Google (Lars Rasmussen) and Drop.io (Sam Lessin)

Nov 2010
Facebook launched Deals to offer deals from local businesses once people check in to their place on Facebook

All of 2010
Facebook intrigued writers from every possible genre out there

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20 reasons why Facebook rocked '10

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