#FacebookTurns10 -------A look back into
how the social media giant evolved over the years------

2004 -------The Harvard Project------ Launched
on 4th February 2004 as thefacebook.com. At that time only students of Harvard university could access it. Popularity increased, and soon the whole student community of Boston was hooked on to the website. 1 Million Users

2005 -------facebook.com------- August 2005 Thefacebook.com
becomes facebook.com September 2005 Facebook.com reaches high school students October 2005 Photo sharing application launched 5.5 million users

2006 -------Facebook goes mobile------- April
2006 Facebook debuts on mobile phones August 2006 Facebook launches notes application, partners with Microsoft for Facebook Ads September 2006 Facebook News Feed Launched 12 million users

2007 -------Microsoft invests big in
Facebook------- May 2007 Facebook Platform launched, giving access to outside programmers October 2007 Facebook sells 1.6% stake to Microsoft for $240 million November 2007 Facebook Ads launched, users complained about Beacon program 50 million users

2008 -------Privacy feature introduced------- March
2008 Facebook introduced Privacy control feature to the friend list Sheryl Sandberg, a high profile executive from Google joins Facebook April 2008 Facebook Chat feature launched 100 million users

2009 -------Facebook “Like” button introduced-------
February 2009 Facebook introduced Like feature, which became a revolution instantly. June 2009 Facebook Usernames Launched October 2009 Facebook changes its privacy policy 350 million users

2010 -------Location feature launched------ August
2010 Facebook launched location feature, enabling people to share where they are with their friends October 2010 Facebook’s branding reaches all time high, when “The Social Network” a movie based on Mark Zuckerberg, which won 3 academy awards. 600 million users

2011 -------Facebook Introduces Timeline------ June
2011 The Winklevoss twins end their legal battle over the idea behind Facebook, after they settled for $65 million in 2008 September 2011 The legendary “Timeline” introduced – One big move by Facebook November 2011 Facebook allows independent auditors to review its privacy practices 850 million users

2012 -------Facebook files for IPO-------
February 2012 Facebook filed for Initial Public Offering; Allows advertisers to mix ads with status updates and photos September 2012 Facebook buys Instagram 1 billion active users

2013 -------Graph Search rolled out
------- January 2013 Facebook rolled out Graph Search and gave a whole new meaning to social search August 2013 Facebook announces internet.org along with other tech giants 1.1 billion users

2014 -------Trending Topics Feature------- January
2014 Facebook launched trending topics feature February 2014 Facebook Paper App launched 1.23 billion users and still counting… 

What has Facebook achieved till
now!!

1.23 billion active monthly users
1 out of 6 people worldwide use Facebook Half of Facebook users have more than 200 friends 350 million photos uploaded everyday 6 out of 10 users visit Facebook every day US, Brazil , India are top 3 countries in Facebook usage 6 billion likes per day Current annual revenue of $2.5 billion $2.14 Average revenue earned per user 7.75 hours duration spent by the average user

Here’s wishing Facebook many more
joyful moments in the future…

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