Facebook was created by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004 while he was a student at Harvard University. It originally started as a social networking site for Harvard students but quickly expanded to other universities. It is now the most popular social media platform in the world, with over 1 billion active users. Zuckerberg developed earlier platforms like Facemash before creating Facebook.

2. Department of Bioinformatics and Technology
Faculty of Basic And Applied Sciences
International Islamic University Islamabad

3. FACEBOOK

4. What is Facebook???
It is most popular social networking site
It allows users to create their personal profile
Make new friends from all over the world
Common plat form for people all over the world
Send messages and make video calls
Share photos and video.

5. Mark Zukerberg ……..Creator of Facebook

6. Mark Zuckerberg
 At age of 19 started Facebook
 Student of Computer Science
at Harvard University USA
 Very sharp at computer techniques
 sophomoric sense of humor
 World youngest billionaire

8. Facemash
 Predecessor of Facebook
 Created by Mark Zugerberg
 Compatible to “Hot or Not”

9. Facemash continue….
 He stole snaps of Students by hacking Harvard
security network.
 Use them for popularity of Facemash
 Punished for this act

10. The Facebook
 Launched On Februrary 2004
 As “thefacebook.com ”
 Accused by seniors for stealing their ideas

11. Continue….
 Firstly ,only for student of Harvard University
 His friends CHRIS HUGHES and DUSTIN joined him
for promotion of site

12. Promotion of Facebook
 In March 2004, opened for students of Stand ford
Colombia ,Yale and then for almost all universities of
USA
 Sean Parker as president

13. Continue….
 Purchase Domain name for $200000
 Thefacebook .com> facebook.com
 Opened for Apple inc and Microsoft members
 26 Sep 2006,opened to every one above age of 13

14. Continue…
 In 2007,Microsoft purchased 1.6% of facebook worth
$15 billon
 Build 1st International Head Quarter in Dublin in
2008
 Became 3rd largest web company of USA in Nov 2010
 In 2011 head quarter was moved to California
 In 2011 it became 2nd most visited site after Google

15. Users of Facebook
 1 billon active facebook users
 Half of them use facebook mobile
 United States has most user of facebook i.e 54.75%
 Pakistan shares 28th place ,4.32% users.