Facebook was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg and other Harvard students. It quickly grew popular at other universities and became a major social network. Facebook allows users to create profiles, share photos and messages, and connect with friends and family. It has over 1 billion active users worldwide and has become an important tool for communication and social interaction.

1. Presented by:
S.M. Rahad Chowdhury

2. Introduction
• Facebook® is a “social networking website”
• Facebook® is a free service that allows you to create an online
page to connect with friends, family, or make new friends
with anyone anywhere.
• On your Facebook® page you can share pictures, personal
information , messages, videos , join groups and add
applications.

3. History of Facebook
• The website was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo
Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes in 2004.
• All founders were students at Harvard University.
• Membership was originally restricted to students of Harvard
College, and within the first month, more than half the
undergraduate population at Harvard was registered on the
service.
• Facebook founders promoted the website. It became highly
used by universities in the United states and gradually most
universities in Canada.

4. • Day after day, the website became an interesting investment
for entrepreneurs, Facebook became incorporated in mid 2004.
• In 2007, Microsoft announced that it had purchased a 1.6%
share of Facebook for $240 million, giving Facebook a total
implied value of around $15 billion.
• The latest news about Facebook state that In April 2012
Facebook bought the application Instagram for US$1 billion.

5. 5
Facebook
was
founded
by
Net worth US $27.9 billion
(programmer & Internet entrepreneur)
Net worth US $3.3 billion
(business aspects)
Net worth US $3.8 billion
(programmer)Net worth US $850 million
(promoter)
Net worth: Unknown
(graphic artist)

7. IN
2005
TheFacebook.comwww.
• After purchasing the domain name facebook.com for $200,000
and was made available to high school students.
Users increased
from
1 million
(2004)
to 1.23
billion

8. Facebook® is a social networking website. You can access
Facebook® by login into www.facebook.com and this is what
you will see….

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10. Old User profile
• Users can create profiles with photos
• Lists of personal interests
• Contact information
• Communicate with friends
• Create Pages or Groups

11. New Profile

12. • On June 13, 2009, Facebook introduced a "Usernames"
feature, whereby pages can be linked with simpler URL.
Facebook introduced a "Usernames"
feature

13. • Mobile Phones
• Laptop’s & Desktop
• Tablets
Facebook on various electrical
components

14. Facebook user’s
No. Country Population Internet Users
Facebook
Users
% Internet
Users
%
Facebook
Users
% Facebook
Users of
Internet Users
1 United Sates 313,847,465 245,203,319 166,029,240 78.13% 52.9% 67.71%
2 Bangladesh 15,66,00000 1,017,9000 20,9000 6.5% 2.5% 38.47%
3 India 1,205,073,612 137,000,000 62,713,680 11.37% 5.2% 45.78%
4 United Kingdom 63,047,162 52,731,209 32,950,400 83.64% 52.26% 62.49%
6 Canada 34,300,083 28,469,069 18,090,640 83% 52.74% 63.54%
7 Japan 127,368,088 101,228,736 17,196,080 79.48% 13.5% 16.99%
8 Australia 22,015,576 19,554,832 11,680,640 88.82% 53.06% 59.73%
9 Pakistan 190,291,129 29,128,970 7,984,880 15.31% 4.2% 27.41%
10 China 1,343,239,923 538,000,000 633,300 40.05% 0.05% 0.12%
11 Russia 142,517,670 67,982,547 7,963,400 47.7% 5.59% 11.71%
12 Hong Kong 7,153,519 5,329,372 4,034,560 74.5% 56.4% 75.7%

15. Facebook Remarkable user growth

16. Half of the world online population uses
Facebook

17. Why Use Facebook?
• People use Facebook to fulfill two basic social needs:
1. The need to fit in
2. The need for self-presentation

18. Facebook Features
• Facebook Chat
• “Friending”: sending friend requests to users
• Facebook credits: allows users to buy virtual products for
games and apps on Facebook
• Listen with friends: allows you to listen to music with your
friends
• Like button
• Messages and Inbox
• Notifications
• Poke: gesture to attract another user’s attention
• Photos and Photo tagging

19. • Easy to use.
• Facebook is free and its one of the best medium for
communication.
• Facebook® allows people to connect, to learn from each
other, to discuss issues, viewpoints and share advice.
• Facebook provides entertainment, tons of gaming and other
applications.
• Facebook as source of information & news.
• Through Facebook Ads and Fans page you can advertise your
business.
• Facebook has good privacy setting which gives you the
option to customize according to your wish.
Advantages of Facebook®

20. • Facebook addiction which causes many problems.
• Fake profile
• Bad effects on students results
• Wastes their time in browsing Facebook
• Used by criminal minds
• Future employers, teachers/professors, relatives, and strangers
can see things that you post as public
Disadvantages of Facebook®

21. Conclusion
• To conclude, Facebook is one of the most famous social
networks.
• It is widely used by people of both genders and different ages.
• It is easy to use and it is a good way to remain socially
interactive with friends and family.
• If we use it correctly, then we can avoid all the disadvantages
that might occur if we are not careful enough.

22. Thank You