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The evolution of facebook
Facebook launched in 2004 exclusively for Harvard students before expanding. Over the next 8 years, Facebook introduced major new features like News Feed, profiles, pages for celebrities and companies, video chat, timelines to showcase users' lives, and acquired Instagram in 2012, marking Facebook's expansion beyond solely a social network.
The evolution of facebook
- 1. The Evolution OfFacebook 2004-2012
- 2. 2004: Welcome tothefacebook.com A snapshot from the earliest days of Facebook. Before it had 1 billion users, the site was available to Harvard students only.
- 3. 2005: The originalFacebook profile A Facebook profile in 2005 (back when users could specify they were looking for "Random play.")
- 4. 2006: Mark Zuckerberg'sprofile 2006 brought Facebook's first major redesign. A News Feed was added to a user's homepage, and a Mini Feed appeared on individual profile pages.
- 5. 2008: Facebook's homepage Asleeker welcome page for Facebook's growing number of users.
- 6. 2009: Facebook Homepage In2009, the News Feed was replaced with a Real-Time Stream. Facebook also asked users, "What's on your mind?" prompting Facebookers to share status updates.
- 7. 2010: Profiles geta facelift Facebook overhauled its profile pages again in 2010.
- 8. 2010: Facebook Pages LoveLady Gaga? "Like" her on Facebook. In 2010, companies and celebrities could invite fans and customers to connect with them on Facebook.
- 9. 2011: Ticker Facebook stalkingbecame even easier in 2011 when a real-time activity feed was added to the homepage.
- 10. 2011: Video Chat In2011 Facebook enabled video calling.
- 11. 2011: Hello Timeline! In2011, the social networking giant ditched the concept of a "wall" and introduced Timeline. "Tell your life story," urged Facebook.
- 12. 2011: Facebook subscribe Facebookenabled subscribe in 2011, allowing users to see people's public status updates and posts. Now called "follow," the feature's privacy settings still manage to trip up even the most savvy of Facebook users.
- 13. 2012: Facebook's App Center Tosatisfy it's increasingly mobile audience, in 2012 Facebook rolled out its App Center. The App Center initially featured about 500 Facebook apps, mostly games.
- 14. 2012: Facebook acquiresInstagram In the spring of 2012, Facebook acquired photosharing site Instagram for one billion dollars. Zuckerberg commented on the acquisition, calling it "an important milestone for Facebook."