Facebook: Usage, Network, Communication, Privacy

February 2004 • Facebook is launched from Harvard dorm room • December 2004 . Facebook reaches nearly 1 million active • September 2004 • Groups application is added; Wall feạ- ture added to Profile users December 2005 • Facebook reaches more than 5.5 million active users facebook • October 2005 . Photos is added as an application Face- book begins to add international school networks • December 2006 • Facebook reaches more than 12 million active users • October 2007 . Facebook reaches over 50 million active users • May 2006 • Facebook Expands to Include Work Networks • August 2008 Facebook reaches over 100 million active users • October 2006 • Facebook Enables Users to Share Video, Photos, News, Blogs and More from Anywhere on the Web • April 2009.: Facebook reaches over 200 million active users • February 2007 - Virtual gift shop launches as a feature usage • networks • communication • privacy • September 2009 • Facebook reaches over 300 million active users • February 2010 • Facebook reaches over 400 million active users • October 2007 • Facebook launches Facebook Platform for Mo- bile Facebook • July 2010 • Facebook reaches over 500 million active users : November 2007 • Facebook Unveils Face- book Ads • December 2010 • 50% of active users log on to Facebook in any given day • January 2008 • Facebook CO-Spon- sors Presidential Debates with ABC News • December 2010 • People spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook • April 2008 • Announcement: Facebook Launches Facebook Chat • December 2010 • More than 500 million active users • Februggy 2009 : Facebook joins OpeņID "Like" feature added board • March 2005 • Facebook expands from Harvard to Stanford, Columbia and Yale • August 2009 • Facebook Agrees to Acquire Sharing Service FriendFeed • September 2005 • Fạcebook ex- pands to add high school networks • February 2010 • PayPal is Now a Way to Pay for Facebook Ads and Facebook Credits • September 2006 • Facebook expands registration so anyone can join • December 2010 • There are more than 200 million active users currently accessing Facebook through their mobile devices. • March 2007 • Facebook reaches oyer 2 million active Canadian users and 1 million active UK users • December 2010 • More than 30 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo albums, etc.) d each month. shared • Februgry 2008 • Façebook launch- es in Spanish and French • December 2007• Announcement: Face- book Users Can Now Opt-Out of Beacon Feature • March 2008 • Facebook Releases Site in German • March 2008 • Facebook updates privacy controls to include Friend List privacy • December 2010 . About 70% of Facebook users are outside the • December 2009 • Facebook offers Personalized Privacy to it's More Than 350 Million Users Around the World United States • December 2010 • More than 70 transļations available on the site • April 2010 • Facebook and its Safety Advisory Board Launch Robust New Safety Center • December 2010 • Aver- age user has 130 friends • May 2010 • Facebook Redesigns Privacy • December 2010 • Facebook has more than 500 million active users Data courtesy of Facebook.com Layout and Design by Andrea Rainey