Facebook, one of the world's largest websites, celebrated its 7 birthday in Friday. Along the way, from a student's social club to become the world's most popular social networking site, 500 million of users, the number of millions of pages per day, the amount of page traffic, from the establishment of the day has not stopped the status update ... We decided to review the 7-year history of Facebook.
2004
February 4, 2004: Thefacebook founded at Harvard University
June 2004: The company moved to Palo Alto
September 2004: Added group function, message wall on-line
December 2004: User reaches 1 million
2005
August 2005: Thefacebook renamed for Facebook.com
September 2005: Expansion to high school
October 2005: Photo Application online
December 2005: User reaches 5.5 million
2006
April 2006: Facebook mobile version Online
August 2006: Facebook platform launched, "blog" online, and Microsoft to achieve advertising cooperation
September 2006: News seed function Online, user dissatisfaction privacy settings, Facebook open to all users
December 2006: User reaches 12 million
2007
May 2007: The Facebook platform and Facebook apps are officially launched at the F8 developer Conference
August 2007: Website for iphone customization
October 2007: Mobile platform online, Microsoft invested heavily in Facebook
November 2007: Facebook AD System Online
2008
March 2008: Friends List Add privacy control
April 2008: Start Facebook Chat
July 2008: Facebook Connect online, Facebook for iphone landing at Apple Store
September 2008: New Facebook determines
2009
February 2009: "Like" function online, user agreement changes caused controversy
June 2009: Personalized username Online
August 2009: Acquisition of FriendFeed
October 2009: Adjusting the Privacy policy
December 2009: User reaches 350 million
2010
April 2010: Open Graphics API online
May 2010: Privacy issues are more serious
July 2010: User reaches 500 million
August 2010: Facebook places online, privacy concerns
October 2010: The movie "Social Network"
December 2010: Time Magazine's comment on Zuckerberg's "The Man of the Year"
2011
January 2011: Valued at $50 billion
"Social networking" won four Golden Globe awards