history of 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.