Facebook Facebook is an online social networking service. Its name comes from the colloquial name for the book given to students at the start of the academic year by some American university administrations to help students get to know one another.Facebook was founded in February 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow Harvard University students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. The founders had initially limited the websites membership to students of the University of Harvard, but later expanded it to colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy League, and Stanford University. It gradually added support for students at various other universities before it opened to high-school students, and eventually to anyone aged 13 and over. Facebook now allows anyone who claims to be at least 13 years old to become a registered user of the website. Type : Public Traded as NASDAQ : FB Foundation date : Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. (February 4, 2004) Headquarters : Menlo Park, California, U.S. Area served : United States (2004–05) Worldwide : (2005–present) Founder(s) : Mark Zuckerberg Eduardo Saverin Andrew McCollum Dustin Moskovitz Chris Hughes Key people : Mark Zuckerberg (Chairman and CEO) Sheryl Sandberg (COO) Industry : Internet Revenue : Increase $5.1 billion (2012)[1] Operating income : Decrease US$ 538 million (2012)[2] Net income : Increase US$ 53 million (2012)[2] Total assets : Increase US$ 15.10 billion (2012)[2] Total equity : Increase US$ 11.75 billion (2012)[2] Employees : 5,299 (June 2013)[3] Subsidiaries : Instagram Website : facebook Written in : C++ and PHP[4] Alexa rank : Steady 2 (November 2013)[5] Type of site : Social networking service Registration : Required Users : 1.15 billion (active March 2013)[6] Available in : Multilingual (70) Launched : February 4, 2004 Current status : Active
Posted on: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:03:36 +0000
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