Facebook Historical Company Timeline

2010

• August

  Facebook launches Places

• July

  Facebook reaches over 500 million active users

• July

  Facebook launches beta of Questions

• February

  Facebook reaches over 400 million active users

2009

• December

  Facebook reaches over 350 million active users

• September

  Facebook reaches over 300 million active users

• August

  Facebook acquires FriendFeed

• July

  Facebook reaches over 250 million active users

• June

  Facebook launches Facebook Usernames

• May

  Digital Sky Technologies makes a $200 million investment for preferred stock at a $10 billion valuation

• April

  Facebook reaches over 200 million active users

• February

  Facebook reaches over 175 million active users
  Facebook joins OpenID board
  “Like” feature added

• January

  Facebook reaches over 150 million active users
  CNN Live/Facebook integration

2008

• December

  Facebook Connect becomes generally available

• August

  Facebook reaches over 100 million active users

• April

  Facebook launches Facebook Chat
  Facebook releases Translation application to 21 additional languages

• March

  Facebook updates privacy controls to include Friend List privacy
  Facebook launches in German

• February

  Facebook launches in Spanish and French

• January

  Facebook co-sponsors Presidential Debates with ABC News

2007

• November

  Facebook launches Facebook Ads

• October

  Facebook reaches over 50 million active users
  Facebook launches Facebook Platform for Mobile
  Facebook and Microsoft expand advertising deal to cover international markets; Microsoft takes a $240 million equity stake in Facebook

• July

  Facebook acquires startup Parakey

• May

  Facebook launches Marketplace application for classified listings
  Facebook hosts F8 event to launch Facebook Platform
  Facebook Platform launches with 65 developer partners and over 85 applications

• April

  Facebook reaches 20 million active users
  Facebook updates site design and adds network portals

• March

  Facebook reaches over 2 million active Canadian users and 1 million active UK users

• February

  Virtual gift shop launches as a feature

2006

• December

  Facebook reaches more than 12 million active users

• November

  Share feature added on Facebook, simultaneously launched on over 20 partner sites

• September

  News Feed and Mini-Feed are introduced with additional privacy controls
  Facebook expands registration so anyone can join

• August

  Facebook development platform launches
  Notes application is introduced
  Facebook and Microsoft form strategic relationship for banner ad syndication

• May

  Facebook expands to add work networks

• April

  Facebook raises $27.5 million from Greylock Partners, Meritech Capital Partners and others
  Facebook Mobile feature launches

2005

• December

  Facebook reaches more than 5.5 million active users

• October

  Photos is added as an application
  Facebook begins to add international school networks

• September

  Facebook expands to add high school networks

• August

  The company officially changes its name to Facebook from thefacebook.com

• May

  Facebook raises $12.7 million in venture capital from Accel Partners;
  Facebook grows to support more than 800 college networks

2004

• December

  Facebook reaches nearly 1 million active users

• September

  Groups application is added; the Wall is added as a Profile feature

• June

  Facebook moves its base of operations to Palo Alto, Calif.

• March

  Facebook expands from Harvard to Stanford, Columbia and Yale

• February

  Mark Zuckerberg and co-founders Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes and Eduardo Saverin launch Facebook from their Harvard dorm room

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