Important dates in the history of Facebook, who filed the initial public offering on Wednesday (1/2), attempted to collect at least five billion dollars.
2004
-January: Mark Zuckerberg, 19 year-old computer whiz at Harvard University, from his dorm room began to develop an online network which was originally intended to connect the Harvard student.
-February: Thefacebook.com, as it was then called, was launched by Zuckerberg and his three roommates and classmates at Harvard: Chris Hughes, Dustin Moskovitz, and Eduardo Saverin.
-May: Zuckerberg moved to Silicon Valley and decided not to return to Harvard for the fall semester.
-July: Facebook received its first investment: 500 thousand U.S. dollars from one of the founders of PayPal, Peter Thiel.
-September: Facebook adds 'The Wall' for the user profile.
-January: Mark Zuckerberg, 19 year-old computer whiz at Harvard University, from his dorm room began to develop an online network which was originally intended to connect the Harvard student.
-February: Thefacebook.com, as it was then called, was launched by Zuckerberg and his three roommates and classmates at Harvard: Chris Hughes, Dustin Moskovitz, and Eduardo Saverin.
-May: Zuckerberg moved to Silicon Valley and decided not to return to Harvard for the fall semester.
-July: Facebook received its first investment: 500 thousand U.S. dollars from one of the founders of PayPal, Peter Thiel.
-September: Facebook adds 'The Wall' for the user profile.
2005
-April: Facebook gets a second round of funding amounting to U.S. $ 12.7 million from Accel Partners.
-August: Thefacebook.com officially changed its name to Facebook.
-April: Facebook gets a second round of funding amounting to U.S. $ 12.7 million from Accel Partners.
-August: Thefacebook.com officially changed its name to Facebook.
2006
-February: Viacom offers to buy up $ 1.5 billion U.S. dollars, but was rejected. Yahoo! also made an unsuccessful bid one billion U.S. dollars.
-September: Facebook adds 'News Feed' and is open to anyone over the age of 13 years.
-February: Viacom offers to buy up $ 1.5 billion U.S. dollars, but was rejected. Yahoo! also made an unsuccessful bid one billion U.S. dollars.
-September: Facebook adds 'News Feed' and is open to anyone over the age of 13 years.
2007
-September: Facebook launches U.S. $ 10 million fund, to provide money to companies or individuals who want to build applications.
-October: Microsoft taking a stake worth 240 million dollars in Facebook in a deal that assess the social networking at 15 billion U.S. dollars. Facebook has 50 million members.
-December: Zuckerberg apologized for "mistakes" in launching a new advertising platform called Beacon which tracks purchases made by Facebook members and let their friends know what they are buying.
-September: Facebook launches U.S. $ 10 million fund, to provide money to companies or individuals who want to build applications.
-October: Microsoft taking a stake worth 240 million dollars in Facebook in a deal that assess the social networking at 15 billion U.S. dollars. Facebook has 50 million members.
-December: Zuckerberg apologized for "mistakes" in launching a new advertising platform called Beacon which tracks purchases made by Facebook members and let their friends know what they are buying.
2008
-February: A 65 million dollar settlement reached with twins Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss over allegations that Zuckerberg stole their idea for Facebook during at Harvard. Facebook launched a Spanish website.
-March: Sheryl Sandberg, a Google chief executive, was hired as chief operating officer of Facebook. French and German Facebook site was launched.
-April: dethroned MySpace to Facebook social networking site's most popular in the world.
-August: Facebook membership reached 100 million.
-September: Zuckerberg has been named as one of the 400 richest Americans by Forbes magazine with a fortune estimated at 1.5 billion U.S. dollars.
-October: open up its international headquarters in Dublin, Ireland.
-February: A 65 million dollar settlement reached with twins Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss over allegations that Zuckerberg stole their idea for Facebook during at Harvard. Facebook launched a Spanish website.
-March: Sheryl Sandberg, a Google chief executive, was hired as chief operating officer of Facebook. French and German Facebook site was launched.
-April: dethroned MySpace to Facebook social networking site's most popular in the world.
-August: Facebook membership reached 100 million.
-September: Zuckerberg has been named as one of the 400 richest Americans by Forbes magazine with a fortune estimated at 1.5 billion U.S. dollars.
-October: open up its international headquarters in Dublin, Ireland.
2009
-March: Facebook launched its first mobile application for the site.
-April: Membership Facebook reaches 200 million.
-May: Russian internet company Digital Sky Technologies invested 200 million U.S. dollars on Facebook in a deal that values the company at 10 billion U.S. dollars.
-September: Membership reached 300 million. Zuckerberg said the social networking has become a "positive cash flow," which means their income was insufficient to cover operating costs.
-December: The Electronic Privacy Information Center, Center for Digital Democracy and other U.S. Federal Trade Commission asked to see the Facebook privacy policy, claims to have tricked the user to the protection of their personal data when it changed the privacy settings.
-March: Facebook launched its first mobile application for the site.
-April: Membership Facebook reaches 200 million.
-May: Russian internet company Digital Sky Technologies invested 200 million U.S. dollars on Facebook in a deal that values the company at 10 billion U.S. dollars.
-September: Membership reached 300 million. Zuckerberg said the social networking has become a "positive cash flow," which means their income was insufficient to cover operating costs.
-December: The Electronic Privacy Information Center, Center for Digital Democracy and other U.S. Federal Trade Commission asked to see the Facebook privacy policy, claims to have tricked the user to the protection of their personal data when it changed the privacy settings.
2010
-February: Facebook membership reached 400 million.
-May: Pakistan blocked access to Facebook after a race encourages users to post caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad on the site.
-July: Membership reached 500 million. Lady Gaga became the first with 10 million fans on Facebook, beyond the few days ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama.
-August: Facebook launches Facebook Places, which lets members use mobile devices to share their whereabouts.
-October: 'The Social Network, "David Fincher directed film about the origins of Facebook, success in cinemas. The film, written by Aaron Sorkin and starring Jesse Eisenberg and pop star Justin Timberlake is achieved box office. Nominated for eight Oscars, and won three: for 'the best adapted screenplay, original score and film editing'.
-November: Email address Facebook.com launched.
-December: Time magazine gives Zuckerberg the title "Person of the Year 'for" changing the way we live our lives every day. "
-February: Facebook membership reached 400 million.
-May: Pakistan blocked access to Facebook after a race encourages users to post caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad on the site.
-July: Membership reached 500 million. Lady Gaga became the first with 10 million fans on Facebook, beyond the few days ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama.
-August: Facebook launches Facebook Places, which lets members use mobile devices to share their whereabouts.
-October: 'The Social Network, "David Fincher directed film about the origins of Facebook, success in cinemas. The film, written by Aaron Sorkin and starring Jesse Eisenberg and pop star Justin Timberlake is achieved box office. Nominated for eight Oscars, and won three: for 'the best adapted screenplay, original score and film editing'.
-November: Email address Facebook.com launched.
-December: Time magazine gives Zuckerberg the title "Person of the Year 'for" changing the way we live our lives every day. "
2011
-January: A private stock offering generates 1.5 billion dollars from investors and the value of Facebook at 50 billion U.S. dollars.
-February: Facebook announced plans to move from Palo Alto to a campus area that was once the basis for Sun Microsystems in Menlo Park nearby.
-April: Facebook began offering a similar program of daily transactions for online bargains made popular by Groupon but closing the program in August. Obama to visit Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, taking questions from Zuckerberg, employees and an online audience.
-September: page timeline is introduced which allows Facebook users to change their profiles into interactive digital scrap books that tell the story of their lives.
-November: Facebook agreed to tighten privacy policy and submit to external audits in a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
-January: A private stock offering generates 1.5 billion dollars from investors and the value of Facebook at 50 billion U.S. dollars.
-February: Facebook announced plans to move from Palo Alto to a campus area that was once the basis for Sun Microsystems in Menlo Park nearby.
-April: Facebook began offering a similar program of daily transactions for online bargains made popular by Groupon but closing the program in August. Obama to visit Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, taking questions from Zuckerberg, employees and an online audience.
-September: page timeline is introduced which allows Facebook users to change their profiles into interactive digital scrap books that tell the story of their lives.
-November: Facebook agreed to tighten privacy policy and submit to external audits in a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
2012
-January: Facebook filed for initial public offering (IPO) that want to raise at least five billion dollars.
-January: Facebook filed for initial public offering (IPO) that want to raise at least five billion dollars.
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