Facebook gears up for its 10th birthday

February 01, 2014

Facebook will celebrate its 10th birthday on Tuesday, an occasion likely to spur an outpouring of reflection on its past and speculation about its future.Mark Zuckerberg launched “Thefacebook” from his dorm room at Harvard University on Feb. 4, 2004. The site was conceived as a way to connect students, and let them build an online identity for themselves.It has since expanded to cover a large swath of the planet, with more than 1.2 billion people—one-seventh of the world’s population—using its site on a monthly basis, according to the company’s own recent figures.Zuckerberg reflected on the 10-year milestone at an industry conference in Silicon Valley this week. Not surprisingly, at the start he never envisioned Facebook becoming so large or influential. After launching the initial version, “it was awesome to have this utility and community at our school,” he said at the Open Compute Project Summit.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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