facebook timeline 2004 to 2010

Company Timeline

2010

·         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