Facebook in short

No one can deny that today Facebook is the boss of the social media around the world. Perhaps there are still countries that are reluctant to change the social network, but slowly the network created by Mark Zuckerberg is entering those regions that it does not yet dominate.

The history of Facebook dates back to 2004, when still Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg created a social network like project so that students could get to know each other more each. Precisely, the name of the social network is based on the document that students must fill out during the first year in order for them to get to know each other better.

Two years after its opening the entry of students from other universities was allowed. By that year, Facebook had become an important social network. This is demonstrated by the buying interest it had and its subsequent decline.

The purchase amount was $ 750 million. With even more force, Facebook receives support from Indian institutes of technology and increase your potential. In September of the same year, the network opens to the world and receives harsh criticism from its student users. However, from that year on, it has done better than ever, acquiring a couple of companies and also selling 1.6 percent of its shares to Microsoft, putting $ 240 million in its pocket.

Facebook's popularity has made the cover of Newsweek magazine and its creator Mark Zuckerberg with his 24 years is the youngest character that has appeared in Forbes magazine.

The success of Facebook is that is a platform open to third parties, those who can develop applications or create businesses within it. According to Alexa, the page that measures web traffic, Facebook is the 7th most visited web site in the world.