| 01 February 2004 |
Mark Zuckerberg and co-founders Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes launch Facebook |
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| 01 March 2004 |
Facebook expands from Harvard to Stanford, Columbia and Yale |
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| 01 June 2004 |
Facebook moves its base of operations to Palo Alto, California |
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| 01 September 2004 |
Groups application is added |
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| 01 September 2004 |
The Wall is added as a Profile feature |
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| 01 December 2004 |
Facebook reaches nearly 1 million active users |
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| 01 May 2005 |
Facebook raises $12.7 million in venture capital from Accel Partners |
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| 01 May 2005 |
Facebook grows to support more than 800 college networks |
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| 01 August 2005 |
The Company officially changes its name to Facebook from thefacebook.com |
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| 01 September 2005 |
Facebook expands to add high school networks |
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| 01 October 2005 |
Photos is added as an application |
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| 01 October 2005 |
Facebook begins to add international school networks |
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| 01 December 2005 |
Facebook reaches more than 5.5 million active users |
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| 01 April 2006 |
Facebook raises $25 million from Greylock Partners and Meritech Capital Partners |
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| 01 April 2006 |
Facebook Mobile feature launches |
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| 01 August 2006 |
Facebook expands to add work networks |
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| 01 August 2006 |
Notes application is introduced |
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| 01 August 2006 |
Facebook and Microsoft form strategic relationship for banner ad syndication |
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| 01 September 2006 |
News Feed and Mini-Feed are introduced with additional privacy controls |
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| 01 September 2006 |
Facebook expands registration so anyone can join |
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| 01 November 2006 |
Share feature added on Facebook, simultaneously launched on over 20 partner sites |
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| 01 December 2006 |
Facebook reaches more than 12 million active users |
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| 01 February 2007 |
Virtual gift shop launches as a feature |
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| 07 February 2007 |
Facebook partner with Ziddo to allow Facebook users to create and share UGC and become part of a new television series, Facebook Diaries |
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| 01 March 2007 |
Facebook reaches over 2 million active Canadian users and 1 million active UK users |
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| 01 April 2007 |
Facebook reaches 20 million active users |
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| 01 April 2007 |
Facebook updates site design and adds network portals |
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| 01 May 2007 |
Facebook launches Marketplace application for classified listings |
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| 19 July 2007 |
Facebook aquires startup Parakey for an undisclosed sum |
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| 19 November 2007 |
Facebook reportedly looking to buy Chinese social network Zhanzuo.com |
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