Timeline

2004

• February

Mark Zuckerberg and co-founders Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes and Eduardo Saverin launch Facebook from their Harvard dorm room

• March

Facebook expands from Harvard to Stanford, Columbia and Yale

• June

Facebook moves its base of operations to Palo Alto, Calif.

• September

Groups application is added; the Wall is added as a Profile feature

• December

Facebook reaches nearly 1 million active users

2005

• May

Facebook raises $12.7 million in venture capital from Accel Partners;
Facebook grows to support more than 800 college networks

• August

The company officially changes its name to Facebook from thefacebook.com

• September

Facebook expands to add high school networks

• October

Photos is added as an application
Facebook begins to add international school networks

• December

Facebook reaches more than 5.5 million active users

2006

• April

Facebook raises $27.5 million from Greylock Partners, Meritech Capital Partners and others
Facebook Mobile feature launches

• May

Facebook expands to add work networks

• August

Facebook development platform launches
Notes application is introduced
Facebook and Microsoft form strategic relationship for banner ad syndication

• September

News Feed and Mini-Feed are introduced with additional privacy controls
Facebook expands registration so anyone can join

• November

Share feature added on Facebook, simultaneously launched on over 20 partner sites

• December

Facebook reaches more than 12 million active users

 

2007

• February

Virtual gift shop launches as a feature

• March

Facebook reaches over 2 million active Canadian users and 1 million active UK users

• April

Facebook reaches 20 million active users
Facebook updates site design and adds network portals

• 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

• July

Facebook acquires startup Parakey

• 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

• November

Facebook launches Facebook Ads

2008

• January

Facebook co-sponsors Presidential Debates with ABC News

• February

Facebook launches in Spanish and French

• March

Facebook updates privacy controls to include Friend List privacy
Facebook launches in German

• April

Facebook launches Facebook Chat
Facebook releases Translation application to 21 additional languages

• August

Facebook reaches over 100 million active users

• December

Facebook Connect becomes generally available

2009

• January

Facebook reaches over 150 million active users
CNN Live/Facebook integration

• February

Facebook reaches over 175 million active users
Facebook joins OpenID board
“Like” feature added

• April

Facebook reaches over 200 million active users

• May

Digital Sky Technologies makes a $200 million investment for preferred stock at a $10 billion valuation

• June

Facebook launches Facebook Usernames

• July

Facebook reaches over 250 million active users

• August

Facebook acquires FriendFeed

• September

Facebook reaches over 300 million active users

• December

Facebook reaches over 350 million active users

2010

• February

Facebook reaches over 400 million active users

• July

Facebook reaches over 500 million active users

• July

Facebook launches beta of Questions

• August

Facebook launches Places