we all probablty know what facebook is because more 300 million people around the world are part of it.
WHAT IS FACEBOOK?
facebook is a social media website that allows people around the world to meet and interact with one another.It was created by a Harvard sophomore, Mark Zuckerbergit. it was launched in february 2004 as a social network for the Harvard university.The site allowed users to chat, post photos and comments, as well as connect with fellow students with common interests through online groups. "By last summer, it was used by more than 30,000 educational institutions in the US, Canada, and other English-speaking countries, with roughly eight million users". Last september facebook started accepting registrations from users around the world. This step helped facebook in becoming very popular around the world.Today there are 21 million facebook users around the world and every week 100,000 new users join.
APPLICATIONS
Facebook has many applications that make the interaction between friends aorund the world easier. Last March 2008, Facebook started the application instant messaging,which wil help people to interact directly with one another. "Initial rumors claimed that the new Facebook IM service, which is to be embedded into people's profiles, would be based on Jabber, the same standard underlying Google Talk".
There are many applications that facebook provide to its users and i will keep you updated with them every week because facebook is an intrest we all share.
helen
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6 comments:
Nice infos u have...i use to have an idea before about facebook but your more into searching deeply and thats so cool...waiting to know more...anywayz good luck
reallly interesting topic and very good informations,keep the good work...
farah: hey nice work but a little advice add hypertext to your articles,because the websites that you provided i cant access them from your blog.. i liked your font color design.. Did you like ours? or you think it needs some changes. we used the red,white,green.. lebanese flag hehe. keep up the goodwork. farah:)
i hav a facebook..but i really think it's useless..i deactivated my account several times..i wish you can convince me of the benifits of facebooK in ur next posts.
intresting idea..keep in the good work.
NOUR HAJJ:D
Yah i hate facebook, n i deactivated my account too; but i cant forget about its advantages..
i mean it connects ppl all around the world, and it's successful nobody can argue with that...
Nice!!!
Jana:)
Fascebook is a waste of time
Rawane
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