Your
virtual world surfers are often explore one of the sites to other sites
would not forget to hang out or at least just stop by one of the sites
again today rocketed. What site? Yes, of course facebook site! Currently anyone who did not know him? Certainly a literate person and never surf the site would know this one. Even
those who used to only surf to simply open the email now began to
linger at home in front of the computer to change settings on her
Facebook account.
But do you know that Facebook was once just a site devoted exclusively to children's course at Harvard campus? Then
you know you were the creator of this site have sued in court on
charges of plagiarism and intellectual rights of source code from
another company? Also have a site Facebook really a twin?
So, for those interested in knowing more specifics over the next facebook will be presented a piece of the story of its history.
History and Development
The
origin of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg started when (the time the second
semester student at Harvard University) made a site partner contact for
campus counterparts. Zuckerberg is inspired from the site called Hot or Not Facemash.com homemade site. This
site method of display two pictures couples (man and woman), in which
the next two couples will be chosen by the members of the site where
the couple the most "hot". Well,
to display photos of the couple on this site, Zuckerberg seeks by all
means look for pictures of his way around the 'door-to-door' to ask for
pictures.
Zuckerberg broke into the campus computer network access to obtain additional photographs. However,
this action known to the campus and then block them Facemash.com site
followed by actions to Zuckerberg sanctions with the threat of fire
from the campus (although the threat is not to be realized). His
actions were, Zuckerberg defended himself by saying "The action of
blocking the campus site facemash.com true reason, but unfortunately
they do not realize their potential that could be a tool for campus
popularity booster itself". He continued "Sooner or later, there will also be others who make similar sites".
2004
Not
sour, in the following semester, to be exact on February 4, 2004,
Zuckerberg created a new site called "The Facebook" which address URL:
http://www.thefacebook.com. For
this new site, Zuckerberg commented sarcasm: "I think the campus
efforts to create a medium of exchange of information between academic
civitas that takes many years is a ridiculous thing. With this Website, I can do it just in a week only "
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When you first launched "The Facebook" is limited in the Harvard campus alone. And
really amazing! Within one month of its users already covers more than half the number of students at Harvard at the time. Furthermore, a number of colleagues joined Zuckerberg to strengthen thefacebook.com team. They
are Eduardo Saverin (business analyst), Dustin Moskovitz (programmer),
Andrew McCollum (graphic designer), and Chris Hughes.
In
March 2004, thefacebook.com began sweeping several other campuses in
the city of Boston, USA and also to a number of prominent campus like
Stanford, Columbia, Yale, and the Ivy League. Did not take long, this site has spread its use in almost every campus in the U.S. and Canada. In June 2004, Zuckerberg, McCollum and Moskovitz moved the headquarters to Palo Alto, California. Here they share also assisted by Adam D'Angelo and Sean Parker.
Mid-2004, thefacebook.com got his first investment from PayPal cofounder, Pieter Thiel.
2005
In May 2005, thefacebook.com a fresh injection of funds joint venture with Accel Partners. Dated
August 23, 2005, officially thefacebook buy their domain names from
Aboutface.com for EUR 200,000 and since then a fragment of the phrase
"the" is not used anymore, so their name officially became
facebook.com.
In the year 2005 is also, facebook has expanded the range of users to the high school students. Still
in the same year, a number of universities in Mexico, the United
Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand can also enjoy the Facebook network.
2006
Beginning
in 2006, Facebook was rumored to be acquired by a company with a price
of USD 750 million, and even offer jumped to $ 2 billion. But this news was confirmed. In
April 2006, Facebook received an injection of fresh funds of USD 25
million investment from Peter Thiel, Greylock Partners, and Meritech
Capital Partners. In May the same year Facebook started reaching Asia through the Indian subcontinent. In the mid-year, gilliran Israel and Germany. Finally
on September 11, 2006, Facebook changed the status of registration to
be "free to join" to all owners of valid email addresses around the
world.
2007
In September 2007, Microsoft announced that it has bought 1.6% stake in Facebook worth USD 15 billion. In making this stock are also covered by the agreement that Microsoft has the right to place their ads on Facebook. Seeing
this step a number of other giant players such as Google, Viacom,
Friendster also expressed their interest to invest in Facebook. Earlier in the year 2006, Yahoo! has offered acquisition bid worth USD 1 billion. November 2007, a Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing invested $ 60 million worth of Facebook.
2008
In
August 2008, Business Week magazine reported that some other parties
have joined the Facebook stake invested so estimated values ranging
Facebook USD 3.75 billion to USD 5 billion
Site Situation
Facebook users can now freely join the many networks that are governed by city, location of work, school and state. These networks will then connect its members. Fellow users can connect with friends and can see the contents of each individual profile.
Facebook site to get the main revenue from ads attached to him. The user is free to make a profile of each of which can contain info, photos and other personal info. Moreover, it can also send messages to each other, joined with a group or more. By default, the Facebook user profile settings can only be accessed by other users who have been friends. However, this setting can be changed later if desired.
Microsoft is the exclusive partner for Facebook in the running banner ads. This is why Facebook menayang only ads that are contained in the Microsoft network. According
to comScore (site internet marketing researcher) currently gathering
Facebook user data collected by many as Google and Microsoft.
In terms of view, Facebook is often compared to MySpace and Friendster. But
the main difference between them is that MySpace and Friendster allow
users to decorate their profile display with HTML and CSS features,
while Facebook only allows text-only feature so that all user profiles
display a uniform look.
Feature
Facebook
has some features of interaction between the members of these users is
a feature of 'Wall / Wall', a space where users send each other
messages open, 'Poke / dab', means to peck each other virtually,
'Photos / Photo' space to install photographs, and 'Status' showing the condition / current user's ideas. Began
in July 2007, Facebook allows users to send various attachments (links,
applications, etc.) directly to the Wall / Wall, where before it was
allowed only the text.
Over time, Facebook adds some new features to the site. In September 2006, Facebook announced the launch of News Feed / circuit containing news news flash information from each user. At first, this feature is open and can be viewed by anyone. But
after receiving complaints from some users, the Facebook change the
settings of these features so that users can now set which can be
displayed in News Feed / News series news and what is not.
Features Notes / Notes added on August 22, 2006. In this feature the user can import his writings on other blogs (Xanga, LiveJournal, Blogger, etc.) to appear on Facebook. April
7, 2008, Facebook launched one of the favorite features is 'Chat /
Chat', a place where users can send private messages to each other
directly and in real time.
Features 'Gifts / Gift' begins on February 8, 2007. This feature is a feature for exchanging gifts. 'Gift' can be purchased for $ 1 and add a personal message. Dated May 14, 2007, Facebook introduced the 'Marketplace' which allows users to advertise for free. Features of this free advertising is made to compete with similar features introduced by Craigslist.
July 2008, Facebook adjusted so that the site's appearance each category (wall, info, photos, etc.) have separate tabs. Began in March 2009, Facebook tidy appearance "Home / Home".
Platform
On May 24, 2007, promoting Facebook Facebook Platform. This is a tool for software developers to create applications that can be used on Facebook. This
move immediately welcomed by the software developers so until March 25,
2009 recorded that there were 52,000 applications by as many as 660,000
of the developer.
Negative developments
*
In December 2008, the Supreme Court of Australia decided to use the
user data Facebook as one of the bases in determining the decision of
the case.
*
University of New Mexico in October 2005 to block access to Facebook in
a network site Facebook with the excuse is not a support site campus. The Provincial Government of Ontario, Canada is also blocking access to Facebook with a similar reason.
* Some countries till now still banned Facebook access to their citizens. Syrian government banned access to Facebook on the grounds of this site will be used by Israel to expand its influence. The Iranian government is also blocking Facebook for fear that the media will be used by the opposition to mobilize its network.
*
On February 5, 2008, a citizen of Morocco, Fouad Mourtada, was arrested
by local police for making a false profile of Prince Moulay Rachid's
name, which is one of the Moroccan royal family members.
* A number of users who want to get out of the Facebook network to complain difficulties in deleting the profile. This
happens because before Facebook only allows users to simply just
deaktivasi while personal data remains stored in the Facebook servers. This policy has been criticized by users who wish to actually delete all the data. Responded,
Facebook and change the policy on February 29, 2008 that since then the
user who wants out can request personal data to be removed completely
from the Facebook network.
*
In 2004, ConnectU, a site similar to Facebook, make legal claims to
Zuckerberg for alleged plagiarism of creative ideas and source code. The
founders of ConnectU (Divya Narendra, Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler
Winklevoss) which is Zuckerberg classmates at Harvard believe that the
basic concept is the idea of their Facebook and Zuckerberg was hired to
those who designed them.
*
A Canadian citizen, Adam Guerbuez, never use the Facebook site to
advertise penis enlargement products and the use of marijuana. Facebook party then sued in local court Guerbuez and won the lawsuit.
*
On July 24, 2008, Grant Raphael, a British citizen being dragged into
the green table on charges of making false profiles blasphemous
contents former business partner, Mattew Firsht, as a homosexual.
*
Famous Italian footballer, Alessandro Del Piero on Facebook sued
February 9, 2009 because it contains a fake profile of him that
contains links to various sites of Nazi propaganda. Del Piero then declared that he was not a Nazi supporter and did not have any account on Facebook.
Despite the controversy over no denying that Facebook fever was endemic in the whole world. So depending on your own now use Facebook for what purpose by considering the risks that accompany it.
When we read the trip, Mark Zuckerberg is always trying to reach the hopes and dreams with hard work. Hard
Work is the willingness or desire to realize dreams and hopes for
success that makes us superior to others (read the posting Perfection vs. Excellence). Therefore in this article the author calls the same let us make that work is our energy.
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