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The Facebook Platform is the set of services, tools, and products provided by the social networking service Facebook for third-party developers to create their own applications and services that access data in Facebook. [1] The current Facebook Platform was launched in 2010. [2]
Facebook had surpassed MySpace in global traffic and became the world’s most popular social media platform. Microsoft announced that it had purchased a 1.6% share of Facebook for $240 million ($353 million in 2023 dollars [31]), giving Facebook an implied value of around $15 billion ($22 billion in 2023 dollars [31]).
Facebook incorporates into a new company, [312] and Sean Parker (early employee of Napster) becomes its president. [29] 2004: August: Product: To compete with growing campus-only service i2hub, Zuckerberg launches Wirehog. It is a precursor to Facebook Platform applications. [313] 2004: September: Financial/legal
Facebook Platform Statistics as of May 2010: More than one million developers and entrepreneurs from more than 180 countries; More than 550,000 active applications currently on Facebook Platform; Every month, more than 70% of Facebook users engage with Platform applications; More than 250,000 websites have integrated with Facebook Platform
In 2020, Facebook, Inc. spent $19.7 million on lobbying, hiring 79 lobbyists. In 2019, it had spent $16.7 million on lobbying and had a team of 71 lobbyists, up from $12.6 million and 51 lobbyists in 2018. [126] Facebook was the largest spender of lobbying money among the Big Tech companies in 2020. [127]
Facebook: Meta Platforms United States: 2004 3.070 billion [1] [2] 2.11 billion daily active users [1] YouTube: Alphabet Inc. United States: 2005 2.504 billion [3] WhatsApp: Meta Platforms United States: 2009 2 billion [3] Had 1 billion daily active users when it had 1.3 billion monthly active users [citation needed] Instagram: Meta Platforms ...
Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook, Inc.) is a technology company that has acquired 91 other companies, including WhatsApp. The WhatsApp acquisition closed at a steep $16 billion; more than $40 per user of the platform.
Messenger, [11] also known as Facebook Messenger, is an American proprietary instant messaging service developed by Meta Platforms.Originally developed as Facebook Chat in 2008, the client application of Messenger is currently available on iOS and Android mobile platforms, Windows and macOS desktop platforms, through the Messenger.com web application, and on the standalone Facebook Portal ...