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Facebook launches Trending Topics for its web version in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India, and Australia. [ 390 ] [ 391 ] This is based on feedback to a pilot version tested both on the web and mobile starting August 2013.
A 2019 book titled The Real Face of Facebook in India, co-authored by the journalists Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and Cyril Sam, alleged that Facebook helped enable and benefited from the rise of Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India. [385] Ankhi Das, Facebook's policy director for India and South and Central Asia ...
Facebook launches News Feed. The original news feed is an algorithmically generated and constantly refreshing summary of updates about the activities of one's friends. [44] 2006 Launch Nasza Klasa launches, later rebranded NK.pl peaking in popularity by 2009, becoming the biggest social media in Poland and the 4th most-visited website in the ...
In 2010, Facebook opened its fourth office, in Hyderabad, India, [214] which houses online advertising and developer support teams and provides support to users and advertisers. [215] In India, Meta is registered as Facebook India Online Services Pvt Ltd. [ 216 ] It also has support centers in Chittagong ; Dublin ; [ clarification needed ...
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (/ ˈ z ʌ k ər b ɜːr ɡ /; born May 14, 1984) is an American businessman who co-founded the social media service Facebook and its parent company Meta Platforms, of which he is the chairman, chief executive officer, and controlling shareholder.
Internet.org is a partnership between social networking services company Meta Platforms and six companies (Samsung, Ericsson, MediaTek, Opera Software, Nokia and Qualcomm) that plans to bring affordable access to selected Internet services to less developed countries by increasing efficiency, and facilitating the development of new business models around the provision of Internet access.
Facebook acquires Instagram for approximately US$1 billion in cash and stock. [17] [18] 2012: April 30: Growth: Instagram hits 50 million monthly active users. [12] 2012: June: Competition: Vine (service), a short-form video sharing service, launches. It was acquired by Twitter in October that year. [19] 2012: December 17
Facebook, Inc. announces its acquisition of WhatsApp for US$19 billion, its largest acquisition to date. [14] Facebook pays $4 billion in cash, $12 billion in Facebook shares, and an additional $3 billion in restricted stock units granted to WhatsApp's founders. [15] 2014: March: Security