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Facebook launched the Facebook Platform on May 24, 2007, providing a framework for software developers to create applications that interact with core Facebook features. [1] [2] A markup language called Facebook Markup Language was introduced simultaneously; it is used to customize the "look and feel" of applications that developers create.
After live videos having skyrocketed on Facebook in the last months, the social network launches Facebook Creator, an app for mobile video posts offering influencers Live Creative Kit for adding intros and outros to broadcasts, a unified inbox of Facebook and Instagram comments plus Messenger chats, cross-posting to Twitter and expansive analytics.
Facebook Messenger is an instant messaging service and software application. It began as Facebook Chat in 2008, [95] was revamped in 2010 [96] and eventually became a standalone mobile app in August 2011, while remaining part of the user page on browsers. [97]
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.
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]
Eduardo Luiz Saverin (/ ˈ s æ v ər ɪ n / SAV-ər-in, Brazilian Portuguese: [eduˈaʁdu luˈis saveˈɾĩ] ⓘ; born March 19, 1982) [4] is a Brazilian billionaire entrepreneur and angel investor, known for having co-founded Facebook. [5] In 2012, he owned about 2% of Facebook shares, [6] valued at approximately $2 billion at the time.
Facebook announced a pilot program called Deals, which offered online coupons and discounts from local businesses, at an event at its Palo Alto office on 3 November 2010. [233] Deals launched on April 25, 2011, in five cities—Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, San Diego, and San Francisco—with the hope of expanding.
React Native is an open-source UI software framework developed by Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook Inc.). [3] It is used to develop applications for Android, [4]: §Chapter 1 [5] [6] Android TV, [7] iOS, [4]: §Chapter 1 [6] macOS, [8] tvOS, [9] Web, [10] Windows [8] and UWP [11] by enabling developers to use the React framework along with native platform capabilities. [12]