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- 4. GROUP MEMBERS OF INFINITE
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- 7. How do you think what is here? Friends Connections Sociality New People It’s a WORLD Knowledges
- 8. It’s a style of our life
- 9. What is the Facebook “An online directory that connects people through social networks at schools” (facebook.com, 2006) “Part huge chat room, part diary, and part dating service, the Facebook site allows college students to post their photos and tell about themselves – sometimes too much” (Messenger, 2005) Launched in February 2004 for college students Launched in September 2005 for high school students More than 9.4 million users, estimated 85% of colleges are members
- 10. So what's all the Hype? What exactly is Facebook®? •Facebook® is a “social networking website” •Facebook® is a free service that allows you to create an online page to connect with friends, family, or make new friends with anyone anywhere. •On your Facebook® page you can share pictures, personal information , messages, videos , join groups and add applications.
- 11. What is Social Networking? Social Networking is defined as: •A phenomena defined by linking people to each other in some way by topicguru.com •A social network service focuses on building online communities of people who share interests and/or activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others by wikipedia.com •This is where people develop networks of friends and associates. It forges and creates links between different people. A social network can form a key element of collaborating and networking by edublog.org
- 12. Mark Zuckerberg It’s a creator. He is only 26. • Born on May 14, 1984 in White Plains, New York to Edward and Karen Zuckerberg • Grew up in Dobbs Ferry, New York • Jewish family • His dad is a dentist and his mom is a doctor
- 13. History •Facebook® was founded in 2004 by Harvard student Mark E. Zuckerberg with help from his roommates Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. •Facebook® was originally for Harvard students then expanded to other colleges then to anyone over the age of 18, and now currently to anyone 13 years of age or older. •Company Overview: “Facebook's mission is to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected.”
- 14. Education & Social Life Zuckerberg started his high school education at Ardsley High School in Ardsley, New York, but he found that this school wasn’t challenging him enough so he transferred to Phillips Exeter Academy, a boarding school in Exeter, New Hampshire After graduating high school, he attended Harvard University but dropped out after his sophomore year
- 15. Facebook® is a social networking website. You can access Facebook® by login into www.facebook.com and this is what you will see….
- 16. Started programming in middle school and he was very interested in creating communication programs and games Created a communication program to help the workers in his dad’s office and a computer version of the game Risk He also created a music program called Synapse which used artificial intelligence to learn about the user’s listening habits
- 17. Because of Synapse, Microsoft and AOL tried to recruit Zuckerberg and buy his program but he decided to go to Harvard instead While at Harvard he joined the jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi and was known for reciting lines from epic poems such as The Illiad
- 18. How it began and bumps along the way On October 28, 2003 Zuckerberg was blogging about a girl who had dumped him when he got the idea to create Facemash Facemash was a Harvard version of Hot or Not. It compared two people and the users voted on which one was “hotter” Zuckerberg hacked into Harvard’s computer network to obtain the pictures of students from the different dorm’s online facebooks The site was shut down a few days later by the Harvard administration and Zuckerberg faced expulsion but the charges were dropped Later that semester he expanded on his initial site by uploading images for an art history final and allowing comments on the images so the students could share their notes. The professor said it had the best grades of any final he had ever given
- 19. History #2 Inspired by an article in The Harvard Crimson about the Facemash incident, Zuckerberg started writing code for a new site On February 4, 2004 he launched thefacebook.com Within 24 hours the site had between 12 and 15 hundred members Membership was originally restricted to Harvard students but gradually expanded to most colleges in the US and Canada In 2004 the company incorporated and moved to Palo Alto, California. Sean Parker, who had been advising Zuckerberg became the company’s president The company bought the domain name facebook for $200,000 in 2005 dropping the the from the name
- 20. History #3 On September 26, 2006 Facebook opened to everyone over the age of 13 with a valid e-mail address Soon after facebook was first created, three Harvard seniors accused Zuckerberg of stealing their idea for the site. Their site was going to be called HarvardConnection.com. Zuckerberg had originally planned to help them with their site but he already had facebook in the works when they wanted him to make HarvardConnection A few month after thefacebook.com was launched they launched their site which they called ConnectU instead of HarvardConnection In September 2004 ConnectU sued Zuckerberg for allegedly stealing their idea. In February 2008 they agreed to settle the suit but in June of the same year ConnectU appealed the settlement accusing facebook of trading its stock without disclosing material information. This appeal is ongoing.
- 21. Advantages of Facebook Advantages: •It’s a social network- It’s a great way to keep in touch with friends and also make new friends. You can meet people with your same interest or hobbies, and even connect with people in your same field of study or job. •Facebook® allows you to share information and photos, you can blog about a topic of interest, and you can also connect to other applications like, Twitter or Flickr. •Facebook® allows people to connect, to learn from each other, to discuss issues, viewpoints and share advice. You can also join groups having similar likes and dislikes. Discussion Are their anymore advantages and disadvantages you can think of?
- 23. Interesting Facts Microsoft wanted to invest in Facebook but was originally turned down. Now they own 1.6% of the company’s shares Facebook has over 500 full time employees and is worth about $15 billion On November 30, 2007 the 11th richest man in the world, Li Ka-shing, invested $60 million dollars in the company There are over 500 million registered users on Facebook Over 1 billion photos and 10 million videos are uploaded to Facebook each month The age group that uses Facebook the most is 35-45 years People love it.
- 24. What type of business is Facebook? Facebook is a privately owned and operated social network site owned by Facebook Incorporated. Facebook’s Mission Zuckerberg created Facebook as a way for people to share information and access information. If they have the ability to do this they are able to connect more with the people around them and understand more of what is going on in their world.
- 25. DISADVANTAGES OF FACEBOOK Disadvantages: •Sharing too much private information could become a problem so share only what you are comfortable with sharing. Through your privacy settings you can control what you share. People waste more time than any other work now a days. People make fake id and then make fake relationship which is the most worst thing.
- 26. It forces our minds
- 27. Privacy Policy Major points available on facebook.com: 1.You should have control over your personal information. Facebook® helps you share information with your friends and people around you. You choose what information you put in your profile, including contact and personal information, pictures, interests and groups you join. And you control the users with whom you share that information through the privacy settings on the Privacy page. 2.Children between 13-18 Facebook® recommends that minors 13 years of age or older ask their parents for permission before sending any information about themselves to anyone over the Internet. 3.Sharing Your Information with Third Parties Facebook® share your information with third parties under the following circumstances: 1) reasonably necessary to offer the service, 2) legally required or, 3) permitted by you.
- 28. Fun Facts •Facebook® has over 200 million users •Over 70% of Facebook® users are outside the United States •The average person has 120 friends on Facebook® •More than 3.5 billion minutes are spent on Facebook® each day •The fastest growing demographic is those 35 years old and older •Slogan “Facebook® helps you connect and share with the people in your life.”
- 30. The Financial Side The very first investor in Facebook was technically Zuckerberg’s friend from Harvard, Eduardo Saverin. He ivested $15,000 to pay for the first Servers Although Saverin was the really the first, the person who gets the most credit for being the first investor is Peter Theil, former PayPal CEO, who invested $500,000 in June 2004
- 31. Zuckerberg Today Zuckerberg has a net worth of $5,6 billion He is the youngest billionaire in the world at the age of 26 212 richest person on the Forbes richest people list
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- 33. Questions? Hope you enjoyed this presentation…