FACEBOOK HISTORY

Check Zuckerberg, 23, established Facebook while considering brain science at Harvard University. A sharp PC software engineer, Mr Zuckerberg had effectively built up various interpersonal interaction sites for kindred understudies, including Coursematch, which enabled clients to see individuals taking their degree, and Facemash, where you could rate individuals' appeal.

In February 2004 Mr Zuckerberg propelled "The facebook", as it was initially known; the name taken from the sheets of paper circulated to first year recruits, profiling understudies and staff. Inside 24 hours, 1,200 Harvard understudies had joined, and following multi month, over portion of the undergrad populace had a profile.

The system was expeditiously reached out to other Boston colleges, the Ivy League and in the end all US colleges. It moved toward becoming Facebook.com in August 2005 after the address was acquired for $200,000. US secondary schools could join from September 2005, at that point it started to spread around the world, achieving UK colleges the next month.