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Facebook's history, the company's value, and the facts behind the social media giant's success

How Facebook took over
It all started in a dorm room
The first attempt
What color is that?
College drop-out
Addictive from the beginning
Early investors
The famous Facebook face revealed
Covering its bases
Welcoming hackers
Hacked us? You’re hired
Unbelievable perks
Get to work
Taking on the giants
Baby-faced billionaire
A massive pay cut
Branching out
Taking the bad with the good...
Simple style
Doggone it
Facebook family
Facebook facts: Don’t ignore Zuckerberg
Facebook facts: Not so awesome
Facebook facts: All around the globe
Facebook facts: Millions of Chinese people use it even though it's banned
Facebook facts: We talk about the news
Facebook facts: Most popular movie
Facebook facts: Bean on top
Facebook facts: Her hips don’t lie
Facebook facts: Profiles soaring
Facebook facts: Don't believe everything you see
Facebook facts: Friends in their hundreds
Facebook facts: We like to say cheese online
Facebook facts: Have you got a minute?
Facebook facts: Succession planning
Facebook facts: Until Facebook do us part
Facebook facts: Don’t worry, be happy
Facebook facts: Fighting extremism online
The future of social media?
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How Facebook took over

Despite data sharing scandals and its CEO having to face US Congress in April 2018, days before its 15th anniversary Facebook revealed that it has seen monthly active users increase to 2.32 billion worldwide. Not only that but the social media giant saw its revenues hit $55.8 billion (£42.7bn) in 2018, up a mighty 37% on 2017. We take a look at the timeline of one of the biggest tech success story of recent times.
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lovemoney staff

01 February 2019

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