Facebook now has more than one billion people using it every month‚ the company has said. By Dave Lee Technology reporter‚ BBC News The passing of the milestone was announced by founder Mark Zuckerberg on US television on Thursday. The company said that those billion users were to date responsible for 1.13 trillion "likes"‚ 219 billion photos and 17 billion location check-ins. The site‚ which was launched in 2004‚ is now looking towards emerging markets to build its user base further
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Pros and Cons of Using Facebook Millions of people use Facebook daily. It is a place where we can keep in touch with old friends and family. It is also a place where people may spend too much time. Anyone can create a profile so you must be careful whom you choose to interact with when using Facebook. Social networks such as Facebook have become an integral part of our lives‚ but we must be careful how we use them. Facebook is good medium for keeping in touch with old friends‚ but spending too
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Both Facebook and Twitter are social networking tools. But while they have many similarities‚ they are different in many ways. Are the two competing for the same audience? Content Sharing Content shared on Twitter is likely to always be different than content shared on Facebook. Twitter only submits text posts‚ while essentially all forms of media can be posted on Facebook. Advertising Facebook’s advertising business is largely based on targeting users according to information they declare
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Facebook; what is it about this site that has people going wild over it? At first glance it does not look like anything special compared to some other community sites out there. Sure; you can add friends‚ post comments and see what others are saying or doing. Unlike other sites though Facebook limits you. For instance you cannot edit the look of your home page. It’s the same boring white screen that everyone else has. And yes while there is the ability to add photos and links both in comments and
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Facebook has rapidly become an important aspect of the lives of many individuals as they go through their daily routines. Every day hundreds of millions of people across the globe log into their Facebook accounts to chat‚ play games‚ send messages‚ post on walls and share a plethora of personal information. While many view these activities as harmless and fun‚ an unfortunate drawback are some of the ways Facebook use can negatively impact relationships. Relationships affected by Facebook can be
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public. Although it has been a tough time period for Mark Zuckerberg‚ the more transparency and disclosure of the company’s financial as well as operational information available for the capital market provide us much more useful resources to put Facebook under our microscope of five forces analysis. The Bargaining Power of Customers (Strong) With regard to customer aspect‚ it might be taken for granted that we are referring to billions of active users on this website. But when we look further
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Good Morning friends‚ Facebook through the medium of internet is spoiling the morale of todays youth. My answer to this is an emphatic no. While today‚ we are debating the influence of facebook on the young generation‚ these statistics cleary show that there is no debating the popularity of facebook. It was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckemberg with his college roommates and fellow Harvard University students and initially its membership was limited to Harvard. Since its inception in 2004 it has grown
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Facebook Case Study 1. What is the decision Facebook faces with? What are the alternatives (options)? When Facebook filed for IPO in February 2012‚ expectations were set extremely high. When it loomed some investors expressed concern that Facebook’s advertising growth won’t suffice. Facebook’s public trading debut did not go as well as planned and shares continued to drop over the next few months. Facebook faces the decision of what to do in order to reverse the fall in stock price. The alternatives
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Have you noticed that some of your Facebook friends like certain advertisements? Marketers know what Facebook users like and are using that knowledge to influence users’ friends. "Social context ads" are based on data collected on the likes and friends of Facebook users. When you click on ad indicating that you like it‚ you also give Facebook permission to share that preference with all your friends. Marketers like this feature because it appears as though you are endorsing the brand to your friends
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Facebook is a social networking site that allows users over the age of 13 to share photos‚ keep in touch with friends‚ and make new acquaintances. Opening a Facebook account is exceedingly effortless. All one has to do is provide one’s full name‚ one’s e-mail‚ and one’s birthday. I strongly believe that People under 18 should not be allowed on Facebook. Once you are a member of Facebook‚ not only do your friends look at your account‚ but people from all around the world are able to access your profile
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