Facebook

Facebook is an American online social media and social networking service owned by Meta. It was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg and has 83k+ employees.

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October 28, 2021

Facebook changes company name to Meta

August 19, 2021

Facebook launches virtual-reality work app

June 21, 2021

Facebook launches podcasts, live audio service.

June 10, 2021

Facebook announces that Venmo-like QR codes are now launching publicly to all U.S. users, allowing anyone to send or request money through Facebook Pay.

May 5, 2021

Facebook launches Neighborhoods, a Nextdoor clone.

April 29, 2021

Facebook's monthly user base reaches 2.85 billion amid record sales.

April 19, 2021

Facebook announces a new feature that will allow users to export their Facebook posts and notes to a number of third-party services.

April 19, 2021

Facebook announces a suite of new audio products.

April 15, 2021

Facebook announces that it exceeded one of its biggest environmental goals: it slashed its greenhouse gas emissions by 94 percent in 2020.

Last year, it launched a "Climate Science Information Center" in some countries.

April 1, 2021

Facebook launches profile frames that help you encourage friends to get the Covid-19 vaccine

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's entire speech (at Georgetown University)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYMX-ArjYz8

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October 17, 2019

Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg Commencement Address | Harvard Commencement 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmYv8XGl-YU

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May 25, 2017

Facebook is building brain-computer interfaces for typing and skin-hearing

Josh Constine

https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/19/facebook-brain-interface/

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April 19, 2017

Facebook Is Now Meta | Mark Zuckerberg Announces Rebranding Of The Facebook Company | Full Speech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkcdfL0Q6yU

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October 28, 2021

Find Your Purpose - Mark Zuckerberg Inspirational Speech | Simplilearn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOoHAOZPJf4

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January 15, 2021

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Facebook broadens ban on military-linked Myanmar companies

By GRANT PECK

December 8, 2021

AP NEWS

BANGKOK (AP) -- Facebook's parent company Meta said Wednesday it has expanded its ban on postings linked to Myanmar's military to include all pages, groups, and accounts representing military-controlled businesses.

Major outage at Amazon disrupts businesses across the US

By FRANK BAJAK and BARBARA ORTUTAY

December 8, 2021

AP NEWS

A major outage in Amazon's cloud computing network Tuesday severely disrupted services at a wide range of U.S. companies for more than five hours, the latest sign of just how concentrated the business of keeping the internet running has become.

Zuckerberg, Chan to invest up to $3.4B for science advances

By HALELUYA HADERO

December 8, 2021

AP NEWS

The company that runs the philanthropy of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, is investing up to $3.4 billion to advance human health over 10 to 15 years, according to a spokesperson for the organization.

Business Highlights: AWS outage, banking regulator nominee

By The Associated Press

December 8, 2021

AP NEWS

___Major outage hits Amazon Web Services; many sites affectedNEW YORK (AP) -- Amazon's cloud-service network suffered a major outage Tuesday, the company said, disrupting access to many popular sites.

Major outage hits Amazon Web Services; many sites affected

Associated Press

December 8, 2021

AP NEWS

Amazon's cloud-service network suffered a major outage Tuesday, the company said, disrupting access to many popular sites. The service provides remote computing services to many governments, universities and companies, including The Associated Press.

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