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"Statistics | Facebook." //Welcome to Facebook - Log In, Sign Up or Learn More//. Web. 10 Oct. 2011. .1. More than 800 million active users
 * 1) 2. More than 2 billion posts are liked and commented on per day
 * 2) 3. More than 70 languages available on the site
 * 3) 4. More than 75% of users are outside of the United States
 * 4) 5. Founded in February 2004
 * 5) 6. Facebook is one of the most-trafficked sites in the world
 * 6) 7. Members of the Board : Mark Zuckerberg, Marc Andreessen, Jim Breyer, Don Graham, Reed Hastings, Erskine Bowles and Peter Thiel
 * 7) 8. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif
 * 8) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">9. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">2,000+ Employees
 * 9) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">10. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mark Zuckerberg and co-founders Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes and Eduardo Saverin launched Facebook
 * 10) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">11. **<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">August 2005- **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The company officially changes its name to Facebook from thefacebook.com
 * 11) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">12. **<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">December 2005- **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Facebook reaches more than 5.5 million active users
 * 12) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">13. **<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">December 2006- **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Facebook reaches more than 12 million active users
 * 13) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">14. **<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">October 2007- **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Facebook reaches over 50 million active users
 * 14) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">15. **<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">August 2008- **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Facebook reaches over 100 million active users
 * 15) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">16. **<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">January 2009- **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Facebook reaches over 150 million active users
 * 16) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">17. **<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">February 2009- **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Facebook reaches over 175 million active users
 * 17) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">18. **<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">April 2009- **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Facebook reaches over 200 million active users
 * 18) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">19. **<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">July 2009- **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Facebook reaches over 250 million active users
 * 19) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">20. **<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">September 2009- **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Facebook reaches over 300 million active users
 * 20) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">21. **<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">December 2009- **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Facebook reaches over 350 million active users
 * 21) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">22. **<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">February 2010- **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Facebook reaches over 400 million active users
 * 22) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">23. **<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">July 2010- **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Facebook reaches over 500 million active users
 * 23) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">24. **<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">July 2011- **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Facebook reaches over 750 million active users

"Mark Zuckerberg Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com." //Famous Biographies & TV Shows - Biography.com//. Web. 10 Oct. 2011. <http://www.biography.com/people/mark-zuckerberg-507402>.
 * 1) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Zuckerberg born on May 14, 1984, in Dobbs Ferry, New York
 * 2) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">2. <span style="color: #343b40; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Zuckerberg developed a messaging program named Zucknet for communication between his father and his secretary.
 * 3) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">3. <span style="color: #343b40; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Was tutored by David Newman, a computer technician, who said he was a “prodigy”
 * 4) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">4. <span style="color: #343b40; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Zuckerberg studied at Phillips Exeter Academy, an exclusive preparatory school in New Hampshire.
 * 5) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">5. <span style="color: #343b40; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">While still in high school, he created an early version of the music software Pandora, which he called Synapse
 * 6) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">6. <span style="color: #343b40; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">After graduating from Exeter in 2002, Zuckerberg enrolled at Harvard University.
 * 7) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">7. <span style="color: #343b40; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Early software- CourseMatch- Harvard-based course matching software
 * 8) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">8. <span style="color: #343b40; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Early software- Facemash- Hot or Not software
 * 9) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">9. <span style="color: #343b40; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Three of his fellow students—Divya Narendra, and twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss—sought him out to work on an idea for a social networking site they called Harvard Connection
 * 10) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">10. <span style="color: #343b40; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Zuckerberg agreed to help with the project, but soon dropped out to work on his own social networking site with friends Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes and Eduardo Saverin.
 * 11) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">11. <span style="color: #343b40; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Zuckerberg and his friends created a site that allowed users to create their own profiles, upload photos, and communicate with other users.
 * 12) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">12. <span style="color: #343b40; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Named TheFacebook- after college facebooks
 * 13) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">13. <span style="color: #343b40; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">After his sophomore year, Zuckerberg dropped out of college to devote himself to Facebook
 * 14) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">14. <span style="color: #343b40; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">In 2005, Zuckerberg's enterprise received a huge boost from the venture capital firm Accel Partners. Accel invested $12.7 million into the network, which at the time was open only to ivy league students
 * 15) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">15. <span style="color: #343b40; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Zuckerberg's company then granted access to other colleges, high school and international schools, pushing the site's membership to more than 5.5 million users by December 2005.
 * 16) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">16. <span style="color: #343b40; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">In 2006, creators of Harvard Connection claimed that Zuckerberg stole their idea, and insisted the software developer needed to pay for their business losses.
 * 17) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">17. <span style="color: #343b40; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Settlement of $65 million was reached between the two parties.
 * 18) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">18. <span style="color: #343b40; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Zuckerberg maintained that the ideas were based on two very different types of social networks but, after lawyers searched Zuckerberg's records,
 * 19) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">19. <span style="color: #343b40; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Incriminating Instant Messages revealed that Zuckerberg may have intentionally stolen the intellectual property of Harvard Connection and offered Facebook users' private information to his friends.
 * 20) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">20. //<span style="color: #343b40; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Time //<span style="color: #343b40; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> magazine named him Person of the Year in 2010, and //<span style="color: #343b40; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Vanity Fair //<span style="color: #343b40; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> placed him at the top of their New Establishment list. //<span style="color: #343b40; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Forbes //<span style="color: #343b40; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> also ranked Zuckerberg at No. 35—beating out Apple CEO [|Steve Jobs] —on their Forbes 400 list, estimating his net worth to be $6.9 billion.

Stempel, Jonathan. "Winklevoss vs Facebook Court Clash Lives On| Reuters." //Business & Financial News, Breaking US & International News | Reuters.com//. 14 June 2011. Web. 10 Oct. 2011. <http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/14/us-facebook-winklevoss-idUSTRE75D4P320110614>. Pepitone, Julianne. "Facebook v. Winklevoss Lawsuit Lurches on in Boston - Jun. 24, 2011." //CNNMoney - Business, Financial and Personal Finance News//. 24 June 2011. Web. 10 Oct. 2011. <http://money.cnn.com/2011/06/24/technology/facebook_winklevoss/index.htm>. Evidence, New Forensic. "Case Note: Facebook Vs ConnectU - Library | Articles & News - ADR Times." //The Premier Online Mediation Community - ADR Times//. Web. 10 Oct. 2011. <http://www.adrtimes.com/articles/2011/4/21/case-note-facebook-vs-connectu.html>. Davidoff, Steven M. "Winklevoss Twins' Uphill Battle With Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg - NYTimes.com." //Mergers, Acquisitions, Venture Capital, Hedge Funds - DealBook - NYTimes.com//. Web. 10 Oct. 2011. <http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/01/13/twins-uphill-battle-with-facebook-and-zuckerberg/>. Insider, Business. "The Truth Behind Facebook’s Founding Is Finally Revealed | Wall St. Cheat Sheet." //Wall St. Cheat Sheet | Financial News for Investing, Business, Trading, Stocks, and Entrepreneurs//. Web. 10 Oct. 2011. <http://wallstcheatsheet.com/breaking-news/the-truth-behind-facebooks-founding-is-finally-revealed.html/>. Winklevoss v. Zuckerberg

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Saverin v. Zuckerberg
 * 1) 1. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Winklevoss’ sued Zuckerberg for encroaching on idea of ConnectU- a company started by Winklevoss’ and Narendra and helped on by Zuckerberg
 * 2) 2. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Facebook- countersued ConnectU for hacking into Facebook to spam and steal personal information
 * 3) 3. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Settled on Winklevoss’ receiving cash and Facebook stock
 * 4) 4. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Facebook swallowed ConnectU in a purchase
 * 5) 5. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">However, Facebook valued their stock higher than actually worth, causing the Winklevoss’ to lose ¾ of the valued amount
 * 6) 6. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Countersued to try to gain back their lost money, charging Facebook with fraud.
 * 7) 7. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Also countersued saying their two page settlement was not binding
 * 8) 8. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Was ruled against due to nuances in the settlement
 * 9) 9. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Also, settlement said that the contract was binding.

"Mark Zuckerberg - Forbes." //Information for the World's Business Leaders - Forbes.com//. Web. 10 Oct. 2011. <http://www.forbes.com/profile/mark-zuckerberg/>. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Zuckerberg
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">1. Eduardo Saverin- one of the first backers of Facebook
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">2. Received 30% of company for $15,000 of backing money
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">3. Disagreements with Zuckerberg caused his expulsion from the company
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">4. Settled for a 5% stake in the company
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">5. Also signed a non-disclosure settlement with the company


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">1. Net worth- 17.5 billion
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">2. Residence- Palo Alto, CA
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">3. Single, dating Priscilla Chan, met at Harvard
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">4. #14- Forbes 400
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">5. #52- Forbes Billionaires
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">6. #19- in United States
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">7. #40- Powerful People
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">8. Age- 27
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">9. Facebook plans to go public in 2012
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">10. Net Worth of Facebook- 50 billion
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">11. Facebook is blue because of Zuckerberg’s red/ green colorblindness
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">12. Donated to Diaspora- a open source social network
 * 13) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">13. Donated 100 million dollars to Newark Public Schools