‘Facebook’, says the excitable author of this hero-gram, ‘may be the fastest-growing company of any type in history.’
‘Facebook’, says the excitable author of this hero-gram, ‘may be the fastest-growing company of any type in history.’
‘Thefacebook.com’ went live on 4 February 2004, as an on-line directory for students at Harvard, inviting them to upload a picture of themselves and some basic info, such as their ‘relationship status’, favourite books, music, movies and a quotation.

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