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Linktree is a freemium [1] social media reference landing page [2] developed by Alex Zaccaria, Anthony Zaccaria, and Nick Humphreys, headquartered in Melbourne, [3] Australia. [4] Founded in 2016, it serves as a landing page for a person or company's entire associated links in social media, which rarely allows linking to multiple sites. [ 5 ]
Facebook's face recognition algorithm reaches near-human accuracy in identifying faces. [425] [426] 2014: March 25: Acquisition: Facebook announces that it is acquiring Oculus VR, Inc., a leading virtual reality company. [427] [428] The amount is reported to be $2 billion in cash and stock. [429] [430] [431] 2014: March 27: Accessibility
Facebook alleged it was "old data" from a problem fixed in August 2019 despite the data's having been released a year and a half later only in 2021; it declined to speak with journalists, had apparently not notified regulators, called the problem "unfixable", and said it would not be advising users. [245]
Anderson's father was an entrepreneur. [5] As a teenager at San Pasqual High in Escondido, California, Anderson was a computer hacker under the pseudonym "Lord Flathead" (friends with Bill Landreth), and prompted a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raid after he hacked into a computer system at Chase Manhattan Bank.
Facebook acquires Instagram for $1 billion in cash and stock. [63] 2013 Launch, Acquisition Vine, a video-sharing and social media service, launches shortly after being acquired by Twitter for $30 million. [64] [65] 2013 Launch Twitter files for its IPO, and begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The share closed at $44.90, giving the ...
In 2020, Facebook, Inc. spent $19.7 million on lobbying, hiring 79 lobbyists. In 2019, it had spent $16.7 million on lobbying and had a team of 71 lobbyists, up from $12.6 million and 51 lobbyists in 2018. [127] Facebook was the largest spender of lobbying money among the Big Tech companies in 2020. [128]
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Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (/ ˈ z ʌ k ər b ɜːr ɡ /; born May 14, 1984) is an American businessman who co-founded the social media service Facebook and its parent company Meta Platforms, of which he is the chairman, chief executive officer, and controlling shareholder.