Tag: "500 Million"
Yahoo Confirms 500 Million Accounts Compromised In Major Hack
Yahoo has just confirmed that their service has suffered a major hack – back in 2014, however now they have decided to inform users. Yahoo have gone on to say their believe this is a state-sponsored hack, and if found to be true can have real implications among international diplomatic relations. According to Yahoo, the […]
Read More | ShareFacebook raises $500 Million in Funding
Facebook has raised an additional US$500 million in a new round of Venture Capitalist Funding. Goldman Sachs has invested $450 million and Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies has invested $50 million. This puts Facebook at a valuation of around US$50 Billion. There has been speculation that an initial public offering (IPO) will be set […]
Read More | ShareFacebook to Build New 300,000 Square Foot Data Centre
As a result of Facebook’s massive growth over the past year, and now hitting 500 million users globally – the company has decided to build a 300,000 square foot datacentre in Prineville, Oregon – USA. Facebook is designing the data centre with energy efficiency in mind and utilising the latest ‘green’ technologies to do this. […]
Read More | ShareBreaking down Facebook’s 500 Million Users
Ok, so Facebook has now hit the 500 million user make. Lets look at how this is broken-down. Of the 500 million users: 34% reside in North America 32% in Europe 9% in South America 3% in Africa 20% in Asia 2% in Australia Looking at Australian Facebook statistics, of our total population – there […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Passes 500 Million Users
Facebook has announced that it has passed 500 million members. CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a blog post: ‘I could have never imagined all of the ways people would use Facebook when we were getting started 6 years ago. I want to thank you for being part of making Facebook what it is today and […]
Read More | ShareFacebook close to announcing 500 Million members
Facebook is close to announcing that they have hit 500 million users. This milestone will really highlight its status as one of the webs biggest and most influential companies. The upcoming movie on Facebook, The Social Network has the tagline ‘500 million friends’ so it seems everything is well timed. Due to this big event, […]
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