Facebook Logo Wallpaper is a site of social networks created by Mark Zuckerberg founded by Eduardo Saverin , Chris Hughes , Dustin Moskovitz and Mark Zuckerberg . Originally a site for students at Harvard University , but now is open to anyone with an account email . Users can participate in one or more social networks in relation to their academic status, place of work or geographical region. Has received much attention in the blogosphere and the media to become a platform on which third parties can develop applications and do business from the social network.
In mid- 2007 launched versions in French, German and Spanish to boost its expansion outside the U.S. because its users are concentrated in the U.S., Canada and Great Britain . In July 2010 , Facebook has 500 million members, and translations into 70 languages . In May 2011 , reaches 600 million users. Its main infrastructure consists of a network of over 50 000 servers using distributions of the operating system GNU / Linux using LAMP .
The creator of Facebook is Mark Zuckerberg , a student at Harvard University . The company is headquartered in Palo Alto , California . The idea of creating a community based site where people share their tastes and feelings is not new, as David Bohnett, founder of Geocities , had hatched in the late 1980’s . Facebook competes for open space between successful companies such as Google and MySpace , so it is facing major challenges to grow and develop. One of the strategies Zuckerberg has been open platform Facebook to other developers.
The strength of the social network Facebook is in the 800 million users has been reached, a connection based on real people. Between 2007 and 2008 launched Facebook in Spanish, extending to the countries of Latin America. Almost anyone with basic computer skills can access this world of virtual communities.