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Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, its name comes from the face book directories often given to American university students. Membership was initially limited to Harvard students, gradually expanding to other North American universities and, since 2006, anyone over 13 years old. As of July 2022, Facebook claimed 2.93 billion monthly active users, and ranked third worldwide among the most visited websites as of July 2022. It was the most downloaded mobile app of the 2010s.
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Smartwear companies fire starting gun on the race for our facesFollowing the commercial success of Facebook's Oculus virtual reality headset, companies are now in a race to develop the first consumer market-aimed augmented reality (AR) glasses.Sky News - Published | Happy Buddha Purnima 2022: WhatsApp wishes, Facebook messages, quotes to send on Buddha JayantiBuddha Purnima 2022: The Purnima Tithi to begin at 12:45 PM on 15 May, Saturday, and will end at 9:43 AM on 16 May 2022.DNA - Published |
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End Facebook interference in India's democracy: SoniaIndiaTimes - Published | Rahul attacks Facebook, says its 'worse for democracy'IndiaTimes - Published |
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