Facebook: History and current state

On the 49th episode of ZemachFM, we are taking a look at Facebook’s company profile. We will be discussing the history of Facebook, how Facebook was founded by the five original founders Marck Zuckerberg,  Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. We also take a look at what products and services that Facebook is shipping currently.

Episode Timeline

02:22 Episode Introduction

03:30 How accurate was the movie, The Social Network

05:05 How was Facebook was started

06:20 The contribution of Facemash to the development of Facebook.

09:30 The Facebook of Harvard

10:20 Early founders of Facebook

12:04 Expansion of Facebook to other colleges

13:00 The involvement of Saun Parker

14:20 The move to the name Facebook

15:45 The Winklevoss brothers

16:55 The deposition with Edwardo Saverin

18:55 The Saun parker drug incident

21:00 Recent incidents caused by Facebook

22:32 The Cambridge Analytica incident

25:25 Facebook acquisitions

27:45 The WhatsApp acquisition

28:35 Current products and services from Facebook

32:49 Facebook and RayBan collaboration

34:00 AR and VR at Facebook

34:36 Facebook and the software development environment

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