Unit 6: Science & Technology

Facebook Introduction Facebook is a social networking website created by Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin. Originally a site for students at Harvard University, but it opened to anyone with an email account. In mid-2007 launched versions in French, German and Spanish translated by users so unpaid, primarily to fuel its expansion outside the United States, since its users are concentrated in the United States, Canada and the UK. Facebook has over 900 million members, and translations into 70 languages. In January 2013, Facebook reached 1230 million users, of which there are over 600 million mobile users. Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico and the United States are the countries with the most users, however, and there are users who have more than one account. Advantages • communication • latest news • multimedia content • games • surveys • pages and groups Disadvantages • lack of privacy • false profiles • addiction Conclusion Facebook is a good application for interact with your friends, because you can share photos, videos, and publications, at present the people use Facebook for much time and it is very dangerous because we can be addicts at this application.