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1 Facebook’s Big Changes Alejandra Garcia MIS 304 October 4, 2011

2 Overview  What it is?  How it relates to IT/IS?  How is affecting people’s lives  What are the changes  Where is facebook taking us?

3 What it is?  Social Networking Service  Connects people around the world www.facebook.com  Created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg  A Personal Space  Profile  Download pictures  thoughts

4 How it relate to IT/IS?  Information and Communication Technology (ICT)  Advertisements

5 How is Affecting people’s lives  2011, 800 Million Active Users Students, teachers, parents, employees, businesses. 2004-1 million 2007-50 million 2008-100 million 2009- 350 million 2010-500 million 2011-800 million

6 What are the changes

7 The News Feed Ticker Let you see what friends are doing, like watching a movie, or listening to a song. If you’re checking facebook ten times a day at work, then most of the items in your feed will be recent.

8 Smart Lists Group people into work, school, family and city. You may select the group, you want to see your posts

9 Story Timeline Organize photos in a chronological form. Provide to view “the story of your life”. It will be available in few weeks

10 Where is facebook taking us?  Mark Zuckerberg’s Vision  Habit  Emotional  Will you follow?  How long?  Does facebook care about users?

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12 References http://youthspeak.blogspot.com/2011/09/where-is-facebook-take-us-and- will-you.html http://youthspeak.blogspot.com/2011/09/where-is-facebook-take-us-and- will-you.html http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/28/tech/social-media/facebook- rumors/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/28/tech/social-media/facebook- rumors/index.html http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?timeline http://www.benphoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Facebook- User-Growth-Chart.png http://www.benphoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Facebook- User-Growth-Chart.png http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-09-23/news/30214911_1_founder- mark-zuckerberg-facebook-experience-open-graph http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-09-23/news/30214911_1_founder- mark-zuckerberg-facebook-experience-open-graph http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/09/facebook-wants- users-to-share-it-all.html http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/09/facebook-wants- users-to-share-it-all.html


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