Facebook clocks fifth birthday

Facebook is giving its 150 million users a mystery virtual gift to celebrate its fifth birthday.The gift shop’s presents usually range from cuddly bears to a pint of beer and from champagne to a four-leaf clover.Founder Mark Zuckerberg said, “In the spirit of celebrating connections between people, we encourage you to use this gift to give thanks to [those] you are connected with on Facebook.”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7868403.stmFacebook celebrates birthday and five years of friends
Facebook Inc. is celebrating a major milestone today – its fifth birthday.Since Feb. 4, 2004, the social networking site has brought together millions of friends. Late last month, online researcher ComScore Inc. announced that its research shows that Facebook has stormed past archrival Myspace Inc., the pioneer of the social networking phenomenon, in monthly page view counts. Facebook, once thought of as the up-and-coming social network, had almost 222 million unique visitors in December, while MySpace came in at 125 million.
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