On Wednesday, for the first time ever, 1 billion people used Facebook services in one day. An epic milestone.
In a post published today on Facebook, naturally, Mark Zuckerberg announced the accomplishment. “When we talk about our financials, we use average numbers, but this is different,” he wrote. “This was the first time we reached this milestone, and it’s just the beginning of connecting the whole world.” Zuckerberg told CNBC that he was hoping for 500 people to sign up when he first launched Facebook, but that number quickly swelled to more than 100,000.
As far as the “connected world” Zuckerberg mentions in his post today, earlier this month Facebook offered an inside look into the development of its Wi-Fi enabling drones, part of the company’s plan to bring the Internet to the entire world. “Who knows where we’re going next,” said Zuckerberg. Facebook this week unveiled a new digital personal assistant it is developing inside its messaging platform, Messenger, called “M.” It’s one of many apps and services Facebook has rolled out since its nascent days as a simple online campus network — how far the company has come, indeed…..
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