Facebook hits two billion user

I guess almost everyone is on Facebook now as the social media network company clock 2 billion users which is more than a quarter of the world population on June.

cofounder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a post on his Facebook page marking the milestone, "As of this morning, the Facebook community is now officially 2 billion people.
"We're making progress connecting the world, and now let's bring the world closer together," he wrote. "It's an honor to be on this journey with you."he said.

Naomi Gleit, a vice president at the internet company, credited millions of small communities at Facebook for helping drive growth. More than a billion people take part in "groups" on Facebook each month and more than 800 million people "like" something on the social network on an average day, she added.

As it has grown, Facebook has also consistently updated features to fend off challengers such as Snapchat and adapt to trends such as the migration of news and streaming video online.
In the latest move to deepen its reach, Facebook revealed it is starting production on high-quality television series and gaming shows to be broadcast on its platform.

Nick Grudin, the vice president for media partnerships, told the AFP news agency that Working with a small group of partners, Facebook aims to start putting out episodes of its forthcoming series by the end of the summer.
Facebook's initiative follows similar moves by Netflix, Amazon and the online television platform Hulu, which have thrown themselves into content production, as have YouTube and Apple he said.

Source : Jabalustar Blog and News Agencies