Birth 2005 News Today

Birth of another party in america? >> well, we are witnessing the birth of a passionate movement in many ways defined by what it opposes. it opposes big government. it opposes excessive regulation. itp opposes more taxes, and opposes a higher deficit, and it has grown because there is a vacuum in american politics right now, and politics of course abhors a vacuum and it is in rush of filling it. it is a party in need of leadership and organization, but i might say that the growing number of inde...

2005, lets call that the year of its adolescence. it expands into high school networks. thats how you joined facebook, you had to be part of a high school network or a college network. they added the photo application which by the way today makes facebook the biggest home for photographs on the internet and by its year of adolescence, 2005, it already had 5.5 million users. and 2006, lets call that the year of acceptance. it expands to work networks, so you could be a member if you were from a s...

Lets go to 2008, were calling it the year of the world for facebook. it launched in spanish, in french, in german, translated into 21 additional users, and jumps from 50 million users to 100 million users. and then 2009, a year when many of you may have become acquainted with facebook. lets call that the year of its explosion. what a big year. in january, 150 million users. by february, 175 million. by april, 200 million, by july, 250 million, december, 350 million users. lets talk -- lets liste...

Networking, but its also used to help people get together, to keep families and businesses and jobs connected. the largest age group using facebook last year, according to a survey by i-strategy labs, was the 18 to 24-year-old age group. no big surprise. the 18 to 24s send to like facebook. today the largest group using facebook, this has changed since last year, 35 to 54-year-olds. now, that interested me. i was a bit surprised by that. users 55 and older grew an incredible 922% over the last y...