In your Face

In Your Face
You can talk to people on the net universally with rigid security
(By Seiji Takano from PJP)



Do you like to talk to people on the net around the world? I would like to introduce to you such a sophisticated and solidly secure social networking service, “Facebook”. You know what? This website was invented by Mark Zuckerberg of Harvard University, as a sophomore in 2003. Initially he tried to come up with something to do to gain his favorite girl’s heart. Surprisingly, it expanded to University of Stanford, Columbia, and Yale . Do not be so surprised those are the most prestigious universities in the States!

In 2004, PayPal, co-founder, Peter Thiel first invested in “Facebook”. Believe it or not, both Microsoft and Google have already purchased a portion of the company since 2006, offering an estimated $300-500 million. You should not be worried about hackers. It's secure. In 2007, Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing put a huge amount of money, $60 million into this site. You might think that this site could be expensive.



Surprisingly, this site is free, without a doubt. In addition, “Facebook” users are organized by city, workplace, and regions. Compared to the Spacework, the convincing difference is customization that can allow users to send virtual nudges (Pokes) to one another, and also upload photos to their albums. There are a lot of very useful functions:



l Wall
l Photos
l image hosting services such as Photobucket and Flickr
l tag
l "Chat" (instant messaging)
l Blogger



I was really astonished that it was so easy to make your own blog with these functions! Incredibly, you can communicate with your friends and other people all over the world swimmingly and enjoyably. I highly recommend you that you try to "friend" people worldwide. Have fun!!