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Rebecca Aguilera said at last report there are 500 million Facebook users.

Beyond Facebook: A look at social network history

Facebook may have made social networking a worldwide cultural phenomenon, but it wasn't the first Internet company to connect people online. And it won't be the last. Here's a look at how social networking has evolved. Some companies have come and gone. Some are mere shells of their former selves. And others show promise, even as Facebook dominates the social Web.

Eastday-Tencent's business to be cut into six groups

TENCENT, China's largest Internet company in terms of user base and market capitalization, yesterday announced plans for a business restructuring - dividing its business into six groups - to better adapt to market situation and focus on key sectors such as mobile Internet and social networking.

PARC's Van Jacobson Inducted to "Internet Hall of Fame"; PARC Hosts First Emerging Networks Consortium

PALO ALTO, CA-- - PARC, a Xerox company today announced PARC Research Fellow Van Jacobson 's inaugural induction to the Internet Society's Internet Hall of Fame . Jacobson joined PARC in 2006 to lead the ...

China’s Tencent To Restructure Into Six Groups, Here’s Why

China's Internet juggernaut Tencent announced today that it would undergo a restructuring of its business units into six groups. Ren Yuxin was also named as the new chief operating officer and will head up the media and social-networking groups. The six groups include: