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| '''Mark Zuckerberg''' is the creator of ], the number one online destination for college students. | |||
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| Zuckerberg was raised in ], ] and began computer programming in sixth grade. Zuckerberg attended ] but by his junior year he had transferred to ]. For his senior project at Exeter, he and a friend, Adam D’Angelo, coded a plugin for the ] music player that tracked a user's listening paterns and created a playlist that tried to predict what a user wanted to listen to next. The plugin, Synapse, was featured on ] and the pair were approached by America Online, WinAmp, Microsoft and other interested companiesAccording to Zuckerberg, one company interested in buying Synapse apparently gave the pair "an offer that was like two million," but the pair were not interested in selling at the time. | |||
| Zuckerberg attended ] and was enrolled in the class of '06. At Harvard, Zuckerberg continued creating projects. An early project, Coursematch, allowed students to view lists of other students enrolled in the same classes. A later project, Facemash.com, was a Harvard-specific image rating site similar to ]. A beta version of the site was online for four hours before Zuckerberg's internet access was revoked by administration officials. The computer services department brought Zuckerberg before the Harvard University Administrative Board where he was charged with breaching security, violating copyrights and violating individual privacy. The plaintiffs alleged that Zuckerberg had hacked into House websites to harvest images of students without their permission. The action taken by the board, if any, was not made public. | |||
| Zuckerberg later created thefacebook.com as a social networking site for Harvard students. He currently is the president and runs the company with offices in Palo Alto and Boston. | |||
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Mark Zuckerberg is the creator of Facebook.com, the number one online destination for college students.
Zuckerberg was raised in Dobbs Ferry, New York, New York and began computer programming in sixth grade. Zuckerberg attended Ardsley High School but by his junior year he had transferred to Phillips Exeter Academy. For his senior project at Exeter, he and a friend, Adam D’Angelo, coded a plugin for the WinAmp music player that tracked a user's listening paterns and created a playlist that tried to predict what a user wanted to listen to next. The plugin, Synapse, was featured on Slashdot and the pair were approached by America Online, WinAmp, Microsoft and other interested companiesAccording to Zuckerberg, one company interested in buying Synapse apparently gave the pair "an offer that was like two million," but the pair were not interested in selling at the time.
Zuckerberg attended Harvard University and was enrolled in the class of '06. At Harvard, Zuckerberg continued creating projects. An early project, Coursematch, allowed students to view lists of other students enrolled in the same classes. A later project, Facemash.com, was a Harvard-specific image rating site similar to AmIHotorNot. A beta version of the site was online for four hours before Zuckerberg's internet access was revoked by administration officials. The computer services department brought Zuckerberg before the Harvard University Administrative Board where he was charged with breaching security, violating copyrights and violating individual privacy. The plaintiffs alleged that Zuckerberg had hacked into House websites to harvest images of students without their permission. The action taken by the board, if any, was not made public.
Zuckerberg later created thefacebook.com as a social networking site for Harvard students. He currently is the president and runs the company with offices in Palo Alto and Boston.