Facebook now boasts over 500 million members and with new Messages, Places and Deals services increasing our incentives to frequent the site, Mark Zuckerberg’s baby continues to tighten its grip over the time we spend online.

The site has had a huge impact on the business world; many companies now use Facebook over their own website as a primary means of communicating with customers and advertising products, services and competitions.

With most websites now offering a “share this via Facebook” button as a means of boosting traffic, Facebook is bigger than ever. Oh, and it also happens to be an Oscar-winning movie – even Apple can't say that.