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The Renren Network (), formerly known as the Xiaonei Network () is a Chinese social networking service.〔(Renren, China's 'Facebook', Raises $740 Million in IPO ). 4 May 2011. ''Wired''. Retrieved 18 June 2011.〕 It is popular among college students. In February 2011, Renren made a pre-IPO announcement that it had 160 million registered users.〔(Renren plans US listing this year ), a February 20, 2011 article from ''The Financial Times''〕 Later, in April 2011, it had to update its statement accurately to "a total of 31 million active monthly users." Renren Inc. has its headquarters in Chaoyang District, Beijing. Renren also has offices in Shanghai and Guangzhou. ==History== Renren was founded by Joseph Chen in 2005. Chen, a graduate of the University of Delaware, Stanford Business School and MIT, remains the chairman and CEO.() In March 2008, Xiaonei launched its WAP version, which users can access through mobile phones.() Xiaonei features an instant messaging service (Rénrénzhuōmiàn, Chinese: 人人桌面) designed typically for its users using XMPP, which is more popular than Facebook chat.() In August 2009, Xiaonei officially changed its name to Renren, as well as its domain to www.renren.com. And also, the logo has changed from the Chinese word "xiaonei" to the Chinese word "renren"("ren", meaning "people" or "person", and "everyone" when used twice in a row it means "everyone"). This name change from 'inside the school' (Xiaonei 校内) to 'everybody' (renren 人人) reflected the expansion aspirations held by Oak Pacific - to be more than a network dedicated to students, but instead be the biggest Chinese social network website.() In April 2011, the company filed with the SEC to raise $584 million in a US IPO,() offering Renren stock on the New York Stock Exchange. The company reported 2010 revenue of $76 million USD.() At the beginning of creating "renren.com", users were only able to use specific IP address from specified colleges. This action was to encourage all the users to use their true names to post blogs and pictures. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Renren」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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