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- The name was chosen to echo the key product that Zuckerberg hopes Facebook – now Meta – will be represented by: the metaverse, the name for a shared online 3D virtual space that a number of companies are interested in creating as a sort of future version of the internet.
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Oct 28, 2021 · Illustration by Samar Haddad. For the first time in 17 years, Mark Zuckerberg has a new job title. On Thursday, he officially became the CEO and chairman of Meta, the new parent company name for...
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Oct 29, 2021 · Technology. Why has Facebook changed its name to Meta and what is the metaverse? Facebook has rebranded itself as Meta in an attempt to own the metaverse, a concept for a 3D version of...
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Oct 28, 2021 · By Daniel Thomas. Business reporter, New York. Facebook has changed its corporate name to Meta as part of a major rebrand. The company said it would better "encompass" what it does, as it...
Oct 28, 2021 · Facebook is changing its name to Meta, reflecting the company’s push to build an avatar-filled virtual world known as the metaverse as it battles a deepening public relations crisis and growing ...
Oct 28, 2021 · Oct. 25, 2021. Facebook’s Meta rebrand comes as the company fends off an onslaught of criticism and potential legal challenges stemming largely from its social networking business.
Oct 28, 2021 · That was the gist of Mark Zuckerberg’s hour-and-a-half announcement today that the largest social-media company in history was officially rebranding, and reorienting itself to focus on “the...
Oct 28, 2023 · One of the reasons Mark Zuckerberg said the company was rebranding was that during 17 years of existence, Facebook had acquired a whole mess of apps, such as Instagram and WhatsApp, and it was...