Facebook is rebranding as Meta — but the app you use will still be called Facebook
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook is rebranding as Meta — but the app you use will still be called Facebook

NPR  

Facebook is rebranding as Meta — but the app you use will still be called Facebook Enlarge this image toggle caption Eric Risberg/AP Eric Risberg/AP Facebook's new corporate name is Meta, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday, in an apparent effort to recast the company's public image from battered social network to tech innovator focused on building the next generation of online interaction, known as the "metaverse." Sponsor Message Seventeen years after Zuckerberg founded Facebook in his Harvard University dorm room, the company's brand has been badly dented by a succession of crises, from Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election to the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal, which became public in 2018, to last month's damaging revelations from former Facebook employee turned whistleblower Frances Haugen. Facebook demonstrated many of those experiences in Thursday's slickly produced video, showing Zuckerberg riding a virtual reality electric hydrofoil, fencing with a hologram and walking through a 3D rendering of his "home space." "The name change from Facebook to Meta may make sense from a commercial marketing perspective, but it's also a blatant attempt to distance Mark Zuckerberg's company from growing outrage over the harm it is causing to democracy in the U.S. and around the world," said Paul Barrett, deputy director of the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights, in a statement.

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Facebook Gaming app to be discontinued on October 28: Report
2 years, 3 months ago

Facebook Gaming app to be discontinued on October 28: Report

Hindustan Times  

Meta's standalone Facebook Gaming app will be discontinued on October 28 for Android as well as iOS users, according to a report by Livemint on Wednesday. "Despite this news, our mission to connect players, fans and creators with the games they love hasn't changed, and you'll still be able to find your games, streamers and groups when you visit Gaming …

Facebook is shutting down its gaming app: Details
2 years, 3 months ago

Facebook is shutting down its gaming app: Details

Live Mint  

Meta-owned Facebook has announced that it is shutting down its standalone gaming app later this year. “We want to extend our heartfelt thanks to all of you for everything that you’ve done to build a thriving community for gamers and fans since the app first launched," Facebook says in the notice. Launched in April 2020, the app allow users to …

Meta is changing Facebook, Instagram to look more like its trendier rival TikTok
2 years, 5 months ago

Meta is changing Facebook, Instagram to look more like its trendier rival TikTok

Live Mint  

Facebook and Instagram users may be in a for a surprise, albeit a good one. According to Bloomberg report, the Facebook parent company is changing the way it shows users posts and videos on its flagship social network, part of an effort to get people to watch content from accounts they don’t already follow and better compete with the video …

Explained: The tumbling of Meta platforms’ shares
2 years, 10 months ago

Explained: The tumbling of Meta platforms’ shares

The Hindu  

The story so far: The shares of Meta Platforms, the parent company of social media giant Facebook, crashed by as much as 25% on Thursday, wiping out over $200 billion from the company’s market value. THE GIST The shares of Meta Platforms crashed by as much as 25% on Thursday, wiping out over $200 billion from the company’s market value. …

Facebook has successfully overhauled its business before. This time will be harder
2 years, 10 months ago

Facebook has successfully overhauled its business before. This time will be harder

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Ahead of its 2012 initial public offering, Facebook was in trouble. He’s even called the metaverse “the successor to the mobile internet.” But there’s one critical difference for Zuckerberg’s company between now and a decade ago: While mobile technology was already a flourishing platform when Facebook was making that shift, the company’s vision of the …

Meta, formerly Facebook, faces historic drop as stock tanks
2 years, 10 months ago

Meta, formerly Facebook, faces historic drop as stock tanks

Associated Press  

Meta is putting a lot of virtual eggs — and billions of dollars — into the metaverse basket, and Wall Street is pretty anxious about it. At the same time, it invested more than $10 billion in CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s ambitious plan to transform Meta Platforms Inc. into a virtual reality — actually, make that “metaverse-based” — company. “Betting big …

Facebook's total user base declines for the first time in 17 years: Report
2 years, 10 months ago

Facebook's total user base declines for the first time in 17 years: Report

Hindustan Times  

Facebook has seen a number of controversies in recent years. According to quarterly report released by Meta, Facebook lost about half a million global daily users in the fourth quarter of 2021 as compared to previous quarter. Meta’s quarterly report on Wednesday also posted sharply higher costs but gave a weak revenue forecast, spooking the investors and knocking off almost …

Facebook loses daily users, ad growth drops down- Report
2 years, 10 months ago

Facebook loses daily users, ad growth drops down- Report

India TV News  

Highlights Massive stock drop instantly wiped out around $200 billion in its market value Meta-owned Facebook platform registered 1.929 billion daily users in fourth quarter of 2021 The user growth slowdown when the company announced that it would rebrand as a "metaverse" company For the first time ever, Facebook has lost daily users globally, reporting lower-than-expected ad growth that sent …

Facebook At Risk Of Missing The Point Of Metaverse: Report
3 years ago

Facebook At Risk Of Missing The Point Of Metaverse: Report

ABP News  

New Delhi: Social networking giant Facebook, which adopted a new moniker Meta in late October, based on sci-fi term metaverse, is at the risk of missing the point of metaverse if it is not able to permit digital ownership, a new report says. According to a report by news agency Reuters, metaverse participants do not think the social media giant …

What is Metaverse and why Facebook and Microsoft are talking about it
3 years ago

What is Metaverse and why Facebook and Microsoft are talking about it

India Today  

Metaverse is supposed to be, or rather it already is in some ways, so big that a giant like Facebook recently changed its brand name from "Facebook" to "Meta." At the same time, the Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that his company is now committing itself to build a "metaverse" and that this would be the next-gen internet that people …

Facebook and the true meaning of 'meta'
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook and the true meaning of 'meta'

BBC  

Facebook and the true meaning of 'meta' Getty Images Facebook recently rebranded as Meta Prefixes rarely make headlines, but with Facebook's rebrand, "meta" became a word for 2021. Meta’s metaverse will apparently entail augmented, virtual and mixed reality technologies, to effectuate an immersive online experience – an "embodied internet", where users are not just scrolling, posting and commenting, but interacting …

The AP Interview: Facebook whistleblower fears the metaverse
3 years, 1 month ago

The AP Interview: Facebook whistleblower fears the metaverse

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen warned Tuesday that the “metaverse,” the all-encompassing virtual reality world at the heart of the social media giant’s growth strategy, will be addictive and rob people of yet more personal information while giving the embattled company another monopoly online. “So beyond the fact that these immersive environments are extremely addictive and they encourage people …

EXPLAINED: What is Metaverse and Why Facebook/ Meta Thinks it's the Future of Internet
3 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINED: What is Metaverse and Why Facebook/ Meta Thinks it's the Future of Internet

News 18  

The term “metaverse” is the latest buzzword to capture the tech industry’s imagination — so much so that one of the best-known internet platforms is rebranding to signal its embrace of the futuristic idea. In an interview with The Verge, Zuckerberg said that “the metaverse isn’t just virtual reality” and would be accessible across various computing platforms like virtual and …

Plenty of pitfalls await Zuckerberg’s ‘metaverse’ plan
3 years, 1 month ago

Plenty of pitfalls await Zuckerberg’s ‘metaverse’ plan

Associated Press  

When Mark Zuckerberg announced ambitious plans to build the “metaverse” — a virtual reality construct intended to supplant the internet, merge virtual life with real life and create endless new playgrounds for everyone — he promised that “you’re going to able to do almost anything you can imagine.” That might not be such a great idea. “There is a potential …

WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger Start Showing Meta Branding On Opening Splash Screen
3 years, 1 month ago

WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger Start Showing Meta Branding On Opening Splash Screen

News 18  

Apps owned by Facebook including WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, and other apps have started showing the company’s new Meta branding on both Android and iOS devices. The Meta branding is now reflecting on Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, as verified by News18.com. The rebranding comes as part of Facebook’s efforts of expanding beyond the social media business and creating a “metaverse.” …

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen slams 'Meta' rebrand
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen slams 'Meta' rebrand

The Hindu  

Former Facebook employee turned whistleblower Frances Haugen on November 1 slammed Facebook's rebrand as she reiterated her accusation that the company prioritized expansion over people's safety. Haugen had leaked internal documents that sparked weeks of criticism of the social media giant before CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced changing the name of Facebook's parent company to "Meta." Asked if Zuckerberg should step …

Meta: What does Facebook’s new name and ‘metaverse’ mean?
3 years, 1 month ago

Meta: What does Facebook’s new name and ‘metaverse’ mean?

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, announced yesterday that the company is changing …

Facebook to Meta: The Metaverse contours go beyond just rebranding
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook to Meta: The Metaverse contours go beyond just rebranding

Hindustan Times  

Facebook will now be known as Meta as it is betting big on the metaverse project that it sees as the future of the internet. Watch: Why Facebook changed name to Meta amid multiple controversies There is the potential for immersive social virtual shopping experiences, concerts, gaming, and virtual classrooms taking a huge step forward. And we’re working with game …

Facebook changes its name to Meta: social media users react with hilarious memes
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook changes its name to Meta: social media users react with hilarious memes

Firstpost  

Minutes after Facebook made the announcement, a torrent of hilarious comment began on Twitter, especially from companies, people and even the social media giant Twitter As part of a major rebrand, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that his company is changing its name to Meta. Minutes after Facebook made the announcement, a torrent of hilarious comment began on Twitter, especially …

Facebook renames itself Meta, rebranding one of the world's most recognisable brands
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook renames itself Meta, rebranding one of the world's most recognisable brands

Firstpost  

The move punctuates how CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to refocus his Silicon Valley company on what he sees as the next digital frontier, which is the unification of disparate digital worlds into something called the metaverse. “I’ve been thinking a lot about our identity” with this new chapter, Zuckerberg said, speaking Thursday at a virtual event to showcase Facebook’s technological …

Meta and the Facebook Papers: Why Mark Zuckerberg has nothing to fear
3 years, 1 month ago

Meta and the Facebook Papers: Why Mark Zuckerberg has nothing to fear

Salon  

With great fanfare on Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced his company's much-anticipated name change. A former Facebook employee named Frances Haugen has been releasing a steady stream of leaked documents showing that Facebook knew its social media networks were being used to spread misinformation, stoke often genocidal levels of conflict, and undermine people's mental health — but did little …

Facebook will be now called Meta as Mark Zuckerberg works to create Metaverse: Full story in 10 points
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook will be now called Meta as Mark Zuckerberg works to create Metaverse: Full story in 10 points

India Today  

Facebook’s parent company is now Meta. This is because Zuckerberg wants to move beyond the realms of social media and does not wish his company to be known as a social media company only. “Today we are seen as a social media company, but in our DNA we are a company that builds technology to connect people, and the metaverse …

In the middle of a crisis, Facebook Inc. renames itself Meta
3 years, 1 month ago

In the middle of a crisis, Facebook Inc. renames itself Meta

Associated Press  

OAKLAND, Calif. — Like many companies in trouble before it, Facebook is changing its name and logo. Facebook Inc. is now called Meta Platforms Inc., or Meta for short, to reflect what CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday is its commitment to developing the new surround-yourself technology known as the “ metaverse.” But the social network itself will still be called …

EXPLAINER: What is the metaverse and how will it work?
3 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: What is the metaverse and how will it work?

Associated Press  

The term “metaverse” is the latest buzzword to capture the tech industry’s imagination — so much so that one of the best-known internet platforms is rebranding to signal its embrace of the futuristic idea. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Thursday announcement that he’s changing his company’s name to Meta Platforms Inc., or Meta for short, might be the biggest thing to …

EXPLAINER: What is the metaverse and how will it work?
3 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: What is the metaverse and how will it work?

Associated Press  

The term “metaverse” is the latest buzzword to capture the tech industry’s imagination — so much so that one of the best-known internet platforms is rebranding to signal its embrace of the futuristic idea. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Thursday announcement that he’s changing his company’s name to Meta Platforms Inc., or Meta for short, might be the biggest thing to …

Facebook Is Going Meta
54 years, 11 months ago

Facebook Is Going Meta

Wired  

From Wall Street to Main Street to Capitol Hill, everyone is mad at Facebook. “Today, we're seen as a social media company, but in our DNA we are a company that builds technology to connect people,” Zuckerberg said at the company's Connect conference on Thursday morning, where he unveiled a series of new products and ambitions around the metaverse. “It …

Facebook rebrands as Meta to emphasise ‘metaverse’ vision
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook rebrands as Meta to emphasise ‘metaverse’ vision

The Hindu  

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company is rebranding itself as Meta in an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future, what Mr. Zuckerberg calls the “metaverse.” Skeptics point out that it also appears to be an attempt to change the subject from the Facebook Papers, a leaked document trove so dubbed by a consortium of news organizations …

Facebook changes name to Meta to highlight virtual reality shift
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook changes name to Meta to highlight virtual reality shift

Al Jazeera  

Facebook is changing its name to Meta – a move that decouples its corporate identity from its social network, which has been under increasing fire. Facebook Inc. is re-christening itself Meta, decoupling its corporate identity from the eponymous social network mired in toxic content, and highlighting a shift to an emerging computing platform focused on virtual reality. “The metaverse is …

Rebranding as Meta, Facebook emphasizes VR future over crisis-beset present
3 years, 1 month ago

Rebranding as Meta, Facebook emphasizes VR future over crisis-beset present

LA Times  

Seen on a video screen in Sausalito, Calif., Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces his company’s new corporate name, Meta, during a virtual event on Thursday. “I believe the metaverse is the next chapter for the internet, and it’s the next chapter for our company, too,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s founder and chief executive, during a Thursday morning media event. After …

Facebook invests billions in metaverse efforts as ad business slows
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook invests billions in metaverse efforts as ad business slows

Live Mint  

Facebook Inc said on Monday it will start publishing the financial results of its augmented and virtual reality labs as a separate unit, where it is investing billions in its ambitions to build the "metaverse" and as it reported that its main advertising business faces "significant uncertainty." David Wehner, Facebook's chief financial officer, said the company expected its investment in …

Facebook to reportedly get new name as part of major rebranding exercise: Here's all you need to know
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook to reportedly get new name as part of major rebranding exercise: Here's all you need to know

Firstpost  

Speculation suggests the name for the entire Facebook group could be one related to Horizon, which is Facebook’s unreleased VR product. Facebook might soon get a new name, as hinted by an unnamed source familiar with the matter. Although, speculation suggests the name could be one related to Horizon, which is Facebook’s unreleased VR product. And I think it’s going …

Enter the Zuckerverse? Social media churns with new names for Facebook
3 years, 2 months ago

Enter the Zuckerverse? Social media churns with new names for Facebook

India Today  

They're just a few of the suggestions being bandied around online following reports that Facebook plans to rebrand itself with a new group name. "Meta" was one of the more sober trending suggestions, referring to Facebook's reported desire to assume a name that focuses on the metaverse, a virtual environment where users can hang out. Several humorous suggestions reflected online …

Facebook Inc to rename the company by next week
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook Inc to rename the company by next week

Op India  

Social media giant Facebook Inc, which owns popular apps like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus, is planning to change its name to reflect that it is no longer a one-app company. In July, Mark Zuckerberg had told The Verge, “We will effectively transition from people seeing us as primarily being a social media company to being a metaverse company.” Another benefit …

'Am I Cool Enough?': Internet's Memefest After Facebook Announces Rebranding And Name Change
3 years, 2 months ago

'Am I Cool Enough?': Internet's Memefest After Facebook Announces Rebranding And Name Change

ABP News  

New Delhi: Social Media giant Facebook is planning to change its name and rebrand the company, a recent report by The Verge stated as the organisation focuses on building the metaverse. According to The Verge report, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who is expected to talk about the company's new name at Facebook's annual Connect conference on October 28, 2021, could …

Facebook plans to change its name to focus on metaverse
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook plans to change its name to focus on metaverse

The Hindu  

Facebook is planning to rename the company, The Verge reported citing a source with direct knowledge of the matter. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to unveil the new name at the company’s annual connect conference on October 28, the report added. Zuckerberg had said previously that Facebook’s future lies in metaverse - an online concept where people exist and communicate …

Facebook May Be Planning To Change Its Name, To Focus On 'Metaverse': Report
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook May Be Planning To Change Its Name, To Focus On 'Metaverse': Report

News 18  

Social media giant Facebook may be planning to rebrand itself with a new name next week, a report in The Verge said on Tuesday, citing a source with direct knowledge of the matter. Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about the name change at the company’s annual Connect conference on October 28, but it could be unveiled …

Facebook is planning to change its name, report says
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook is planning to change its name, report says

CNN  

London CNN Business — Facebook is planning to rebrand itself with a new name focused on the metaverse, the Verge reported on Tuesday, as the tech giant comes under fire from regulators around the world over its business practices. A name change could position the three mega platforms under an umbrella brand, similar to the structure used by Google, which …

Facebook planning to change its name as it becomes more than a social media company
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook planning to change its name as it becomes more than a social media company

India Today  

Facebook - the social media company that owns Instagram and WhatsApp - seems done with its household name. According to a new report, Mark Zuckerberg-led Facebook is planning to change its name to something that will show the company’s commitment towards building a sort of metaverse of services. Simply put, Facebook does not want to be known as just a …

Facebook ‘planning to rebrand company’ with new name
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook ‘planning to rebrand company’ with new name

Al Jazeera  

CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about the name change at its annual conference on October 28, but it could be sooner. Social media giant Facebook Inc is planning to rebrand itself with a new name next week, American technology blog the Verge reported on Tuesday, citing a source with direct knowledge of the matter. Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark …

Facebook plans to hire 10,000 in Europe to build ‘metaverse’
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook plans to hire 10,000 in Europe to build ‘metaverse’

Associated Press  

LONDON — Facebook said it plans to hire 10,000 workers in the European Union over the next five years to work on a new computing platform that promises to connect people virtually but could raise concerns about privacy and the social platform gaining more control over people’s online lives. The company said in a blog post Sunday that those high-skilled …

Facebook finally explains what the ‘metaverse’ is – and says it’s coming in the next 10 years
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook finally explains what the ‘metaverse’ is – and says it’s coming in the next 10 years

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Facebook says that a “fully realised” metaverse will come in the next 10 …

The next big internet revolution: what is the metaverse?
3 years, 4 months ago

The next big internet revolution: what is the metaverse?

Live Mint  

Imagine a world where you could sit on the same couch as a friend who lives thousands of miles away, or conjure up a virtual version of your workplace while at the beach. The metaverse is, in fact, the stuff of science-fiction: the term was coined by Neal Stephenson in his 1992 novel "Snow Crash", in which people don virtual …

Editorial: Facebook is too big. Breaking it up is just part of the solution
4 years ago

Editorial: Facebook is too big. Breaking it up is just part of the solution

LA Times  

The Federal Trade Commission and the attorneys general of 46 states filed lawsuits Wednesday seeking what amounted to a do-over on Facebook — the chance to reject two acquisitions that helped make the social network the behemoth it is today. Among other noxious pursuits, the social network has been used to incite violence, spread disinformation, vacuum up personal information, manipulate …

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