New name for parent company
Mark Zuckerberg wants to rename Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg wants to make Facebook fit for the future
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Facebook wants to rename itself. According to a media report, this probably only affects the parent company. The blue app will probably keep the original name.
Apparently the world’s largest social network Facebook wants to rename itself. According to a media report, company boss Mark Zuckerberg plans to unveil the new brand name at the annual Connect conference on October 28th, wrote the US technology portal and media network “The Verge”, citing a source from the group who was directly involved with the project want to do. The aim is to put the focus on the virtual world “Metaverse”. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wanted to talk about it at the company’s Connect conference on October 28th. The change should signal the tech giant’s ambition to be known for more than just social media.
Facebook is positioned under a parent company
The change means that Facebook will be positioned under a parent company alongside its services Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus and other platforms, it said. The blue Facebook app itself should not be affected by the renaming. When asked by the Reuters news agency, Facebook said the company would not comment on rumors and speculation.
Facebook wants to create 10,000 new highly qualified jobs in the European Union in the next five years in order to build up the virtual world “Metaverse”, as the company announced in a blog post on Monday.
Source: “The Verge”