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  2. about.fb.com › news › 2021The Facebook Company Is Now Meta | Meta

    Oct 28, 2021 · When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology.

  3. www.theverge.com › 22749919 › markMark Zuckerberg on why Facebook is rebranding to Meta

    Oct 28, 2021 · The rebrand to Meta, announced by Zuckerberg today at the company’s annual Connect conference, has been a clandestine affair since he formally kicked off the project just over six months ago.

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  5. www.nytimes.com › meta-facebook-zuckerbergWhy Did Facebook Become Meta? - The New York Times

    Oct 29, 2021 · Instead, Mr. Zuckerberg and his lieutenants cheerfully laid out their vision for the so-called metaverse, the immersive virtual environment that Facebook — which, as of Thursday, has been renamed...

  6. www.newscientist.com › article › 2295438-why-hasMeta: Why has Facebook changed its name and what is the ...

    Oct 29, 2021 · After plenty of speculation, Facebook, the company that owns platforms including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, rebranded as Meta on 28 October.

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  7. www.abc.net.au › news › 2021/10/29Why is Facebook changing its name, and what does meta mean?

    • Is Facebook Changing Its Name?
    • What Is The Metaverse?
    • What Is The Meaning of Meta?

    The Facebook company has changed its name to Meta, but the social networking app Facebook will keep its name. It has also adopted a new logo (is it just us or does that look familiar…). The name change is to bring the company's "apps and technologies under one new company brand", it said in a statement. Since Facebook launched in 2004, the company ...

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    The metaverse is a virtual world you can plug yourself into and do — in theory — almost anything. Movies like The Matrix, Ready Player One and Tron explore the concept, and it is often depicted as a corrupt system to which people living in a dystopian society escape to (sounds like fun right?). Mr Zuckerberg said the metaverse would be a place wher...

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    Meta is a prefix — a word put before another — that means after or or beyond, to operate at a higher level, or change. For example, metacarpus (the finger bones after the wrist), metalanguage (language used to describe another language) and metamorphosis (a change of form). But it has another meaning in pop culture: to describe when something is be...

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  8. www.bbc.com › news › technology-59083601Facebook changes its name to Meta in major rebrand - BBC

    Oct 28, 2021 · Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg announced the new name as he unveiled plans to build a "metaverse" - an online world where people can game, work and communicate in a virtual environment, often...

  9. www.nytimes.com › facebook-meta-name-changeFacebook Changes Corporate Name to Meta - The New York Times

    Oct 28, 2021 · On Thursday, the social networking giant took an unmistakable step toward an overhaul, de-emphasizing Facebook’s name and rebranding itself as Meta. The change was accompanied by a new...