Facebook tries to move on.
As the controversy over the Facebook Papers revelations continues, Mark Zuckerberg announces a new logo, in which the blue "F" disappears, and the name change: "There's one more thing I want to talk to you about today," he said. said introducing Meta, "name that derives from the Greek and that means after, beyond" and that reflects - he explained - the centrality of the metaverse.
According to the creator of the platform, the new name best captures the reality of Facebook, which also includes Instagram, Messenger, Quest Vr and the Horizon Vr platform: "We are seen as a social media but in our DNA we are a company that builds technology. to connect people. I hope that over time we will be seen as a metaverse society, "he pointed out, predicting that it will reach a billion people in the next decade.
It will be a place where people can interact, work and create products and content in a new ecosystem that could create millions of jobs for creators.
"We are at the beginning of the next chapter of the Internet and the next chapter of our society", added Zuckerberg, explaining that "Facebook is one of the most used products in history, it is an iconic brand among social media but increasingly it does not include everything. what we do. I want to anchor our work and our identity to what we build going forward ".
The name change will also be captured adopted on Wall Street, where from December 1 Facebook will be exchanged with the new abbreviation "Mvrs".
The announcement, as a first effect, had to give wings to the shares of the company on the Stock Exchange, where it came to gain 4.3%.
(Unioneonline / F)
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