The social network Facebook will not change its current name. The businessman said he hopes his company could get described as a metaverse company.

It’s official. Facebook Inc. changed its name and is now “Meta,” a bid by the CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, to create an expansion in the emporium and set his sights on the “metaverse.”

The change in the corporation behind the social networks Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram, got reported by the company’s director himself this Thursday during the Facebook Connect event.

With this change in the name, Zuckerberg confirms the information that appeared last week, thanks to an unofficial source who spoke of the company’s intention to change its name.

Zuckerberg said Facebook is a company that creates technology to connect people. The company can finally put people at the center of its technology and unlock a vast economy.

The chairman added that the Facebook name does not represent everything the company does right now and that, despite the change, it remains closely linked to the product, but he hopes it will get described as a meta-reverse company.

In a video where he exposed the formal presentation, Zuckerberg highlighted that the applications and brands would not change. It will keep being a company that designs “people-centered” technology.

A fundamental change, but the same ission

Zuckerberg’s announcement sets up a “fundamental change” for the company. He clarified that, although Facebook is one of the most popular products in history and an iconic brand of social networks, it covers less and less everything they do as a company.

The CEO indicated that the company will now get segmented into two parts: one for the family of already known applications and the other for future platforms. And as part of this event, it is time for us to embrace a new company brand for everything they do, and to reflect who they are as a company focused on people.

Meta, Zuckerberg details, has the same goal: “to bring people together with our applications,” which will not change.

Facebook continues to be the company that designs technology around people. But they are focusing on bringing the metaverse to life. The new name reflects the full breadth of what the company plans to build for the future.

The Technology Focuses More on Apps and not on People

The CEO of the company, now called Meta, seized the moment to criticize that, today, technological devices are based around applications and not people, something that the metaverse would end once it comes into force.

The CEO highlighted that in 2021, devices are still rotating around applications, not people. There are no new ideas, and the situation is suffocating creativity. This way is not the adequate manner for people to use technology. The metaverse gives people the opportunity to change that.

He asserted that, for that, creators, developers, and companies of all sizes, can, finally, put people at the center of our technology and bring an experience in which everybody is present together.

By: Jenson Nuñez

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