Pranav here. Two things about Facebook in today’s Things Change.
First, Facebook is now called Meta. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been hyping up the idea of a “metaverse” company since June this year, which is when he announced that the future of Facebook Inc. would lie in an evolution of the web combined with virtual reality.
With the new reveal, much of the chatter has revolved around the company’s rebranding, which had been rumoured for a while; apart from various meta jokes, one common thread is that the new name and brand is intended to shift attention away from Facebook’s …
Harveen is a co-founder at The Morning Context, and leads our Internet coverage. She has previously worked as a media, consumer and tech reporter at The Ken and Mint. At The Morning Context, she writes on startups, venture capital, consumer and media businesses across India and the Middle East—from e-commerce to healthtech to streaming.
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Pranav is a co-founder at The Morning Context and used to lead the edit team here. He has previously worked as a writer and editor at The Ken and Mint, where he worked on business news from tech to banking to deals. At The Morning Context, he helps manage editorial operations, edits and commissions long-form stories, and writes at the intersections of technology, business and finance.
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