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On Thursday, October 28, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that his tech company was changing its name to Meta, while the social media platform Facebook would remain. According to a press release, Meta aims to bring the company's apps and technologies together under a new brand. Meta's focus will be to bring the "Metaverse" to life and help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses.

Reason behind change 

Facebook has changed its name because of the metaverse. Talking about the metaverse, it is a virtual computer generated space, where users can easily connect with each other. This space is based on virtual reality technology. Mark Zuckerberg says that the arrival of Metaverse will greatly benefit the users. In this, users will be supported with the latest features like parental control. Apart from this, the personal data of the users will be completely safe in the virtual space.

What will be the benefit of the new name

First of all, for your information, let us tell you that the new name was suggested to Facebook by former Civic Integrity Chief Samidh Chakraborty. Some time ago the company's CEO Mark Zuckerberg invested heavily in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, after which there was speculation about the name change. Now the company has changed its name. This will now open up new employment opportunities and create a virtual world.