Hashtag Trending Oct. 29- Facebook's new name; Snapchat VS Facebook – IT World Canada

With files from Jori Negin-Shecter Facebook rebrands, Snapchat’s CEO calls out Facebook, and Amazon delivery companies have sued the tech giant It’s all the tech news that’s trending right now, welcome to Hashtag Trending! It’s Friday October 29, and I’m your host, Samira Balsara Facebook changes company name to Meta from technology Facebook announced on Thursday that it would be changing the name of its parent company to Meta. According to an article from CNBC, the name change was announced during the company’s Facebook Connect augmented and virtual reality conference. The announcement promised a future of flashy VR integration across day to day life, with grand ambitions for Zuckerberg and his team to build the “metaverse.” Facebook has invested heavily over the past year into the undertaking, with the formation of a team responsible for building the “metaverse” earlier this year, as well as breaking its hardware division Reality Labs into its own reporting segment. The name change is set to become official on December 1. Facebook ‘has a negative impact on society’ says Snapchat founder from technology Snapchat’s CEO said in a statement on Thursday that Facebook has “found out time and again that it has a negative impact…
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