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Facebook have a new name META

Facebook have a new name META

Why, when, what CEO Zuckerberg said and more
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Oct 29, 2021, 08:40 IST
Facebook is no longer Facebook. It is getting a new name — Meta. The Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced
Facebook is no longer Facebook. It is getting a new name — Meta. The Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the Name at the company’s Connect event held. The company is rebranding itself as Meta. The rebrand comes as the world’s largest social media company battles criticisms from lawmakers and regulators over its market power, algorithmic decisions and the policing of abuses on its platforms.

Did you know, Video Profiles was removed from Facebook on 7 Feb 2022

Did you know, Video Profiles was removed from Facebook on 7 Feb 2022

In news that likely won’t have a major impact, though may require manual intervention from some users, Facebook has announced that it’s removing video profile images as of February 7th, with people who currently have a video profile image being reverted back to a still picture instead.

As you can see in this notification, posted by user Andrew Curry (and shared by Matt Navarra), Facebook is doing away with profile videos entirely, which it had once hoped would be a more fun, more engaging way to bring user profiles to life in the app.

Have you ever heard of Metaverse?

Have you ever heart of Metaverse?

What does metaverse mean?
The word “metaverse” describes a fully realized digital world that exists beyond the one in which we live. It was coined by Neal Stephenson in his 1992 novel “Snow Crash,” and the concept was further explored by Ernest Cline in his novel “Ready Player One.” An expanding universe.

What is the use of metaverse?
The metaverse is basically a representation of an immersive 3D virtual world where users can interact with different spaces as their digital avatars. Just like the real world, the metaverse can allow users to move around different metaverse spaces as their digital avatars.

Is metaverse same as virtual reality?
In the novel, the metaverse is a sort of 3D virtual world. It’s not simply a virtual reality game but is a persistent, shared virtual world. Or rather, the metaverse is a whole universe of shared virtual spaces seemingly linked together—you could, essentially, teleport between them.

Yes / No to all Connection Requests on LinkedIn?

The logic, of course, is that you probably shouldn’t, as you could open yourself up to spammers and people who might look to scrape your profile for contact info, which they could then, potentially, collect up and on-sell to the highest bidder.