The new name for facebook is meta, m e t a. It's really emphasizing their planned multi billion dollar bet on the metaverse. This is this immersive world, think of it as a three d, world wide web that they want to be at the ground level of creating. They just spent an hour talking about the new hardware and software and other tools that they're created to give users the opportunity to immerse themselves in this thing called a meta ferse.
Dr. Anna Durbin, Director of the Center for Immunization Research at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, shares her thoughts on vaccinating children. Bloomberg Technology Executive Editor Tom Giles discusses Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announcing the company's new brand name will be "Meta" and will bring virtual reality to a broader swath of users. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News Venture Capital Reporter Priya Anand talk about Priya's Businessweek Magazine story Big Teacher Is Watching: Spyware Business Sneaks Into Schools. Bloomberg News West Coast Correspondent Ed Ludlow provides more insight on Facebook re-christening itself Meta, decoupling its corporate identity from the eponymous social network mired in toxic content. And We Drive to the Close with Eric Clark, Portfolio Manager at Rational Dynamic Brands Fund.
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