MARK ZUCKERBERG ON WHY FACEBOOK IS REBRANDING TO META By Alex Heath Source:-theverge For the first time in 17 years, Mark Zuckerberg has a new job title. On Thursday, he officially became the CEO and chairman of Meta, the new parent company name for Facebook. The rebrand is about solidifying the social media giant as being about the metaverse, which Zuckerberg sees as the future of the internet. Zuckerberg is staying in control of everything. He told me in an interview that, unlike the founders of Google who stepped aside in 2015 when it became part of a holding company called Alphabet, he has no plans to give up the top job. “I THINK WE’RE BASICALLY MOVING FROM BEING FACEBOOK FIRST AS A COMPANY TO BEING METAVERSE FIRST.” Instead, the change is about recognizing a shift inside the company that’s already taken place. Zuckerberg has been pouring billions of dollars — at least $10 ...

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Profiling young entrepreneurs – Part 1: COVID-19 is an opportunity for innovative minds-by W.A Wijwarhdena Ashan Jayasinghe at work  Source:FT Sri Lanka Just one flower is enough to make an impact ‘Let thousand flowers blossom’ was the catchy slogan of China’s leader Mao Tsetung in 1950s. His intention was to create a critical pool of youngsters in China so that they could take that country from poverty to prosperity. In the last two decades, however, people like Phil Knight (Nike), Steve Jobs (Apple), Bill Gates (Microsoft), and Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) have proved that a country does not need a thousand flowers to make an impact. A few who always think new and big could do the job quite easily if they are persistent enough to pursue their goal no matter whether it is rain or sun. The COVID-19 pandemic, thought to be an irreparable disaster by many, has offered such a ...

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Zuckerberg wants to “Change” the World with his Philanthropy: by Zeenat Khan     Since 2014, we all have seen how Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg constantly talks about changing the world. Will his billionaire philanthropy actually save the world? His estimated wealth to date is $111 billion USD. It makes him the fifth richest man on the planet. In 2017, while Zuck was nabbing an honorary degree from Harvard College, Harvard’s 28th President Drew Faust immortalized the famous dropout with the following statement: “Mark Zuckerberg’s leadership has profoundly altered the nature of social engagement worldwide. Few inventions in modern times can rival Facebook in its far- reaching impact on how people around the globe interact with one another…And few individuals can rival Mark Zuckerberg in his drive to change our world through the innovative use of technology, as well as his commitment to advance science, enhance education, and ...

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