One of the biggest name changes in recent years is the switch from Google to Alphabet. Similarly, there are millions of companies in the world and only so many short and snappy names.
Many of the popular digital services we use today started with very different names. The Google we know today was once called Backrub.
As a result, new companies can run into trademark problems. This was the case when Picaboo, the precursor of Snapchat , was forced to change their name in The existing Picaboo—a photobook company—was not thrilled to share a name with an app that was primarily associated with sexting at the time. The fight over the name WWF was a more unique scenario. In the end though, the agreement was largely ignored, and the issue became a sticking point when the wrestling company registered wwf.
Tribune Publishing was forced to backtrack after their name change to Tronc in The widely-panned name, which was stylized in all lower case, was seen as a clumsy attempt to become a digital-first publisher.
Facebook undertook this name change for a number of reasons, but chief among them is that the brand is irrevocably associated with scandals, negative externalities, and Mark Zuckerberg. Even before the most recent outage and whistle-blowing scandal, Facebook was already the least-trusted tech company by a long shot. For one, Facebook recognizes that privacy issues have put their primary source of revenue at risk. As well, there is substance behind the metaverse hype.
Facebook first signaled their ambitions in , when it acquired the virtual reality headset maker Oculus. After all, there are billions of dollars at stake. Connect with us. Billions, Trillions, or Quadrillions?
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