Diving Into the Metabook

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This week on Planet Internet, David Smooke, Amy Tom, and Kien Dao dive into Facebook's speculated name change and move towards the Metaverse. Will they be called Faceverse? The Metabook? THE Facebook? Who knows! It is a branding crisis after all 😂

🌎 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET:

• Is a Facebook name change a good idea? (00:46) 🥺
• What will the new Facebook name be? (09:06) 😅
• What are dark patterns in UX design? (12:06) 🥵
• What's the latest with the new Macbook? (15:56) 🤯
• What are the technologies of the future that we're looking forward to? (23:20) 🤪

🗒️ SHOW NOTES:

• CNBC's report of Facebook's name change: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/21/facebooks-reported-name-change-7-rebrands-that-worked-or-didnt.html
• Article from the branding expert's point of view: https://www.fastcompany.com/90688822/im-a-branding-expert-heres-what-facebooks-reported-name-change-really-signals
• We Ought to Get Better at Recognizing Dark Patterns on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/we-ought-to-get-better-at-recognizing-dark-patterns
• Apple's Macbook announcement: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/10/apple-unveils-game-changing-macbook-pro/
• Ten Future Technologies That Aren't in the Public Eye (Yet) on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/ten-future-technologies-that-arent-in-the-public-eye-yet

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