Enterprise

Facebook changes name to Meta

Thoughts on the new name?

Published

October 29, 2021

GadgetMatch

That’s so Meta. At Connect 2021, Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company will now be called Meta.

Under Meta will still be same family apps like Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp. But there will also be their Reality Labs with Oculus, the Horizon VR platform and other VR and AR efforts which will expand Zuckerberg’s metaverse vision.

In their official release announcement, the company said “Meta’s focus will be to bring the metaverse to life and help people connect, find communities and grow businesses.”

“The metaverse will feel like a hybrid of today’s online social experiences, sometimes expanded into three dimensions or projected into the physical world.” it added.

Zuckerberg and his metaverse

On the founder’s letter, Zuckerberg shared more about his metaverse vision. He said, “The defining quality of the metaverse will be a feeling of presence — like you are right there with another person or in another place.”

Zuckerberg previously demonstrated this with all of their VR and AR efforts with Oculus.

“In the metaverse, you’ll be able to do almost anything you can imagine — get together with friends and family, work, learn, play, shop, create — as well as completely new experiences that don’t really fit how we think about computers or phones today,” he added.

Zuckerberg insists that the metaverse won’t be created by Meta alone. He said it will be “built by creators and developers making new experiences and digital items” to “unlock a massively larger creative economy than the one constrained by today’s platforms and their policies.”

Misinformation hub

The announcement comes on the heels of whistleblower Frances Haugen detailing the dangers that the platform enables in the real world.

Facebook’s reputation is rapidly crashing down. For quite a while now, the social media platform has defended itself against claims of misinformation and anti-trust. However, though the company is holding its own in the courtroom, Facebook is now facing another internal battle. A Facebook whistleblower has revealed how consciously dangerous the platform is, especially in other countries.

Speaking to CBS’s “60 Minutes,” Haugen says the platform is more harmful in countries where there are no robust misinformation regulations. She noted how the lack of protection and fact-checking can lead to death.

“In a village in Africa, someone will send in a picture of a massacre that is allegedly happening in the next village and say, ‘grab your guns, come save your cousins,’” Haugen said.

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Enterprise

Global Connect Show Shenzhen empowers Chinese enterprises

Opportune time for new Chinese enterprises to go global

Published

June 2, 2026

GadgetMatch

The Global Connect Show Shenzhen 2026 (GCS SZ 2026) was successfully held on June 1 at China’s innovation hub.

More than 100 Chinese enterprises joined the event, encouraged to expand into international markets.

The program focused on three core pillars:

Chinese brand going global
Global channel connection
Dedicated “Into the Enterprise” series

China has developed a new generation of internationally competitive companies across various sectors, including:

consumer electronics
smart hardware
artificial intelligence
robotics

As these companies enter a new phase of going global, demand is growing for global communications, brand building, market trust, and localized business networks.

As such, the Global Connect Show is one of the platforms to be able to strengthen the relationship across enterprises, partners, business associations, and even media and influencers.

It is a significant window for innovative brands to enter global retail channels by building compelling brand narratives and developing strong localized operations.

This year’s GCS is the third staging of the show, which consistently aims to match Chinese brands with partners through a results-first approach. Such an approach includes hands-on product experiences, presentations, and one-on-one meetings.

Enterprise

New US-China ban might affect 75% of phones, laptops

Companies can no longer use Chinese labs to test their products.

Published

May 5, 2026

Luigi Leonardo

The United States is continuing its crusade against Chinese technology today. However, the target now isn’t a company from China but a method important to a lot of non-Chinese brands.

Today, via Reuters, the Federal Communications Commission (or FCC) has unanimously voted to prohibit companies from using Chinese labs to test their electronic devices if they are to be sold for use in the United States. Naturally, this includes smartphones and computers.

Notably, the prohibition doesn’t directly target Chinese brands. However, it will still affect a huge swath of the industry. The FCC estimates that around 75 percent of the entire market are devices tested in labs based in China.

This means that companies who wish to sell future products in the country must move their testing to labs in the United States or other countries that it deems secure. At its current iteration, the prohibition will not affect devices that already earned their certification prior. However, it might prevent them from getting recertified once their current one expires.

Now, the prohibition isn’t an absolute lock just yet. The FCC will allow the industry to submit comments about the proposal. But, with a unanimous vote from the FCC, companies might have to start looking for alternative testing sites if they want to stay operation in the United States.

Enterprise

OnePlus has reportedly merged with realme

Both brands were previously rumored for restructuring early this year.

Published

April 30, 2026

Luigi Leonardo

OnePlus has a problem. For a while now, rumors have swirled about the company’s dissolution. For their part, the company has continued to deny the reports, citing business as usual. Likely to their dismay, the reports just keep coming. Today, sources have hinted that OnePlus has merged with realme.

Back in January, it was rumored that OnePlus would be closing up shop this year. Since the company very quickly denied the rumors, the report hardly made waves. However, a suspected merger with realme is more difficult to debunk.

For one, realme is itself in a very interesting position. Also back in January, realme was reportedly moving back into being a sub-brand of OPPO. Coupled together with the OnePlus debacle, all this internal restructuring seems par for the course.

According to Digital Chat Station on Weibo, OnePlus and realme have already concluded the merger. The two brands have reportedly united their Chinese and international operations under one roof. Likewise, their marketing will be the same. Pete Lau will still be the main head for this new division.

As with anything of this nature, take this with a grain of salt. OPPO, OnePlus, and realme have not issued any official statements concerning a merger or a shutdown for any brand.