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Mark Zuckerberg

The Profile

Master of the metaverse: Is Zuckerberg’s virtual frontier a step too far for the rest of humanity?

Tech entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg has spent around $36 billion on the immersive virtual universe hailed as ‘the next big thing’. Unfortunately, neither his investors, his employees or the wider public share his enthusiasm
  • Charlie Taylor
  • December 26, 2022
Tech

Meta expected to cut 350 jobs at Irish operation

Social media giant, which directly employs 3,000 people in Ireland, announced it was cutting 11,000 roles worldwide on Wednesday
  • Cónal Thomasand
  • Charlie Taylor
  • November 9, 2022
The Big Picture

Vincent Boland: Rarefied air of the metaverse proving too thin for investors

A year after Mark Zuckerberg changed Facebook’s name to Meta, his $30 billion long-term bet on an unknown future has failed to convince even his most stalwart backers
  • Vincent Boland
  • October 29, 2022
Media

How WhatsApp has ticked the boxes for Zuckerberg

The Facebook tycoon snapped up the messaging app in 2014 for $16bn, it’s now worth $50bn. And although the ubiquitous WhatsApp group and memes can be annoying, the app has allowed us communicate in ways that would astound our parents
  • Willie O'Reilly
  • October 22, 2022
Technology

Analysis: Zuckerberg’s $1,499 Headsets Won’t Help Meta

In his annual virtual reality conference, the CEO focused on a device that hardly anyone will buy, writes Parmy Olson.
  • Bloomberg
  • October 14, 2022
Tech

Meta reports first ever quarterly sales decline

Mark Zuckerberg says ‘we seem to be entering an economic downturn’ as Facebook and Instagram cite falling advertisers’ budgets
  • Bloomberg
  • July 28, 2022

Matt Cooper: No amount of Metaverse guff can distract from Zuckerberg’s failings

The Facebook founder concentrated on the future in his message to his ‘Metamates’ last week, but the company’s best days may already be behind it
  • Matt Cooper
  • February 20, 2022

Editorial: What’s in a name? For beleaguered Facebook, not very much at all

The social media giant is trying to distract from its various woes by changing its name, a gambit that is doomed to failure
  • Business Post
  • October 31, 2021

Facebook rebrands as Meta

Mark Zuckerberg avoided all of the current news stories about his company, took a pot shot at Apple, and waxed lyrical about the metaverse, before eventually announcing the company’s new name
  • Emmet Ryan
  • October 28, 2021

Elaine Byrne: If Facebook is too big to fail, it’s too big to exist

The social media giant holds half the world’s population in thrall and, as whistleblower Frances Haugen pointed out last week, it allows no principle to hamper its pursuit of profit
  • Elaine Byrne
  • October 14, 2021

Vincent Boland: Facebook needs a reboot of its system, starting at the top

Can the social media giant’s woes only be fixed by a rearrangement of the power balance at board level?
  • Vincent Boland
  • October 10, 2021

Malcolm Byrne: State must get up to date on tech regulation

The main players in Big Tech wield more power than ever and, while innovation should be encouraged, the government also has a responsibility to protect its citizens
  • Malcolm Byrne
  • February 11, 2021

Willie O’Reilly: A long overdue reckoning for the giants of social media

The recent events in Washington DC have seen Facebook and Twitter diving for cover as they try to wash their hands of responsibility. It won’t work
  • Willie O'Reilly
  • January 15, 2021

The Business Post’s view: Facebook case goes to the heart of free market ethics

The century-old anti-trust law may not bear the weight of a contemporary case, but the FTC is right to pursue it in the public interest
  • Business Post
  • December 13, 2020

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