Chinese tech giant applies for ‘meta' trademark right after Facebook changes name China's answer to Google may have stolen a long march on Facebook. Soon after Mark Zuckerberg announced his umbrella company would be changing its name to Meta, the Beijing-based Baidu applied for a ‘MetaApp' trademark. Zuckerberg famously announced last Thursday that he was changing the name of his company – which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatApp, among other platforms – to Meta, saying it better fits his vision of “embodied internet.” Also on rt.com Matrix? Misdirection? Cringe? Zuckerberg's presentation of future life in ‘metaverse' sparks fear, loathing, marvel…