Facebook to rename WhatsApp, Instagram because, well, they can
It appears that Mark Zuckerberg and his minions are apparently sick of reminding people that Facebook owns WhatsApp and Instagram. And now, according to a fresh report by The Information, the social media giant is preparing to rename these services to show that their second-tier status and better credit Facebook for contributing to the apps’ growth, a report by Mashable states.
So what does Facebook plan to rename these services? In what appears to be the most ingenious branding of the decade Facebook will now rename Instagram to “Instagram from Facebook” and “WhatsApp from Facebook.”