Well, Mark Zuckerberg chose to give Pope Francis a drone – or at least, a model of one. Vatican spokesman Greg Burke says a topic.
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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, alongside his wife Priscilla Chan, met with Pope Francis on Monday and gave him exactly what you would expect from a tech CEO: a drone.
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The meeting was held at the Santa Marta residence, where the Pope lives.
The 32-year-old Zuckerberg and Chan were in Italy to attend the wedding of a friend, Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek, which took place Sunday at Lake Como in northern Italy.
Zuckerberg updated his personal page on Facebook with a photo of himself giving the Pope a model of Aquila, a solar-powered aircraft that Facebook hopes will expand Internet access in developing countries. “You can feel his warmth and kindness, and how deeply he cares about helping people”.
The Aquila drone, which has a wingspan of over 113 feet – bigger than a Boeing 737 – just completed its first official test flight this summer.
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He said that social media application now allowed the use of Hausa language on Facebook.
Zuckerberg’s Italian trip, which included a Q&A session in Rome and a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, comes less than a week after a massive quake rocked several small villages in central Italy. The CEO hosted a Townhall Q&A in Rome, which was live-streamed on Facebook, as well.
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On Monday, the young CEO held a Townhall Q&A to connect and spend time with Facebook’s Italian community, who recently experienced a devastating quake.
