Why Facebook Is Investing In a Hardware Lab

Recently, Facebook posted a blog about the opening of “Area 404”, a 22,000 square foot fully equipped hardware lab in its Menlo Park office. While Facebook generates most of its revenues from advertisements on its core social media platform, it has hardware-related initiatives intended to amplify or support its main business. These include its Connectivity Labs, the Oculus VR business, and promising research projects including Aquila and OpenCellular. The goal for Area 404 is to offer the va...