Everything Facebook Launched At F8 and Why
ay 1 of Facebook’s F8 conference was packed with announcements and updates. Here are 10 big takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg’s keynote on Day 1. You can find full coverage and analysis of F8...
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Facebook Founder And CEO Mark Zuckerberg Leaves The Company
Last year in June, when Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave the company a new mission statement, it was too late for him to try to change how things worked at Facebook’s offices. While it wasn’t...
Ras Mubarak Was ‘extremely Abusive’ – Ex-Wife Opens Up On Divorce
A day after her ex-husband took a new wife, Rasheeda Adams, former wife of the Member of Parliament for Kumbungu, Ras Mubarak, has revealed she packed out of their matrimonial home because of the...
Is Free Basics Really Bringing More Africans Online? [Article]
Across the world, efforts to increase internet access are wide-ranging — there is everything from public-private infrastructure development, to community-built mesh networks from Oaxaca to Cape...
Lawyer Accuses Lawyer of ‘vendetta’ Against EC Chair Over Impeachment Move
Describing the petition as a “misadventure” and “treachery”, Joe Debrah said the lawyer for the EC staff, Maxwell Opoku-Agyemang, will not succeed in the exercise he has embarked on, hence...
Ads Heading For Messenger Home Screens Globally
Facebook on Tuesday said that advertisements will begin popping up on Messenger home screens globally after promising tests with users in Australia and Thailand. "Messenger ads are going global," the...
Facebook Hits Two Billion Users
More than a quarter of the world’s population now uses Facebook every month, the social network says. “As of this morning, the Facebook community is now officially two billion people,” founder...
How To Turn Facebook Friends To Real Friends You Can Benefit From
When I joined Facebook in October 2008, the idea was to connect with old friends and get to know what was happening in their lives and also, share what was happening in mine with them. That was 2008....
Nepal Fines Solo Everest Climber Without Permit $22,000
A South African attempting to climb Mount Everest alone and without a permit has been ordered off the mountain, had his passport confiscated and will be fined $22,000, an official said Monday. Ryan...
Thai Man Kills Baby On Facebook Live Then Takes Own Life
A Thai man filmed himself killing his baby daughter on Facebook Live, before taking his own life, Thai police say. The 21-year-old hanged his daughter, and then himself, at a deserted hotel in Phuket...
Man Kills Baby, Take Own Life On Facebook Live
A Thai man filmed himself killing his baby daughter on Facebook Live, before taking his own life, Thai police say. The 21-year-old hanged his daughter, and then himself, at a deserted hotel in Phuket...
Graduates and Entrepreneurship
By Seidu Samad “As long as you’re going to be thinking anyway, think big.” -- Donald Trump. The concept of entrepreneurship was first established in the 1700s, and the meaning has evolved ever...
The End of Smartphones and TVs Is Coming
It’s no secret Mark Zuckerberg is pinning Facebook’s prospects on augmented reality — technology that overlays digital imagery onto the real world, like Snapchat’s signature camera filters....
Singapore Asks Top Court To Review Showbiz Pastor Case
Singapore prosecutors are seeking a review of a court ruling which sparked a public outcry by reducing the jail term of a showbiz pastor who misused millions in church funds to promote his wife's...
Shegah Keeps Promise To Shatta Wale and ‘wife’
Ghana’s dancehall Godmother, Shegah on Friday night stormed the newly opened pub of ‘Shatta Michy’ to back her entrepreneurial spirit after critics lampooned her on social media. Michy, Shatta...
Speaker of Parliament Mike Oquayei Is A Fool – Sekou Nkrumah
Sekou Nkrumah, Son of Ghana’s first President Dr. Kwame Nkrumah has responded rather harshly to a statement made by the Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament Rt. Hon Aaron Mike Ocquaye that Kwame Nkrumah...
UK Targets WhatsApp Encryption After London Attack
The British government said Sunday that its security services must have access to encrypted messaging applications such as WhatsApp, revealing it was used by the killer behind the parliament attack....
Pakistan To Meet Facebook Over ‘blasphemy’ Posts
Pakistan will punish social media companies that fail to take action against online blasphemy, the interior minister said, adding he requested a meeting with Facebook to discuss the issue. Pakistan's...
Anti-Putin Activist Alexei Navalny Dyed Green In Bizarre Liquid Attack
Russian supporters of an opposition leader are sharing selfies on Twitter of their green faces, Australians share their experiences of racism as the country celebrates its diversity, and love...
Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan Expecting Second Baby Girl
Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan are expecting another baby girl. The Facebook CEO announced the news — where else? — in a Facebook post on Thursday. The couple welcomed their first...