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Co-Founder of Whatsapp, Which Is Owned by Facebook, Tweets '#deleteFacebook'

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While calls for users to eliminate their presence on Facebook have increased due to reports of how Cambridge Analytica allegedly used the platform, most of them haven't come from anyone walking around with a few billion dollars of Facebook's money. WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton left the company last year, and yesterday simply tweeted "It is time. #deletefacebook." It is time. #deletefacebook — Brian Acton (@brianacton) March 20, 2018 Facebook acquired WhatsApp in 2014 for about $22 billion, and now Acton's focus is on data protection and privacy, as he wrote last month after donating $50 million to launch the Signal foundation. At the time, he said: "We believe there is an opportunity to act in the public interest and make a meaningful contribution to society by building sustainable technology that respects users and does not rely on the commoditization of personal data."

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - AudioBook

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

RIP... Ebony Reigns

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Popular dancehall artiste, Ebony Reigns, has died in a gruesome road accident that occurred late Thursday evening on the Sunyani-Kumasi road. According to police, the 20-year-old singer and two military officers were on board a Jeep with registration AS 497—16 from Sunyani heading towards Kumasi when it collided head-on with a VIP bus heading towards Sunyani from Kumasi. The two military occupants also died later at the Bechem Government Hospital after they were rushed there DSP John Adusei, Mankraso District Commander, confirmed.

7 Things You Need to Stop Doing to Be More Productive

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Just Because You're Wandering, It Doesn't Mean You're Lost You may be following a path that has an unforeseen, an unknown destination, but that doesn't mean you're lost or stuck. It just means you're seeing where this path will and can take you. The key to success is not hard working but smart working. There’s a notable distinction between being busy and being productive. Being busy doesn’t necessarily mean you’re being productive. Being productive is less about time management and more on managing your energy. It is the business of life. We need to learn how to spend the least amount of energy to get the most benefits. I am so lucky to work with an amazing team here at Filemobile. Everyone always challenges me and helps me sort my priorities to become more productive. I learned to reduce my work week from 80 hours to 40 hours, and get a lot more work done in the process. In other words, less is more. Here are 7 I things I stopped doing to become more...

10 Reasons Why Immigrants Make Great Entrepreneurs

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Immigrants Make Great Entrepreneurs

Rwanda - Senator Jim Inhofe Speaks on Senate Floor about Paul Kagame and U.S. Africa Foreign Policy

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Rwanda

George Weah sworn in as Liberia president as hopes soar sky-high

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George Weah sworn in as Liberia president as hopes soar sky-high Liberians celebrate country’s first peaceful, democratic transition of power in 47 years It was not the first time George Weah had packed out a football stadium, but perhaps it was the most significant. Liberians queued for miles to see the inauguration of the former footballer as their new president, celebrating their country’s first peaceful, democratic transition of power in 47 years by dancing as they waited. Expectations are sky-high for Weah, who grew up kicking a ball about his poor suburb of Monrovia and became an international star and Liberian hero through a distinguished football career at Milan, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain, winning the Ballon d’Or and Fifa’s world player of the year. “I have spent many years of my life in stadiums but today is a feeling like no other,” Weah, dressed in white and mopping his forehead with a handkerchief, told an ecstatic crowd at Samuel Doe football stadi...