Facebook considers adding a new ‘Sympathise’ button to status updates

While participating at one of the company’s ‘Hack-a-thons,’ a Facebook engineer developed a ‘sympathize’ button for users to express condolences. Not all ideas presented at the Hack-a-thon are integrated into the platform, but Facebook isn’t ruling out implementing the sympathize button. Will this new feature be coming to a status near you?

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ASUU Set To End Strike; Union Leaders Meet In Minna Today

  After a five-month nationwide strike, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will today meet at the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, Niger State, to decide on when to resume classes. All chairmen of local chapters of the union, the zonal coordinators and past leaders have been invited for the meeting. The lecturers,

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Dear Parents, Get Your Child To The Top; Help Your Child Succeed in School – and Life

Part of providing students with the best possible education is preparing them for the workforce and the world they will enter after they leave school. In our case as parents and teachers, this means we have to give them the ability to learn both independently and collaboratively.  It means turning our focus away from the

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Could humans live to 500 years old? Scientists believe genetic tweaks could significantly extend our lifespan

  Living to the ripe old age of 500 might be a possibility if the science shown to extend worms’ lives can be applied to humans, scientists have said. U.S. researchers tweaked two genetic pathways in the tiny lab worm Caenorhabditis elegans and boosted the creature’s lifespan by a factor of five. The research raises

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How Switching Off Your Mobile Phone In Bed Could Make You Free From Back Pain

A bad night’s sleep is always likely to put you in a foul mood but studies show lack of rest can also leave you plagued with pain. Now experts believe that changing bedtime habits could be the key to healing a long-standing problem. A study has found that people who don’t get enough sleep are

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Is Instagram afraid of WhatsApp? Photo-app releases private messaging feature

  Photo-sharing service Instagram unveiled a new feature Thursday that allows users to send images and messages privately, as the Facebook-owned company sought to bolster its appeal among younger consumers who are increasingly using mobile messaging applications. The new Instagram Direct feature allows users to send a photo or video to a single person or

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