Facebook Introduces Reactions Emoji

Have you ever felt awkward liking bad news on Facebook? You know things that are not really likeable but you feel limited on the kind of emotion you can express with the button? 

Apparently, you are not the only one, even, Facebook's founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg feels the same way and now he and his team have launched reactions which is basically adding emoji with different themes to the like button, read his post about it below:

Today is our worldwide launch of Reactions -- the new Like button with more ways to express yourself.

Not every moment you want to share is happy. Sometimes you want to share something sad or frustrating. Our community has been asking for a dislike button for years, but not because people want to tell friends they don't like their posts. People wanted to express empathy and make it comfortable to share a wider range of emotions.

I've spent a lot of time thinking about the right way to do this with our team. One of my goals was to make it as simple as pressing and holding the Like button.

The result is Reactions, which allow you to express love, laughter, surprise, sadness or anger.

Love is the most popular reaction so far, which feels about right to me!

I think this is a cool new feature that has been over due on Facebook for a long time. 

5 Ways To Recession-Proof Your Business

5 Ways To Recession Proof Your Business (What a pretentious title) from Jeph Maystruck

Buharinomics is Working

I can see why former President Jonathan could oversee the most odious looting of the treasury with the way Nigerians are reacting to the current state of the economy. The Buhari government has made it clear that it is determined to wean us off importation and what this means for a country that imports virtually everything from eggs to toothpicks is that people will feel the pain initially.

However,  the Buhari government's economic policy of stifling frivolous imports and not officially sanctioning the devaluation of the naira is working as the manufacturing industry is beginning to grow.  There is evidence for this assertion here http://communityvoiceradio.com/chinese-auto-firm-to-set-up-assembly-plant-in-calabar/ and http://nairametrics.com/bua-group-and-this-chinese-company-will-build-a-1-9b-steel-plant-in-nigeria

The same with agriculture http://www.nairaland.com/2904854/anambra-begins-vegetable-export-uk

and http://www.punchng.com/ooni-promises-jobs-for-40000-youths-through-agriculture/.

Yes,  there are initial pains but if Nigerians support the government and stop the addiction for imported items,  we will be on the way to long-lasting and sustainable economic growth and development.

Despite the problems with the budget which proper scrutiny from the National Assembly can help address,  it still has a large focus on infrastructure development that will benefit the economy and citizens in the middle to long term.

Our duty as citizens is to look at ways of helping to make things better as the government fights corruption and implements structural reform of our economy not to whine about not being able to continue our destructive habits of wasteful spending and unnecessary importation for temporary gain.

How to Earn Money Online Without Having to Pay Something First

Making money online is possible with persistence and dedication

Is it possible to make money online without having to pay something first? Well, the truth is it is possible but it will take a lot of work and investment of your time. I am going to share one of the methods here that doesn't require you to have a specific skill because some people complain they do not have a specific skill they can sell and do not have money to buy any products to sell in the real world or online. The only things they probably have are: Internet connection and time.

STEP 1
Register with Strong Future International (SFI). SFI is a 17 year old affiliate marketing company currently with members in 190 countries. Registering for free is your first step in this guide, click here to do so.  You get a $20 bonus for registering, this will be added to your earnings after you start earning commissions. Do not expect to get paid for doing nothing, remember, you want to invest your time and effort to build income for yourself. Stay focused on this objective if you truly want to make money online.

STEP 2
Registering with SFI gives you access as an affiliate to its superstore, tripleclicks.com with more than 80,000 products listed from 160 countries. This means you have the opportunity to promote these 80,000+ products to get a commission.

STEP 3
Review the products listed on tripleclicks.com and decide on the ones you want to promote. You have the choice to either promote them individually or make a collection of products you want to promote and market your collection. You can do both depending on what your online target market is. The products have different commission value based on the profit margins, so be sure to check to have an idea of how much commission you will earn per sale. Just click on 'SFI Toolbox' to generate your customized affiliate links.

You can view my collection by clicking here.

STEP 4
Promote TripleClicks products online and encourage people to buy them, the more they buy, the more you earn.

So, now you have it, a simple, 4-step guide to earn money online without buying anything yourself. It is very doable if you have focus, dedication and zeal to excel. Let me know what you think by dropping a comment.

Sell Your Products to a Global Audience with Tripleclicks

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Are you also looking to enter this market on a global scale not just local? Then become a Tripleclicks E-Commerce Affiliate (ECA) without delay. You will get amazing benefits such as:

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Put the marketing muscle of over one million SFI affiliates to work for you, promoting and selling your products in over 20,000 cities in over 190 countries!

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This is a great way to expand your market, revenue and profits. You can get started by clicking here.

Singaporean Prime Minister Visits Facebook HQ

The Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien has visited Facebook headquarters and received a gift to recognize his ability to code. Mark Zuckerberg wrote on his wall:

'The Prime Minister is one of the only world leaders who knows how to code. To recognize his technical skills, we gave the PM this artwork designed at Facebook etched with lines from a computer program he wrote. Coding can be useful -- no matter what your job is!'

Does XFT Really Work?

Testimonial from the UK. If you want to have it in Nigeria, you can get it at these rates:

10ml Sachet goes for N1,000 

 

60ml calibrated bottle goes for N6,000 

and 

 

                                               120ml calibrated bottle goes for N12,000.

 

Call 08085404500 to place your order.

Tweeps Start #RIPTwitter Trend Over Proposed New Changes

Twitter users also known as Tweeps are up in arms over the latest proposed change to Twitter after the #Twitter10k debacle. 

The new change is to what you see on your timeline, instead of seeing tweets in chronological idea, you will only see tweets based on an algorithm that presents tweets it thinks you will prefer to see. 

This letter below captures the mood of many Tweeps about this new cange:

Letter to Twitter written by @CherguiaMbark 

You can view more Tweets under #RIPTwitter.

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See All the Goals as Barcelona Spank Valencia 7-0!

Poor Gary Neville and Valencia. Barcelona though are incredible.

Increase Your Productivity on WhatsApp With Duta Services

WhatsApp now has over a billion users and still counting but this post is not about this milestone but about the fact that an Indian company called Duta is providing a service that allows you obtain instant information from Wikipedia and news, business and sports like football, cricket and other sports. 

While this service is more India-centric, people from other countries would find it useful and here is how to get on-board courtesy Techzim.

Save Contact

Save the following numbers in your phone, in the exact format. I’d suggest you go with the name ‘WhatsApp Bot’ but anything that your are comfortable will do.

• +91 98239 96782
• +91 78239 97002
• +91 78239 97192
• +91 78239 97223
• +91 98239 97284

Create WhatsApp Group

Create a group that will have you and the ‘bot’ in it. To create a group, go to the Home screen (the one you see all your messages from people) then press Menu >> New group. You will be prompted to give the group a name/description. I’d suggest you name it “WhatsApp Bot Group”, but again, you can name it whatever you comfortable with.

Then add all the ‘WhatsApp Bot’ contacts to this group and your done.

If you want to add someone else to the group for them to enjoy the fun you can, but remember to ask them first before adding them to any group – it’s the courteous thing to do.

Once the group is created an automatic message will be sent by the bot advising that you are subscribed to FREE Football updates. If you’re not a fan of football, reply with -football to unsubscribe. You can do this at any time.

Search For Content

For now you are able to pull content from Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia. To do this simply send “wikikeyword” where ‘keyword’ is the term or phrase you’d like to search for. E.g. ‘wiki Zimbabwe‘.

To call up the news or any service that you’ve subscribed to just put an asterisk ‘*’ and the category you want: *news. When prompted with an ordered list, reply with the option that you’d like to read, preceded by the ‘*’ again.

Automatic Updates

For the services that you have subscribed to there will be automatic updates that will be sent to our phone at a specific time (usually in the morning). There is nothing that you have to do besides staying subscribed to such services. If you opt out you will no longer see the messages.

Receiving Messages

To receive messages you will need an active internet connection, whether wifi, data bundles or WhatsApp bundles. If you use NetOne or Telecel note that the text messages that you are sent count towards your data limit for your bundle.

Subscribe To Services

Send a message to the group written *info and a list of possible services that you can subscribe to will be advised. To subscribe to any of these just send a message to the group with ‘+’ and the service, e.g.+finance

So, there you have it, let me know if it works for you and what you think. 

How A Lamp Could Save Nigeria's Economy

Nigeria is currently experiencing an economic crisis that is making it difficult to finance her budget and the central bank is trying every trick in the book to strengthen the naira which is experiencing a free-fall at the parallel market in comparisons to the dollar and other major international currencies like the euro and pound.

One of the problems which the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the federal government have pointed-out to Nigerians is that we import practically everything from toothpicks to eggs, from petrol to cars. This means the country is not earning enough dollars to give the naira strength when the price of crude oil Nigeria's major source of income has fallen drastically to an average of $30 per barrel.

Monetary policy has shifted towards banning imports of items not considered essential for the manufacturing sector of the economy and it is therefore quite refreshing to see Nigerians beginning to manufacture electric lamps locally even if the finishing can be better. As you can see the product is made of plastic and LED bulbs powered by batteries.

Millions of dollars are spent on importing lamps especially from China each year. Hence, this effort is appreciated and should be supported. The more locally-produced goods and services we consume,, the better for us and our country.