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With school closures extended over Covid-19, teachers get to grips with online classes

As the Education Ministry scrambles to establish distance learning via virtual tools for long-term school closures, some teachers and pupils in Greece are trying to adapt to the new normal of instruction in the face of the public health emergency.

Yahoo's E-mail Crashed

Yahoo's e-mail crashed yesterday. Thousands of users didn't have access to their emails for hours. It is not clear what the cause of the problem is.

"You may not be able to access some of our services, including email. Our main priority right now is to resolve the issue. We appreciate your patience," a Yahoo customer service team said.

Facebook Plans to Make Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp Users Contact Each Other

Facebook said Friday it is trying to get its messaging apps to be friends, allowing encrypted missives be exchanged no matter which of its services are used, reports AFP. 

The leading social network is behind free, stand-alone smartphone apps Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp.

Each service is popular, but users have to be in the same application to exchange to connect.

Instagram Launches Walkie-Talkie Voice Messaging

You'd think Facebook would be faster at copying itself. Five years after Facebook Messenger took a cue from WhatsApp and Voxer to launch voice messaging, and four months after TechCrunch reported Instagram  was testing its own walkie-talkie feature, voice messaging is rolling out globally on Instagram Direct today.

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