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How to use 2 Facebook accounts on 1 Android phone

 Most people have just one Facebook accounts. In fact, Facebook doesn't like it when you have two accounts, it prefers people to keep just one account. the idea is "one real name, one account". But what if you are the rebel, for some reason. What if you have two Facebook accounts and you need to use both on one Android phone.

Here is an easy, made possible by Facebook itself. The company actually offers two Facebook apps -- no, we are not talking about the Messenger app -- that you can use to log into two different Facebook accounts.

The experience of using two Facebook accounts through two apps is not as seamless as what the Twitter users get when they use two Twitter accounts from within one app, but it also avoids some of the confusion that single app-multiple accounts may create. In fact, it might be even preferable to single app-multiple accounts methods. But we digress, so let's talk of the way to solve the dual Facebook account problem:

-- Install official app. Preferably use your primary Facebook account with this. The app is availablehere .

-- Now install Facebook Lite App from PlayStore . Launched by Facebook in year 2015, it is a less data-hungry version of Facebook. Use your second account with the Facebook Lite.

The experience between the two apps is slightly different. The Lite app doesn't offer as rich an experience as the main Facebook app. But then it is also lighter, consumes less data, works better on 2G connections and the more or less gets the job done!

Twitter CEO backs 'Pardon Snowden' campaign

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has joined a growing list of celebrities and other public figures rooting for a presidential pardon for whistleblower Edward Snowden.

#PardonSnowden, Dorsey tweeted on Twitter.

The Pardon Snowden campaign, launched by three human rights groups, replied with a thanking note.

Besides Dorsey, others supporting the campaign are heavyweights like Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, author Joyce Carol Oates, actor Danny Glover, Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Britain-based human rights group Amnesty International, Mishi Choudhary, technology lawyer and legal director of Software Freedom Law Centre, and US-based Human Rights Watch.

The campaign, launched on Wednesday, can be accessed on pardonsnowden.org and is also supported by Anthony Romero, Executive Director of the human rights organisation American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), who said that Snowden should be thanked, not punished and should be allowed to return the US.

Snowden, a former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor, revealed government surveillance programmes to the media. He currently lives in self-imposed exile in Russia to avoid charges in the US for violating the Espionage Act and other laws.

According to Romero, if Snowden were to face trial, he would have no opportunity to argue that he performed a public service. Under the Espionage Act, such an argument would be useless.

Snowden joined the launch of the campaign via teleconference from Russia and said, "While I am grateful for the support given to my case, this really is not about me. It is about us. It is about our right to dissent."

The White House has said it had no plans to pardon Snowden.

"Snowden has been charged with serious crimes, and it is the policy of the administration that Snowden should return to the US and face those charges. There are mechanisms in our criminal justice system to ensure that he's treated fairly and consistent with the law," White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said.

According to a report on online portal Fast Company, 10,000 people signed a petition by Wednesday night. The campaign said they were getting nearly 2,000 new signatures on the petition every hour and expect the total to get a lot bigger.

On Wednesday night, Snowden was beamed into Manhattan's Upper West Side, to join the audience in singing "Happy Birthday" to Oliver Stone, director of "Snowden", the new biopic released on Friday.

WhatsApp on Windows: How to use it

For long a mobile-only app, WhatsApp now offers two ways to users who want to access it on their computers. Earlier, the company had unveiled a web version of the service. On Wednesday, it announced the native desktop apps for Windows and Mac.

So, how do you use WhatsApp on a computer and what all you need. Follow these steps:

To use WhatsApp desktop app:

-- You must have a computer, a phone with the latest version of working WhatsApp installed on it and working data connection in both the computer and the phone.

-- Download the WhatsApp native app from here.

-- Install the app.

-- Once the app is installed open it and the scan the QR code with your phone.

-- This will pair your phone with the computer app and you will be able to use WhatsApp on the computer. It is worth repeating that the desktop app can be used only if you have the working WhatsApp on your phone.

To use WhatsApp Web app:

-- Open web.whatsapp.com in a compatible browser. Chrome works fine.

-- Scan the QR code with your phone. This will pair the phone with the open web WhatsApp.

-- Once the phone is paired you will be able to use WhatsApp in the open browser Window. Although you will still need the working WhatsApp on your phone.