Facebook Working on a Music Talent Show Feature to Take on Musical.ly Facebook has been working on a plethora of services and features for its wide array of apps. Recent reports suggest the company might be working on introducing a new feature for its Facebook mobile app, that could pretty much go head to head with Musical.ly. As reported by researcherJane Manchun Wong,Facebook appears to be working on a talent show feature that would have users record themselves singing and then submitting their videos....

Flipkart Launches Flipkart Plus to Compete with Amazon Prime Flipkart and Amazon are both at the top of the online e-commerce service market in India, with both brands offering great discounts and fast deliveries across the country. However, thanks to its Prime membership, Amazon has managed to serve to a larger audience, promising free deliveries and early access to sales. Now, it seems like Flipkart is all set to follow in the same footsteps, bringing forth changes of its own....

France Bans Smartphones in Schools to Tackle Digital Addiction In order to curb digital addiction among adolescents, the France government has voted in favour of a ban on the use of smartphones during school hours. The decision will come into effect next month when the new school session starts in France, an official statement said. The lawmakers from French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist LREM party and its allies gave final approval to the bill, while lawmakers on the left and right abstained from the vote, calling the law a “publicity stunt” that would change nothing, reported Le Monde....

GoDaddy Concludes First Round of Training For Web Professionals in India In a bid to help small and medium businesses in India go digital, global web-hosting and Cloud company GoDaddy on Wednesday announced it has trained over 700 web professionals across Pune, Jaipur, Kochi and Ahmedabad. The aim is to equip web professionals and local resellers with the right online tools, knowledge and skills they need to help grow their ventures online, the company said in a statement....

Google Gets Green Light to Build Futuristic ‘Sidewalk’ Neighborhood in Toronto Sidewalk Labs, the urban innovation division of Google’s parent company Alphabet, has received approval to build a futuristic neighborhood in Toronto that will be all about‘environmental sustainability, affordability, mobility, and economic opportunity‘. Dubbed Quayside, the hi-tech neighborhood has finally been greenlit by the organization which administers the revitalization projects along Toronto’s waterfront. Members of the Waterfront Toronto board unanimously voted to move forward with Sidewalk Labs’ plans for building a neighborhood that is also being calledSidewalk Torontoand will span across an area of 12-acres....

Google is Reportedly Developing A Censored Version of Search for China China is notorious for itsinternet censorship. Just a few weeks ago, search queries related toJohn Oliverwere banned in China after the comedian made fun of Chinese President, Xi Jinping, on his show. The censorship meant Google was unwilling to launch its service in China, but it has not relented to revive operations in China, where homegrown Baidu is the preferred search engine....

Google Will Now Highlight Data Journalism Tables in Search Results When it comes to text, videos or images, millions of people around the world rely on Google Search to get the relevant results. Now Google has identified ways to make the results of even tabular data search more relevant. The change is important as data journalism is on a rise across news organisations and data tables are often the most useful format for them, but are not immediately visible in search results....