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We love infographics here at The Next Web, so we were recentlyinterestedto hear about the impending launch of a hub for data visualizations. Today,Visual.lygoes live as a place for data visualizers to share their work and connect with those who want to commercialize them. The site has launched with over 2000 visualizations to explore across a range of categories, from sports and technology to the economy. Infographic fans should be in heaven here – it’s a gorgeously designed social hub for fans of big data....

Christian Groß was given an assignment in class – to take existing data and use it to create a visual or audio representation, using the coding framework,Processing. That is how the SMS to Paper Airplanesprojectcame to exist. Groß tapped into his long distance relationship with his girlfriend, using the SMS messages that they sent back and forth from September 2010 to April 2011. The visual representation of the SMS message that Groß chose was the paper airplane....

Vitamin-Ris a productivity app that’s all about the execution of tasks. Unlike apps likeThingsandOmniFocus, which are tools for getting your tasks out of your head and into an organized system, Vitamin-R is a tool for motivating you to get tasks done quickly. It doesn’t replace the aforementioned productivity apps — rather, it’s an extension of them, taking you out of planning mode and into doing mode. Calling all Scaleup founders! Join the Soonicorn Summit on November 28 in Amsterdam....

Vivaldi, the cross-platform browser by Opera co-founder Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner, is bringing a bunch of new toolsincluding translation services — with its new browser update. The new update, dubbed Vivaldi 4.0, is the company’s attempt to lure you away from Google’s services.With all the discussions and scrutinythe Big G’s third-party cookie replacement tool FLoC, it’s probably the right time to get that user growth. Vivaldi said that the translation is powered byLingvaNexand all the core data is hosted in Iceland....

Vivo is a phone company that isn’t shy to try out new camera tech in its handsets. Last year, it debutedthe X50 serieswith gimbal stabilization, and this year it included a 50-megapixel sensor of 1/1.31-inch size inthe X60 Pro+. For its latest trick, the company has introduced a 44-megapixel camera in the front with optical image stabilization (OIS). This selfie camera in the V21 phone is able is to capture 4K videos with support for AI-based low-light enhancement....