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Welcome to our data visualization project: where the Google News Lab works with the best designers around the world to tell stories with data — and make the results open source. Using new visit data, these new maps show how America eats when it goes out. What is the Pizza capital of the US? See which restaurants are visited with new mobile phone data. By Polygraph. CLICK TO EXPLORE  Using key datasets, these visuals show the state of newsrooms across America. How Diverse Are US Newsrooms? Built by Polygraph and the ASNE CLICK TO EXPLORE  The 2017 News Nerd Survey Built by Polygraph and the Open News Foundation CLICK TO EXPLORE  See where Americans search for different health conditions. Searching for Health Built by Schema Design CLICK TO EXPLORE  How the visual was made The making ...

Facebook  is rolling out a new feature on its platform, which will let advertisers connect with over one billion WhatsApp users. According to  Techcrunch , Facebook has launched a new click-to-WhatsApp messaging button for pushing out ads to WhatsApp so that people can call or message via Whatsapp instantly. However, apart from advertisers, it is still unclear whether Facebook plans to launch the Click-to-Whatsapp feature for the regular consumers as well. The feature is said to be rolling out in North and South America, Africa, Australia and most of Asia. The report further says that Europe is missing from the list, given  WhatsApp ‘s equation with EU regulators over data sharing with Facebook. Many people already use WhatsApp to communicate with small businesses. It s a fast, convenient way to stay in touch, said Pancham Gajjar, product marketing manager, Facebook, in a statement. By adding a click-to-WhatsApp button to Facebook ads, businesses can now make it ev...

8 tips for taking stunning pictures on your smartphone For that perfect shot Smartphone cameras have seen dramatic improvements, but technology alone won't produce shots that grab attention. That's where the human eye comes in. Here are eight tips to keep in mind when composing that shot, whether of family during the holidays or sights during a vacation. You don't need to own a fancy camera or mess with manual controls. 1/9 ThinkStock Photos Get the right 'subject' Give people something to latch onto when viewing your photo. As a rule of thumb, close-ups are better. At a party, for instance, avoid wide shots of random people mingling in a room, as the room becomes the subject — and that's boring. Instead, get close-ups of the guest or two who's laughing or singing. The photo is now about people having fun at a party. People mingling can still be part of the shot, but in the background, to give people a sense the party's well attended....