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What is the first image you visualize in your head when you think about a calendar? Probably a table with numbers arranged in seven columns and five rows (or six row depending on day one) to display the full month ahead. We use it every day, whether on your phone or on your wall. Same design no matter the medium, the same format has moved from posters to digital apps without any alteration. We are surrounded by objects that have history, sometimes that span centuries, and we completely ignore it. Anytime I encounter design patterns that are so well embedded… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2QY0PwJ

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Picture the keypad of a telephone and calculator side by side. Can you see the subtle difference between the two without resorting to your smartphone? Don’t worry if you can’t recall the design. Most of us are so used to accepting the common interfaces that we tend to overlook the calculator’s inverted key sequence. A calculator has the 7–8–9 buttons at the top whereas a phone uses the 1–2–3 format. Subtle, but puzzling since they serve the same functional goal — input numbers. There’s no logical reason for the inversion if a user operates the interface in the same way.… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2Apy95w

From the Marriott and Facebook meltdowns to state-sponsored assaults, 2018 was an eventful year for cybercrime. from Security Latest http://bit.ly/2H0KeE3

Cardano is an open-source blockchain and smart contracts platform, supported by the namesake cryptocurrency Cardano (ADA). The project is a direct competitor to Ethereum, and the two organizations also share a co-founder between them — Charles Hokinson. Hokinson claims that Cardano has cracked the problem of scalability with blockchains through its ‘Ouroboros‘ proof of stake (PoS) algorithm. While many in the industry — including Hokinson’s former colleagues Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin and EOS’s Daniel Larimer — are not amused by this claim, Cardano has managed to rise the ranks of cryptocurrencies rather quickly, to be one among the ten largest by… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2An0hWC

As 2018 draws to a close, many members of the crypto community will be happy that they made it through to the end of another volatile year. Many can still be heard repeating their mantra of “I believe in the tech” to anyone that will care to listen. The battle scars of 2018 will ensure that this year will be remembered for all the wrong reasons by crypto enthusiasts. For example, there was the infamous $520 million crypto hack, and more recently another Japan-based crypto exchange was hacked, losing some $60 million worth of cryptocurrency. However, Bitcoin prices falling by… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2CHjgNw

We are now truly living in the era of big data. And it’s not just companies like Facebook and YouTube that are reaping the benefits, big data is transforming science too. In the space sciences, we have an unprecedented number of satellites and ground-based instruments that monitor Earth’s space environment – routinely producing tonnes of data. But how do you process it all? While you may have heard about algorithms and artificial intelligence, there are some decidedly more human approaches too. One of the things I study are the sounds within the Earth’s magnetosphere – the magnetic bubble that protects… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2CGDpDq

Microsoft’s app store for Windows has become a fairly impressive library of software for users, and we want our readers to go into the new year with apps that will make their PCs just that much better. To that end, we’ve compiled a list of some of our favorite apps from the Microsoft Store. Some came out this year, while a few are slightly older, but they’re all pretty great. We’re going to assume, if you’re here, you already have the basics — Microsoft Word, a Twitter client, the Xbox app. But there are a huge amount of apps available… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2BMwOFI

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Motion helps make UIs expressive and easy to use. Despite having so much potential, motion is perhaps the least understood of all the design disciplines. This may be due to it being one of the newer members of the UI design family. Visual and interaction design dates back to early GUIs, but motion had to wait for modern hardware to render animation smoothly. The overlap between UI motion and traditional animation also muddies the waters. A lifetime can be spent mastering Disney’s 12 basic principles, does this mean UI motion is similarly complex? People often tell me that designing motion is… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2ETBDko

From Donald Trump to Russian hackers, these are the most dangerous characters we've been watching online in 2018. from Security Latest http://bit.ly/2VmhdFA

When you say “cryptocurrency,” you’d be forgiven if one of the first things that comes to mind is: “exit scam.” Exit scams refer to those cunning plots, whereby blockchain startups collect investors money, often through initial coin offerings (ICOs), only to disappear suddenly, along with any the funds raised. This happens so frequently that by August, more than $100 million in funds contributed to ICOs had been stolen as part of an exit scams in 2018. They’re indeed such a common occurrence, odds are there a handful you have forgotten actually happened this year. While this may not be an… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2EXrCmw

Here at TNW we’re always looking for a killer app that does something better, entertains us, or introduces innovation. Our favorite Android apps in 2018 are a mixture of brand new apps, returning champions, and things we’re finding for the first time. These aren’t the usual suspects, like “Netflix” and “Spotify” that you’ll find on most lists. Instead they’re the ones we wrote about or fell in love with this year that haven’t necessarily been shoved down your throat already. First up: some apps that’ll make your life easier, more secure, and better informed. SwiftKey Keyboard This keyboard for Android… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2EWFgpJ

Ethereum is an open-source blockchain platform which lets anyone create and deploy decentralized applications (DApps). The project was first proposed in a white paper in 2013 by a 19 years old Vitalik Buterin. Buterin’s purpose was clear. Instead of targeting and building every single use-case over blockchain, he wanted to create something that could be used to create anything over blockchain — whether it is custom cryptocurrencies, financial instruments, smart property, decentralized storage systems, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), non-fungible assets, identity management solutions, or whatever else you could think of. And, he wanted the users to be able to do this by… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2EVQriv

While hardcore cryptocurrency enthusiasts often tout blockchain for its heightened security, the technology is not perfect – and there are often tons of vulnerabilities in the code. Indeed, blockchain companies have received at least 3,000 vulnerability reports in 2018 alone. According to stats from breach disclosure platform HackerOne, blockchain companies awarded $878,504 in bug bounties to hackers this year. The data was compiled in mid-December. By contrast, the total sum of bug bounties awarded by August was $600,000. With $534,500 awarded, EOS creator Block.one accounts for more than 60 percent of all bounties handed out in 2018. Here is the top three… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2BPKNL3

Every couple of weeks we see a new article come up that tries to answer the good old question: should designers learn to code? Our industry is finally reaching a point where we are able to step back and reframe that question altogether. There are two fundamental arguments used by those who defend the fact that designers who learn to code become more valuable than others: First, by creating prototypes that are as close as possible to the ultimate intent of the desired experience, it becomes more likely that it will be executed by others appropriately — if not by the… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2RnfPn8

We’re entering an unprecedented era of advanced technology and behemoth tech companies driving its development. Earlier this year, Apple became the first company to reach a one-trillion-dollar valuation, and Amazon followed suit, reaching a one-trillion-dollar market cap in September. Alphabet (Google’s parent company), Facebook, and Netflix are similarly dominant over the S&P 500, together providing an enormous proportion of the technology we use on a daily basis and influencing the direction of the entire stock market. These companies certainly deserve praise, and they’ve been able to accomplish a lot over the past couple of decades, but we’ve dangerously overvalued these… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2RrkYKQ

Startups fail for many reasons, and if you were to ask founders to tell you what they think is most responsible for startup failure you will most certainly get a diverse range of answers. However, when data on failed startups is crunched, data tends to agree that startups mainly fail due to market-related problems. Image Credit A particular study by CB Insights listed the following among the top reason why startups fail: 42 percent of startups fail due to lack of market need for what they offer (this is by far the #1 reason why startups fail — with running… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2AnqKn1

Have you ever logged onto Facebook, only to be inundated with mundane status updates from your ex-high school classmate or photos of your great-aunt’s cat? The impersonal, irrelevant news that seems to clog up most our newsfeeds is turning people away from traditional social networks and toward a new breed of local network that allows you to tune in to your neighborhood gossip. Apps like Nextdoor, Neighbors, GoNeighbor, and Hoodi are creating private feeds for individual neighborhoods that are shuttling in a new era of hyper-local news, reminiscent of a pre-social media era.      But isn’t Facebook rehauling its algorithm… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2LDpUHf

A camera on a mid-range phone from 2018 can outperform a lot of top-end phone cameras from 2016, and even 2017. That’s thanks to major improvements in image processing, as well as the inclusion of better – and now, cheaper – dual-camera systems. But as the race to develop better imaging quality continues, we’re also seeing several other trends emerging in the smartphone imaging space. Here’s what you can look forward to from phone cameras in the coming year. A look back at the year that was There were three major trends in smartphone cameras the current year: multiple lenses,… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2Spphnl

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You only get one chance to make a first impression, so you better get it right — isn’t that what they say? Here are four things I (honestly) don’t want to see in your portfolio: Skill charts I am not hiring a robot. Tools change every few months. We might have different view of what the word “skill” means. I hope you are able to flex your tools once I hire you. Dribbble shots only When I brief you on a project, I hope you’re able to design an entire flow — not a single shot. I’m curious to learn how you managed to navigate all… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2TjurBq

Getting into blockchain and cryptocurrency can be pretty threatening to newbies – especially because the space is so flush with buzzwords and fancy marketing lingo. Usually, we would recommend going straight to the source and catching up on the original Bitcoin white paper, as laid out by its mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto. Or alternatively, reading up on the relevant literature (link to matt’s book piece to be included). But if you happen to learn better by listening than reading, then you might want to consider trying out a few podcasts. So without further ado, here is shortlist of our favorite podcasts… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2ETZ7oO

2018 saw a new scam epidemic that gradually took over Twitter – and eventually the entire cryptocurrency and blockchain space: the Bitcoin giveaway scheme. It all started in January, at the height of the cryptocurrency mania. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin took to Twitter to warn users that cunning individuals had been impersonating him and spamming cryptocurrency enthusiasts with requests to send small amounts of Ethereum. “The usual scammer story is that ‘my laptop literally died’ and I have no way to access funds from my cold wallet until a week from now,” Buterin said on Twitter. “Don’t believe it or… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2TijLTl

The year, sadly, has come and gone without the emergence of a superintelligent AI overlord. And, assuming Santa doesn’t have a new deep learning paradigm in his sack of toys, we’ll have to try again next year. Still, there was a lot of cool stuff that happened in the AI world in 2018. We finally got a fully autonomous consumer vehicle … but it wasn’t a car. It came in the form of the pilotless Skydio R1 drone, an amazing flying camera. Check out our review here. In fact 2018 brought a slew of AI-powered gadgets. And, just like we predicted,… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2CGa5gh

One of the most fundamental things you need to remember about buying audio gear is that different headphones produce different sounds. Some headphones – like studio monitor headphones – produce audio that’s unadulterated and neutral. Others, particularly those aimed at fitness fanatics, tend to emphasize thumping bass notes. But what if you could have just one pair of headphones, and, as needs determine, change the sound profile of your buds simply by swapping out a component? That’s, in a nutshell, is the basic premise behind the Alfa Genus V2 earphones, from Tamworth-based audio manufacturer Rock Jaw Audio. Incidentally, the Alfa… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2GMXRGC

Many people have become interested in learning to code in recent years. They either find their way into programming through online courses, or through offline meet ups, or are just simply trying to give it a shot. Websites like code.org, codecademy, and freeCodeCamp are becoming more and more popular. There are a huge number of coding courses out on the web, and also available on YouTube. But coding isn’t easy. Here are some of the challenges we all face when learning to code. Finding the “right” amount of time to code everyday If you are learning to code by yourself, chances are you have… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2RoTMfO

As PR professionals, we have all nearly done a good job surviving another year in this industry, and yes, I consider “you’re breathing” to be about the only standard I can hold our profession to reliably. It’s been a banner year for some of the dumbest things in public relations with blunders including H&M’s insanely racist shirt, the Victoria’s Secret CMO being a huge transphobic asshole, and this extremely ‘correct’ usage of #MeToo by a PR person. In reality, the PR trends that were meant to happen in 2018 didn’t. Though these very vague prediction articles, built only for SEO,… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2QZpQaH

In the days after Facebook‘s September announcement about a bug that may have compromised 90 million users – yes, that was three months and several earth-shattering Facebook headlines ago – someone asked me what consumers could have done to avoid being caught up in yet another data breach. “They could not use Facebook,” I said. Every time a major breach occurs, we look for answers about what consumers can do differently. What can I do to protect myself? Can I stop criminals from stealing my data? How do I fix it? I’ve gotten these questions from friends, family, colleagues, and… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2EP25el

What does success mean? For some, it means creating an app that finally works or funding their dream project. For others, it could be getting their work-life balance right or giving back to their community. For such a simple question, there are an endless number of answers. We’re incredibly privileged to have TNW Answers, a platform where we can interview and give a platform to leaders and disruptors from across the science and tech industries. This year, we’ve had 30 TNW Answers sessions on our platforms, hosted by leaders and disruptors from fields including cryptocurrency, environmental science, beauty tech, cannabis,… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2EQosjq

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A couple of decades ago – well before a $10 monthly fee would unlock access to virtually every song ever recorded through streaming services – digital music piracy was rampant around the world. Whether it was because you were young and couldn’t afford to buy MP3s, or simply couldn’t access them in your country, it was all too common to simply download music shared by other people on the web. What was particularly interesting back then was the wide range of ingenious methods people used to share tunes. Back in the day, people went beyond simply hosting music on public-facing… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2Tdyv63

The American dream is built on the notion that the US is a meritocracy. Americans believe success in life and business can be earned by anyone willing to put in the hard work necessary to achieve it, or so they say. Thus, Americans commonly believe that those who are successful deserve to be so and those who aren’t are equally deserving of their fate – despite growing evidence that widening inequalities in income, wealth, labor, and gender play a major role in who makes it and who doesn’t. And this very fact – that Americans believe their society is a… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2Sq34pc

This year revealed consumers have a lot more to learn about what happens to their information online. from Security Latest http://bit.ly/2ESKqlL

Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. Blockchain and cryptocurrency can be a daunting place sometimes and the swathes of jargon, specialist terminology, and acronyms don’t really help matters. Sometimes it feels like complex terms are used just to confuse people. But don’t worry, Hard Fork has got your back. Below you’ll find a list of industry acronyms and what they stand for. We’re steadily building up explainers of all these terms too, so in some cases there might be a deeper… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2EW5jgI

Bitcoin — the cryptocurrency that started it all — was released in 2009 as open-source software by a person or group of people using the name Satoshi Nakamoto. The idea was to create a peer-to-peer electronic currency that didn’t rely on any central authority or intermediary for validating the exchange of money. Transfer of Bitcoin is instead verified through a distributed consensus system called mining and the confirmed transactions are listed on the Bitcoin’s blockchain — essentially a shared public ledger. The whole process of transaction makes Bitcoin a pseudonymous currency that guarantees a certain level of privacy — if… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2SpxCaz

One of the biggest, and most unwelcome revelations of the past few years is just how much social media platforms can be — and have been — used for manipulation and distribution of falsehoods. And in 2018, several social media executives were called into the hot seat in front of elected officials to account for their company’s inability to foresee, prevent, or, in some cases, efficiently treat their multitudinous problems. It’s the first time we’ve seen members of Congress give social media companies any kind of grilling over their security issues. So how’d we get here? We’re getting some interference… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2Aje1Sx

Every year, the time comes again when many of us switch our clocks from summer or daylight-saving time back to winter time. And the usual confusion sets in, is it an hour forwards or back? Why do we need to change the time at all? Indeed, EU member states have been asked if they would like to simply skip daylight saving time. Historically, the sun has helped us tell time – but we’ve always had to make corrections to our readings for it to be effective. The reason we have daylight saving time, for example, is the amount of daylight… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2TfWotB

Throughout history, innovators have strived to create automata, or robots as we now know them, to augment labor intensive and dangerous human jobs. As far back as 322 BC, Aristotle predicted that fleets of mechanical automata could finally rid the world of the scourge of slavery by taking over backbreaking manual roles forced upon human workers. However, over time as robotics has advanced, Hollywood and the media have become skeptical — and even fearful — of the risks of empowering robots too much. From Terminator to Bladerunner, to I am Robot, portrayals in popular culture have increasingly painted robots which can make… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2EOtg92

China’s internet celebrity economy has expanded exponentially in recent years. According to a report released by iResearch, the number of online celebrities in China with more than 100,000 followers has increased by 57.3 percent since 2016. With a single embedded ad in a WeChat post worth up to $145,000 USD for influencers with dedicated followings, and a total market estimated at $14 billion USD in 2018 by Beijing-based research agency Analysus, it’s a sizeable, attractive market for internet personalities. Chinese internet celebrities have capitalized on these huge audiences and lucrative businesses, but foreigners have started to realize they can join… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2RmGQHi

As 2018 comes to a close, it’s time to look at some our favorite apps of the year. While not all of these are brand new, many of them popped up onto our radar for the first time in 2018, and are definitely worth the attention. Others are some of our favorites that are still best-in-class despite having been around for some time now. We aim to do things differently at TNW, and as such you’re not going to find the recommendations you’re probably used to seeing: Gmail, Skype, Dropbox, and the like. Instead, we want to focus on the best-of-the-best… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2Q47mkc

This year saw the most devastating cyberattack in history, a gang of teen hackers, and so much Mueller news. from Security Latest http://bit.ly/2rVI1iC

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Crowdfunding is cool. Countless number of awesome things started on sites like Kickstarter, hit their funding goal, and then entered the real world. Unfortunately, there’s a dark side to crowdfunding: projects that never get the required amount of capital and fail. This is heartbreaking enough, but what if the product was truly, deeply, and utterly necessary? What if the item being funded was vital to the future of humanity? What if it fucking and totally rocked? Well, I’m sorry Leonardo DiCaprio-in-the-movie-Inception, not all dreams become reality and sometimes you don’t get what you want. What we can do though is to share… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2EPMKde

In December 1988 a bomb downed a Pan Am jet, leaving 270 dead. It was the first mass killing of Americans by terrorists. As the head of the Justice Department’s criminal division, Robert Mueller oversaw the case. And for him, it was personal. from Security Latest http://bit.ly/2EMEbQB

Lawmakers spend the better part of 2018 talking tough to tech companies. Now the pressure is on for Congress to act. from Security Latest http://bit.ly/2ERLqYa

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is set to end 2018 on a high, bumping off Apple from the top spot and becoming the most valuable publicly traded US company. The Washington-based American multinational technology company, whose founders were Bill Gates and Paul Allen, has been a rival of Apple for some time within the computer industry. Yet, at the time of writing, Microsoft’s market cap trumps Apple’s, with a value of $840 billion, according to Yahoo! Finance. In comparison, Apple’s market cap is worth $811 billion. Back on 13 March 1986, when Microsoft listed its initial public offering (IPO), its share price… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2ERkF6b

Whether it’s multi-million dollar exit scams, Ponzi schemes, or sophisticated networks of remote-controlled Twitter scambots, this year saw some of the most epic and sophisticated cryptocurrency schemes to date. But we asked ourselves: what were the most brazen cryptocurrency scams of 2018?  Which ones left us awestruck by how little amount of fucks the perps gave, as they made off with other people’s money, in one way or another. Well, here are the most ballsy cryptocurrency scams of the year, ranked in no particular order. They’re just nominated as they really stood out in their cockiness. 1. Ever receive a large utility… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2EPn80j

One of the defining moments for tech in 2018 was on May 25, when the EU implemented its General Data Protection Regulation — the ominous GDPR. The ambitious legislation is the toughest privacy and security law in the world and was meant to guarantee users better control over their over their personal data. But has it? For most people, both in the EU and outside, the ‘better control’ only took form in a myriad of annoying consent pop-ups on seemingly every single site they visited. That’s why we’re taking a look at GDPR’s 2018, here’s what experts had to say.… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2EQmPmI

It’s that time again. The year is drawing to a close, so it’s time to look back and see which digital worlds we lost ourselves in the most this year. As usual, everything’s divided up into genre categories, and we’ve included our runners up, as well. I’d like to thank the rest of TNW for helping me narrow down the list thus far, especially Tristan Greene and Bryan Clark for their assistance with the sports and racing games. Unfortunately, even with all our powers combined, we didn’t hit every game, so if you don’t see a game from this year… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2Q1r4Nf

I know it may be hard to convince you, but let me try: Don’t kill the next spider you see in your home. Why? Because spiders are an important part of nature and our indoor ecosystem – as well as being fellow organisms in their own right. People like to think of their dwellings as safely insulated from the outside world, but many types of spiders can be found inside. Some are accidentally trapped, while others are short-term visitors. Some species even enjoy the great indoors, where they happily live out their lives and make more spiders. These arachnids are… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2rXIn8C

I recently watched a stand-up show in which comedian Michelle Wolf made a cunning observation: “It’s our fault we’re not further along in period technology, because we’re ok that our best solution is a rolled-up piece of cotton.” Whether it really is women’s fault is debatable, but she does make a valid point. You would assume for a problem that affects half of the world’s population every month, we would have come up with something a little more innovative by now. Yet only little progress has been made in female health since the invention of the birth control pill in 1960.… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2PZfKkV

As the New Year approaches, tech enthusiasts and entrepreneurs will take a moment to reflect on what has been an eventful year in the world of innovation. The tech universe has been rocked by big news equally scandalous and exciting – from the autonomous vehicles racing to hit the streets to the ethics of tech titans under fire – with the reverberations felt worldwide. While stories of big funding announcements, acquisitions, gadgets, and controversies have grabbed our attention, they are in part indicative of shifts in the physical geography of the global tech scene – the rise, fall, revamping, and… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2QRhZw2

A lack of diversity is one of the biggest problems at the heart of the tech industry, and it’s urgent we fix it. Research has proven time and again that diversity in STEM leads to better teams, better products, and is necessary in allowing women and POC access to some of the highest paying jobs in the world. TNW Answers is our live Q&A platform where we, along with our readers, can interview leaders and disrupters from across STEM industries. This year, we’ve had 30 TNW Answers sessions, hosted by leaders, disruptors, and expert panels from fields including cryptocurrency, beauty… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2TeMjxl

Earlier this month, at a packed-out event in the heart of Hong Kong’s bustling business district, Honor announced its upcoming flagship – the Honor View20. The Honor View20 is arguably the most important device we’ve seen from Huawei’s ascendant phone sub-brand in a long time, as it ditches the dreaded notch in favor of a selfie camera embedded in the top-left corner of the screen. This allows Honor to achieve an almost absolute screen-to-body ratio. Crucially, Honor has managed to accomplish this before its bigger rivals. Samsung, most notably, is reportedly working on a phone with an in-screen camera. I’d… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2EMOHan

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