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The rise and fall of Bitcoin via The Economist Business

THE great Sir Isaac Newton may have revolutionised our knowledge of the world but he still had his blind spots. He was sucked into the great mania of his day, the South Sea Bubble (pictured) and lost a lot of money. “I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people” he ruefully reflected. In retrospect, he should have pondered the popular saying that was used to define his law of gravity: “What goes up, must come down”.Investors in Bitcoin are learning this old truth. The price of the cryptocurrency peaked last month at somewhere over $19,000 (there is a very wide spread, a problem in itself) but, at the time of writing (around 11am GMT), some exchanges now show a…

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Weekend Hashtag Project: #WHPmystyle Weekend Hashtag Project is… via #Instagram Blog

Weekend Hashtag Project: #WHPmystyle Weekend Hashtag Project is a series featuring designated themes and hashtags. For a chance to be featured, follow @instagram and look for a post every week announcing the latest project. The goal of #WHPmystyle was to make photos and videos that showcase your personal style. Each week, we feature some of our favorite submissions from the project, but be sure to check out the rest here.

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Making Space for New Heroes and Heroines with @365ken This post… via #Instagram Blog

Making Space for New Heroes and Heroines with @365ken This post is in honor of #MLKDAY in the United States. To see more of Ken’s photography, follow @365ken on Instagram. In Ken McFarlane’s (@365ken) portrait work, two common threads weave through: strength and dignity. “What is often highlighted in our communities is not necessarily the only thing, the best thing or the things that we know to be true,” says the photographer, based in Philadelphia. Reclaiming representations of the black community is important to Ken. “I believe in giving agency or utilizing our own agency in reflecting ourselves in the larger sense,” he explains. “What Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and many others sacrificed allows me to have the mindset and the perspective that I…

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The days of the A380 look numbered via The Economist Business

ASK frequent flyers which is their favourite aircraft and most come up with the same answer: the A380 superjumbo made by Airbus, a giant European planemaker. Able to carry 525 passengers in a typical three-class layout, on two full-length decks, the aircraft still feels spacious, with wide aisles and plenty of headroom. Frequent flyers also admire the freshness of the cabin air, the lighting systems that are designed to reduce jet lag and the quietness of the cabin. “You can hardly hear it take off,” one fan recently told Gulliver. “And I can actually go to sleep on the plane unlike any other I’ve been on before.”But less than a decade after it carried its first paying passengers, the age of the superjumbo looks like…

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The Week on Instagram | 317 News Los Angeles Times: Instagram… via #Instagram Blog

The Week on Instagram | 317 News Los Angeles Times: Instagram or it didn’t happen? L.A. restaurants show how the app has changed their industry Refinery29: This Instagram Account Is Changing The Way You Shop Black Brands InStyle: Nicole Kidman Is Now on Instagram and Her First Post Is a Winner Get Involved Weekend Hashtag Project: #WHPmystyle. View photos from the last project, #WHPspontaneous. Around the Community On the Golden Globes Red Carpet with Actress Laura Marano Photographer @christian_foto Captures Landscapes from a Bird’s-Eye View The Foods and Flavors of Singapore with @stylohotmilo

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Weekend Hashtag Project: #WHPmystyle Weekend Hashtag Project is… via #Instagram Blog

Weekend Hashtag Project: #WHPmystyle Weekend Hashtag Project is a series featuring designated themes and hashtags chosen by Instagram’s Community Team. For a chance to be featured on the Instagram blog, follow @instagram and look for a post every week announcing the latest project. The goal this weekend is to make photos and videos that showcase your personal style. Our project takes inspiration from New York’s Museum of Modern Art’s (@themuseumofmodernart) exhibit, “Items: Is Fashion Modern?,” which features 111 items of garments and accessories that have had a strong impact on culture in the last century. Paola Antonelli (@paolantonelli), senior curator of architecture and design at MoMA, shared these tips for getting started with your submission: Think about the role fashion plays in your life —…

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Jump for Joy with The RopeStylers To see more, follow… via #Instagram Blog

Jump for Joy with The RopeStylers To see more, follow @ropestylers on Instagram. Based in Paris, four athletes — Pauline (aka “Popo”), Kevin (aka “Choco”), Jeff (aka “Wens”) and Brandon (aka “BlackLee”) — make up The RopeStylers (@ropestylers), a professional double Dutch jump-rope group, among the best in Europe. Their favorite part of double Dutch? “Liberty!” says Wens. “Liberty to dance, make tricks, juggle and jump on the rope, but also liberty to be yourself — it’s accessible to all and can be practiced differently depending on the individual.”