Weekend Hashtag Project: #WHPmoveit Weekend Hashtag Project is…

Weekend Hashtag Project: #WHPmoveit

Weekend Hashtag Project is…

Weekend Hashtag Project: #WHPmoveit

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.

Inspired by the Winter Olympics, this weekend’s goal is to create photos and videos celebrating the power of movement, as in this featured photo by Thai Haong (@loewe7).

  • You don’t have to be an athlete to capture the everyday action around you, like a spontaneous trampoline session or a daily run through the park. Keep an eye out for repeating shapes or colorful backdrops to elevate your images.
  • Play with different viewpoints to maximize energy. Make us feel the drama with intense expressions and extreme angles, like an unexpected selfie during an exhilarating cheerleading practice.
  • Use creative tools like slow-motion or time-lapse to add another layer of depth to your submission. Capture the blur from a crashing wave while surfing or a freeze frame of a mid-air jump in order to transport us into the action.

PROJECT RULES: Please add the #WHPmoveit hashtag only to photos and videos taken over this weekend and only submit your own visuals to the project. If you include music in your video submissions, please only use music to which you own the rights. Any tagged photo or video taken over the weekend is eligible to be featured next week.

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Lace Up Your Skates with the Shibutanis, Brother and Sister Ice…

Lace Up Your Skates with the Shibutanis, Brother and Sister Ice…

Lace Up Your Skates with the Shibutanis, Brother and Sister Ice Dancers

Follow along with Maia and Alex at @shibsibs on Instagram.

For American ice dancers Maia and Alex Shibutani (@shibsibs), their family bond is their greatest strength. “Skating with a sibling is unique,” says 23-year-old Maia (@maiashibutani). “But we’ve always gotten along well. Alex is an awesome big brother and now that we’re on the same team, we treat each other like equals. It’s a huge strength for us to know that we support each other unconditionally.”

Competing in their second Winter Olympics, in #Pyeongchang2018, Maia and Alex are no strangers to success in ice dancing, a ballroom dancing-influenced form of figure skating: They are three-time world medalists and two-time U.S. champions in their sport. And earlier this week, they won bronze in the team figure skating event. But being Olympic athletes — together — is their greatest triumph. “Our bond extends beyond our skating together as a team,” says 26-year-old Alex (@alexshibutani). “We’ll be best friends for the rest of our lives.”

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10-year-old grows business with family and mentorship over Skype

10-year-old grows business with family and mentorship over Skype

Te’Lario Watkins II is all about growing, and he’s wasted no time doing just that. Only a few years after trying out his first mushroom kit, he and his family are running a business out of their home, selling shiitake and oyster mushrooms at local farmers markets, grocery stores, and even a hospital. And he’s written a book. Word is spreading fast about this young mushroom farmer and his family, and Skype helps them spread that word—and keep Te’Lario in touch with mentors who help him succeed as a young entrepreneur.

When Te’Lario was seven years old, he experimented with growing plants in Cub Scouts. He thought it was incredibly interesting—and didn’t want to stop. The seed was planted, so to speak. “I wanted to grow something in the wintertime,” he says. So, he asked his mother, LaVanya, what they could grow during that season. She had a solution: mushrooms. They can grow even when it’s cold and dark.

They purchased a grow kit from Back to the Roots and grew so many mushrooms that they couldn’t eat them all, so they decided to take some to a local farmers market. They needed a vendor’s license and insurance, so they thought, “Why not just make this a business?” Te’Lario was proud to be a Tiger Cub Scout, so from that they derived the name. And Tiger Mushroom Farms was born.

Now that the farm and the business are in full swing, Te’Lario and family are focused on networking. They understand the importance of this crucial side of any modern business. Skype provides a great platform for them to connect and network—and for Te’Lario to receive advice and encouragement from mentors who inspire him.

Te'Lario Watkins works at his computer.

“The first mushroom I ever grew came from a mushroom kit. My parents bought it from a company called Back to the Roots, in California. I loved growing the mushrooms and wanted to work with the company,” says Te’Lario. “I interviewed for the Brand Ambassador position by Skype. Now I’m their Junior Brand Ambassador. We have used Skype to talk about growing my business and about speaking engagements.”

He recognizes the importance of face-to-face interactions, which is why he uses Skype video calling to connect with fellow mushroom growers, entrepreneurs, and mentors. “I just love being able to see my mentors and their offices, or wherever they use Skype,” he says.

He’s even made a television appearance thanks to a preliminary interview over Skype. “For my first interview with the Steve Harvey producers, I did it on Skype. I talked to the producers and then showed them where I grow my shiitake mushrooms. They were amazed!” says Te’Lario.

Te'Lario Watkins of Tiger Mushroom Farms works at his computer.And the producers were right to be amazed. In just a few years, Te’Lario’s mushroom farm has really taken off. The book about his incredible journey, Te’Lario’s Amazing Mushroom Farm, describes the hard work he and his family put in to grow their business into the success it is today—and Te’Lario hopes to do a Skype book talk about it someday, to inspire other children to achieve their dreams too.

Part of Te’Lario’s formula for success is that he sets his goals high, and with good advice from inspiring mentors, and the help he gets from his loving and enthusiastic family, he can afford to set them high. “My goal is to expand my business,” he says, “and sell my shiitake and onion soup mix all over the world.”

To anyone who believes in values like dreaming big and setting your goals high, Te’Lario is certainly an inspiration. With his family, and with the mentors he connects with over Skype, Te’Lario and his amazing mushroom farm continue to grow.

We love hearing how you use Skype to connect with people who inspire you. To share your story, just tag us @Skype on social media, and we might feature you.

*Images courtesy of Tiger Mushroom Farms.

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Protect yourself from sending LINE messages before they’re ready with the new unsend feature!

Protect yourself from sending LINE messages before they’re ready with the new unsend feature!
We’ve just released a new unsend feature that lets you remove messages you’ve sent in the last 24 hours from your friends’ screens. This also includes stickers, photos, and more!

The 24-hour time limit applies to both your 1-on-1 and group chats.


How to use

Tap and hold the message you wish to unsend and then select Unsend.
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The following notification will replace your message in the chat after you unsend it.
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The unsend feature can be used with both the mobile and desktop versions of LINE.

Note: On the Google Chrome version of LINE, while you’ll receive notifications for messages your friends unsend, unsending your own messages is currently not supported. If you wish to unsend a particular message, please use LINE on a different device.

Messages can be unsent regardless if they have been read or not.
Feel free to use this unsend feature to undo any LINE messages you wish to take back.

(Please note that you cannot use the unsend feature to remove notifications from your friends’ devices.)

Applicable items
Chat messages, stickers, images, videos, voice messages, shared LINE MUSIC,
URLs, contacts, location info, files, call history

We’ll keep doing everything we can to provide you with the most convenient and secure LINE experience possible. We especially love hearing suggestions from you!



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