'A Series of Unfortunate Events' gets a second season on Netflix

It doesn't come as a surprise that Netflix's adapation of A Series of Unfortunate Events is getting a second season. Daniel Handler, creator of the 13-part young adult series, has said earlier this year that he and other writers of the show were already working on the second season. Now, Netflix confirms the comeback of the show in an announcement trailer that shows coded messages used by the secret organization VFD in the show. Highlighted letters in the trailer are meant to direct viewers to vastlyfrighteningdecision.com, which displays a message from Lemony Snicket, the show's narrator (and Handler's pen name for the books), and how displeased he is with your continuining patronage of the show. Despite what he says, though, we are looking forward to the "miserable" show to come back.

Source: The Verge

LG Canada earmarks April 7 for launch of LG G6

LG's newest flagship is coming to Canada on April 7th. The LG G6, which features a bold new display format with a cinematic viewing experience, exceptional screen to body ratio, wide angle camera and more. Designed in response to consumer feedback and user opinions, the G6 offers a back-to-basics approach to premium smartphones.

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Microsoft Teams is a chat-based workspace in Office 365

Microsoft's answer to Slack, which is Microsoft Teams, was announced earlier today. Microsoft Teams—the chat-based workspace in Office 365—is now generally available in 181 markets and in 19 languages. Since announcing the preview in November, more than 50,000 organizations have started using Microsoft Teams

Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president of Microsoft Office, shared what’s new in Microsoft Teams and talked about how customers are using Office 365 to collaborate and deliver great results.

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Kijiji says that second-hand economy saves money while generating income for Canadians

Selling or bartering off items you don't need to make money for something you do want is both sensible and worthwhile. The popularity of services like Craigslist, Kijiji as well as localized trading and selling apps like Bunz and Letgo are a testament to this second-hand economy.

Kijiji's third annual Second-Hand Economy (SHE) Index found 30.4 million more second-hand goods traded hands last year than the year before, as the Second-Hand Economy continues to represent a consistent and sizeable part of the country’s overall economic activity.

Last year, 1.9 billion previously used items were bought, sold, swapped or donated by Canadians, according to new data released today by Kijiji, Canada’s largest online classifieds site.

Canadians spent a total of $29 billion buying second-hand goods in 2016, up $1 billion from the previous year. To put that into perspective, the Second-Hand Economy is larger than Canada’s entire agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing sectors combined (a total of $28.3 billion), and almost equal to the GDP of Newfoundland & Labrador ($30.1 billion, according to latest data available).

“The Second-Hand Economy goes hand in hand with the sharing economy, as Canadians find bargains and monetize their existing assets,” said Kijiji General Manager Matt McKenzie. “Canadians earned an average of $1,037 from second-hand sales, while buyers of second-hand goods saved an average of $843 last year. Most respondents to the survey say they used that money for day-to-day expenses like gas, groceries and rent payments.”

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