Michelin's Winter Driving Safety event teaches life saving skills

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

As drivers, we often have antiquated notions or have picked up bad driving habits which are can be corrected if we go back for specific driver's training. This is what I discovered for myself after spending time at the Michelin Driving Safety event yesterday in downtown Toronto.

Designed for teenagers and parents to drive through simulated weather conditions as well as learn to properly control cars that have hit ice, avoid oncoming obstacles and better value the properties of Winter Tires and their benefits when they are needed the most.

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Instagram and National Arts Centre collaborate to celebrate #Empty spaces

Toured the NAC for #EmptyNAC #Roadto2017 today. First of several shots to come of this amazing building. #CNAvide #routevers2017

A photo posted by Jason Fournier (@jasonfournier) on Nov 18, 2015 at 7:16am PST

 Instagram and the National Arts Centre in Ottawa hosted the first official Canadian #Empty event – inviting some of the capital’s best Instagrammers to capture beautiful snapshots and video of the space before it opened to the public. The new Minister of Heritage, Mélanie Joly, was on hand to welcome attendees.

Millions of people around the world use Instagram every day to highlight local arts and culture. As part of the Road to 2017 – Canada’s 150^th anniversary – Instagram will be collaborating with centennial institutions across the country on something called #Empty events. The goal of these events is to bring people together and celebrate the beauty of Canada through the lenses of art, culture and photography.

The #Empty trend was started in 2013 by American Instagrammer Dave Krugman at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan. The idea is to give Instagrammers a rare opportunity to experience a cultural institution when it’s empty, either before or after-hours. 

Gartner: Windows Phone market share is at 1.7 per cent

Gartner's latest study says that Windows Phone has less than 2 per cent of the market share right now as it falls way behind iOS and Android. To be precise, Windows Phone devices count for 1.7 per cent of smartphone in the market today, down from 3 percent market share a year ago. It's pretty much over, folks. How can a so called platform this small entice developers to keep plugging away?

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Apple Watch gets official magnetic charging dock

Apple has just announced the Apple Watch Magnetic Charging Dock. Designed as the perfect place to keep your watch at night. You charge Apple Watch on its side where it automatically goes into Nightstand mode to become your personal bedside clock.

Nightstand mode even changes how the watch buttons function. When an alarm sounds, you press the side button to turn it off, or the Digital Crown to snooze. Nightstand mode works with both the Apple Watch charger and the Apple Watch Magnetic Charging Dock. The accessory retails for $99.00 and should be available in Apple Retail Stores.