ca-hotdailynews: 2015-10-07 Canada English Technology

Microsoft shows off its new confidence with the Surface Book
Mashable
In the 20 months since Satya Nadella took over Microsoft, we've seen the company go through a lot of changes. Microsoft has slumped over the last decade and its doing everything it can to make sure it doesn't fall short over the next ten years.
Competition for Microsoft lineup, which targets high   Jakarta Post
5 of the big announcements from Microsoft's Windows 10 devices event   Irish Examiner
The Short List: New smack in Microsoft-Apple rivalry; 11 trillion gallons of ...   USA TODAY
Phone Arena
Technology News Extra
Herald Current
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Reuters Canada

Europe-US data transfer deal used by many firms ruled invalid
Reuters Canada
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The EU's highest court struck down a deal that allows thousands of companies to easily transfer personal data from Europe to the United States, in a landmark ruling on Tuesday that follows revelations of mass U.S. government ...

ECJ ruling vindicates privacy activist   Irish Times
Data Protection Q & A: What does this mean for all of us?   Irish Independent
US tech companies overhaul operations after EU data ruling   Financial Times
Financial Express
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Financial Post

Starbucks joins growing number of companies helping customers vault lineups
The Chronicle Journal
TORONTO — Lengthy lineups are often considered one of the greatest challenges facing the fast food industry, but a growing number of companies are getting savvy with smartphone apps designed to keep impatient customers satisfied. Next week, Starbucks ...

Starbucks app users can now skip the line entirely   Financial Post
Starbucks to roll out order-ahead service in GTA stores next week   CBC.ca
Starbucks App brings mobile ordering and payments to Toronto iPhones on October 13   Canadian Reviewer
MobileSyrup.com
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The Globe and Mail

Toyota self-driving car goes for a spin
The Globe and Mail
Toyota unveiled its vision for self-driving cars in a challenge to other auto makers as well as industry newcomer Google Inc., promising to start selling such vehicles in Japan by 2020. Toyota Motor Corp. demonstrated on a regular Tokyo freeway Tuesday ...
Toyota shows self-driving car, being readied for 2020 in challenge to other ...   Hamilton Spectator
Toyota in race to develop self-driving cars   CBC.ca
Toyota unveils self-driving technology for 2020 launch   Bangkok Post
The Nation
Fortune
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TechCrunch

Users Pummel YouTube's iOS Update With One-Star Reviews
TechCrunch
YouTube has rolled out a notable – and clearly, divisive – update to its iOS application which introduces Google's now-familiar “Material” design style to the application alongside a handful of new video editing features. The latter, which is somewhat ...

YouTube Gives Facelift to iOS App   electronicsfeed.com
YouTube's iOS app gets a Material Design makeover and video editing functionality   Rapid News Network
The new Chromecast launched with a half-baked Apple iOS app missing key features   Digital Trends
CNET
Lid Time - Weird News, Entertainment, News Headlines (blog)
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Apple 'own worst enemy,' US antitrust monitor says in report
Yahoo News UK
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc's antitrust compliance program has improved, but the company continues to impede a court-appointed monitor overseeing the program, acting as "its own worst enemy," the monitor told a federal judge in a report made public ...

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Driving

2016 Fiat 500X scores Top Safety Pick+ rating from IIHS
Driving
Fiat's all-new 500X crossover is the latest to score top marks in the latest round of crash testing from the U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). In the tough small overlap test, the IIHS found the 500X maintained the driver's space well ...
All-New 2016 Fiat 500X Named Top Safety Pick+ by IIHS   Stockhouse
New Fiat 500 X earns top safety rating from IIHS   MLive.com

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