UberEATs comes to Toronto, aims to deliver lunch in 10 minutes or less

Uber is aiming to disrupt restaurant delivery in Toronto by extending its service to UberEATS. Promising to deliver lunch in 10 minutes or less, Uber is expanding the use of its mobile app to allow food delivery from patner restaurants.

Starving Torontontians who are too busy to get lunch can fire up their Uber app and order from a variety of restaurants (not just fast food joints) and have their grub delivered hot curbside. Sounds good. Sound yummy. Hit jump for how to get started.

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J.D. Power: Customer service is critical for carriers as unprecedented contract expirations loom

An unprecedented number of wireless contracts are set to expire in June 2015 which means that millions of Canadians will be shopping around for the best deals as well as considering the best customer service from competing carriers.

Because of the result of changes introduced by the 2013 Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s (CRTC) Wireless Code—it is a critical time for wireless carriers to have a comprehensive customer service strategy in place, according to the J.D. Power 2015 Canadian Wireless Customer Care Study released today. Hit jump for more details.

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Google PR head leaves for Uber

Uber is gaining a high-profile member for its team. Longtime PR boss for Google, Rachel Whetstone, leaves the tech giant for Uber. Whetstone will replace David Plouffe as the SVP of public policy and communications at Uber. Plouffe will become the chief adviser to the company and CEO Travis Kalanick. He’ll also be taking a seat on Uber’s board of directors.

Whetstone will be in charge of the day-to-day global policy and communication operations of the company, while Plouffe will be focusing on the “big picture policy issues” and take on special projects that’ll help further the business’s goals. Jessica Powell will become the interim communications operations head at Google.

Source: BuzzFeed

Google Fit adds new features to app

Google is making its fitness tracker app a bit more functional with the latest update. The app now tracks the distance and calories burned, better fitness history overview, a new watch face for Android Wear, and new widget. If you want to track distance and calories burned, you would need to include your gender, height, and weight. You can download the app for free in the link below.

Source: Droid Life | Download: Google Play Store (Free)