Meaning of とよ in Japanese

MPEG-4 AVC録画の実力テスト：使いやすさはもとより、画質・音質の実力も高い。
MPEC-4 AVC recording practical test: It was always easy to use, now the picture and sound quality is high too.

低賃金、劣悪な労働条件、一方的な首切りなどの経済・労働問題はもとより、各種の人道的問題までも引き起こしている。
Of course, they are suffering from terrible working conditions such as low wages and arbitrary layoffs, as well as from various forms of discrimination.

彼らは海岸で一夜を明かした。
They spent the night on the beach.

彼はお人よしのカモから大金を巻き上げました。
He made heaps of money by ripping off naive suckers.