By: Lynsey Barber

I'm City A.M.'s award-winning technology editor, covering everything from happenings at Apple and Google to the latest London startup. In particular fintech, blockchain, artifical intelligence, driverless cars, virtual reality and the sharing economy get me out of bed in the morning. I'm always trying to illustrate stories with pictures of dogs. Sometimes with some success. I was named technology journalist of the year at the UK Tech Awards.

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Microsoft and HP dont want Brexit, coming out in favour of remaining in Europe

May 17, 2016

US tech giants Microsoft and HP Enterprise (HPE) have come out in favour of Britain remaining in the Europe, just weeks before the country heads to the polls. Microsoft's UK boss Michel Van der Bel has written a letter to staff taking a position on the matter. He said: "First and foremost, we want to emphasise that we [...]
What to Expect at Google I/O: Beyond mobile… and reality

May 17, 2016

This week the eyes of the technology industry are all on Google’s annual developer conference – Google I/O occurring from 18-20 May. The first conference since the creation of Alphabet has a brand new outdoor home – Shoreline Amphitheatre in San Francisco. While tech blogs are already awash with rumours, I’d like to share some areas to look [...]
We’ve hit peak stuff: Why we now spend on “doing” rather than “things”

May 17, 2016

Earlier this year Ikea’s head of sustainability suggested the West was approaching “peak stuff” – the idea that consumer appetite to own ever more goods was probably waning. Indeed it seems that we’re seeing a fundamental shift in consumer behaviour from buying products to spending money on experiences. We’ve been keeping an eye on this trend at Visa [...]
Five challenges Amazon faces plotting its own-brand products

May 17, 2016

Reports that Amazon is branching out into private-label groceries make sense for the retail giant. In a sluggish market own label is one of the few healthy areas, growing by 1.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2016. Retailers aren’t seen as credible without an own label range, but developing a strong offer takes time and Amazon will [...]
Twitter’s making a change that’s actually really useful as links and images reportedly dropped from character limit

May 17, 2016

Finally, Jack Dorsey is giving us a Twitter change we actually want. Thankfully, the newly returned under pressure boss of Twitter has ditched the rumoured – and ridiculous – 10,000-character limit increase, but the latest change will give you more space. Adding links and images, such as photos and gifs, will no longer count in the 140-character tweet word [...]
The five job sectors feeling the biggest Brexit squeeze

May 17, 2016

Bad news for the City, especially if you work in human resources – new figures indicate that the Brexit spectre and general economic woes are among the causes of a fall in job vacancies in these areas. Vacancies in HR fell 18 per cent in April on a monthly basis, the biggest decline of any of [...]
Premier Foods reveals exceedingly good profit rise

May 17, 2016

A profit rise at Premier Foods has pleased investors with shares rising more than three per cent in early trading. The figures The maker of household favourites like Mr Kipling cakes, Oxo and Sharwood's has reported a 3.5 per cent rise pre-tax profits to £86.1m for the year to the start of April, while revenues inched up [...]
Google’s launched a new group messaging app (and it’s a little confusing)

May 16, 2016

Google has launched a new messenger app called Spaces, designed to get you sharing with your messaging groups straight from Google search and YouTube. It's yet another attempt to get in on the lucrative WhatsApp bandwagon, but adds to a confusing line up that already includes Google Messenger (which we had forgotten about, to be honest) [...]
Accenture’s launching an artificial intelligence practice with IPsoft’s Amelia

May 16, 2016

No sooner than one global consulting giant has jumped on board with the latest technology trend, another follows suit. Accenture is launching an artificial intelligence practice just a week after PwC did the same with drones, in a bid for a share of the multi-billion dollar and fast growing industry. The Amelia practice, named after the AI software [...]
Warren Buffett gives Apple a much needed bump, disclosing billion dollar stake via Berkshire Hathaway

May 16, 2016

Warren Buffett has snapped up millions of shares in Apple, giving the tech firm a much needed bump after a tough quarter for iPhone sales. The sage of Omaha has disclosed he had 9.81m shares in the firm as of 31 March in a regulatory filing for his investment firm Berkshire Hathaway on Monday. Share in [...]

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