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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Property sales kicked off the year with a rise, HMRC property transaction figures show

February 23, 2016

The number of properties sold at the start of 2016 across the UK was 7.7 per cent higher than in 2015, new figures reveal. Nearly 105,400 residential properties were sold in January and just over 9,600 non-residential, compared to 97,000 and 9,740 a year earlier on a seasonally adjusted basis. “Even as the housing market builds a head of [...]
Most complained about ads of the year: Moneysupermarket.com’s hotpants and heels-wearing Dave caused more offense than Protein World’s “beach body ready” London Underground posters

February 23, 2016

A man strutting down the street in hotpants and heels was more outrageous than revealing that Santa isn't real and telling women to be "bikini body ready". A Moneysupermarket advert which featured the booty-shaking character named Dave and strapline "you're so money supermarket" was the most complained about ad of last year, it's been revealed. It received 1,500 complaints from [...]
Heathrow and Gatwick bosses John Holland-Kaye and Stewart Wingate agree Britain should remain in the EU as Heathrow reports record year

February 23, 2016

Some peace has come to the skies of Britain. The bosses of the two airports vying to become the chosen ones when it comes to airport expansion have put aside that fight to back Britain remaining in Europe. "A vote to remain offers the best of both worlds – it secures our place as a [...]
Facebook is biggest new TV advertiser as total ad spend passes record £5bn

February 23, 2016

Facebook was the biggest spending new advertiser on British television last year as total spend hit record levels. Spending on TV advertising – from traditional 30 second spots to sponsorship, on-demand catch up platforms and product placement – hit £5.27bn in 2015, a rise of 7.4 per cent on the previous year and growth not seen since the end of the financial crisis. [...]
Pact Coffee launches £1m crowdfunding campaign for ambitious expansion plans letting public join top investors such as Robin Klein

February 22, 2016

Pact Coffee is launching an ambitious crowdfunding campaign to raise £1m from coffee-lovers to add some buzz to the businesses expansion plans. The London-based startup which sprang to life in 2012 and delivers fresh coffee straight to people's doors via subscriptions is turning to Crowdcube to raise new equity. Backers of the early-sage startup which has [...]
Apple won’t back down on FBI encryption demands and wants a government committee to look at implications of “backdoor” demands

February 22, 2016

Apple won't back down on FBI encryption demands and has called for a government commission to look at the issue of giving access to devices to law enforcement agencies. The call comes after the FBI secured a court order to force Apple to break encryption on the iPhone of one of the people involved in a [...]
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February 22, 2016

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London startup Qubit lands $40m series C round from Goldman Sachs, Sapphire Ventures, Accel and Saleforce Ventures

February 22, 2016

Goldman Sachs is among the investors to plough $40m (£28.4m) into London startup Qubit in the latest of several deals injecting venture capital cash into the UK. The data analytics startup founded in the capital in 2010 landed the cash from Goldman's merchant banking division along with Sapphire Ventures and previous investors Accel and Salesforce Ventures. It brings its [...]
EU referendum: Here’s how each MP will vote in June – mapped

February 22, 2016

How will your local MP vote in the EU referendum? You might be undecided, but politicians are not. London mayor Boris Johnson and the Conservative candidate to replace him, Zac Goldsmith are among the high-profile names to have now aligned themselves with a side. But many MPs not in the spotlight have also come out to show [...]
New Day is here: Meet Trinity Mirror’s new national daily tabloid

February 22, 2016

Trinity Mirror has officially unveiled its new daily newspaper, New Day, which will hit newsstands in a week's time. The 40-page title will be published from Monday to Friday and will be handed out free on the first day of publication, Monday 29 February. A two week trial will put the price at 25p before [...]

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