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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Bloomberg innovators 2016 list: These are the most innovative businesses in the UK – From coffee creators to fintech leaders

January 26, 2016

More than 50 businesses have been named the most innovative in Britain credited with changing the way we live, work and think. Leading fintech startups, creative coffee makers and bionic hand creators, are just some of those to have been chosen by a group of leading investors and entrepreneurs including Saul Klein and Rohan Silva. [...]
Leslie Berland hired as new Twitter chief marketing officer from American Express

January 26, 2016

Leslie Berland has been named the new marketing boss of Twitter following an executive shake up. She joins from American Express where she headed up global advertising, marketing and digital partnerships. Chief executive Jack Dorsey announced the news, where else, but on Twitter. Welcoming @leslieberland to Twitter! She will join as our CMO to help tell [...]
Leslie Berland named new Twitter chief marketing officer

January 26, 2016

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Channel 4’s new chairman named as Charles Gurassa by Ofcom to replace Lord Burns as privatisation question mark hangs

January 26, 2016

Charles Gurassa, the deputy chairman of EasyJet has been named the new chairman of Channel 4, succeeding Lord Burns. “I am delighted that we have appointed a chairman of Charles’ calibre to Channel 4. He brings with him a wealth of experience built up across a broad range of sectors," said Ofcom chairman Dame Patricia Hodge. The [...]
London office rents Tube map: Here’s how much desk space costs across the capital in one simple map

January 26, 2016

In the ever wonderful world of things you can map across the routes of the London Underground (other than stations) comes the price of renting a desk across zone 1 in the capital. It’s the newest of all lines, the Jubilee, where office rents cost the most, coming in at £793 for the average office desk each [...]
Tesco “seriously” breached grocery code, says supplier watchdog Groceries Code Adjudicator

January 26, 2016

Tesco has been given a slap on the wrist over its relationship with suppliers during the lead-up to the accounting scandal which rocked the supermarket in 2014. Supplier watchdog the Grocery Code Adjudicator (GCA) said Tesco seriously breach of the code of practice, prioritising its own finances over treating suppliers fairly and acting unreasonably when delaying payments to suppliers, often for lengthy periods [...]
Relax: Artificially intelligent robot Godzilla won’t enslave us all – it’s humans, not technology, we should worry about says Oxford academic

January 26, 2016

After stark warnings about the risk of artificial intelligence to the future of humankind from such luminaries as Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk, one academic has countered such arguments Breathe a sigh of relief: a robot Godzilla won't enslave us all, he reassures. Luciano Floridi, professor of philosophy and ethics of information at Oxford, has said [...]
Apple earnings: What to expect from first quarter results on Tuesday as iPhone 6s and 6s Plus risk sales slowdown

January 26, 2016

Apple will reveal its most crucial earnings in years as fears have been stoked about softer sales after the launch of the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus as well as Apple Watch. Revenue is expected to come in at $76.6bn (£53.7bn) and earnings per share of $3.23, a rise of 2.7 per cent and 5.6 per cent, according to analyst [...]
Tesco share price falls as Serious Fraud Office’s investigation is set to conclude

January 25, 2016

A criminal investigation into Tesco, the UK's biggest retailer, by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is set to come to a conclusion after more than a year, according to Cantor Fitzgerald analysts. The investigation, launched in October 2014 after a multi-million pound profit black hole was uncovered at the supermarket, had been due to be resolved by the end of last year. [...]
Donald Rumsfeld just got into tech with Churchill Solitaire mobile game for iOS

January 25, 2016

It may be early in the year, but the award for surprise change of career direction already goes to Donald Rumsfeld, who at the age of 83 is getting into tech. The former US defence secretary has made a fresh foray into mobile gaming with an app. If you ever wondered what politicians do when they [...]

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