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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Parents will spend hundreds on gadgets for kids this Christmas

December 1, 2015

It's not just adults eyeing up the latest gadget for their Christmas stocking. Parents will splash out £225 on buying tablets, games consoles and smartphones for their kids at this time of year, on average, with Apple and Samsung topping Santa's list. More than a quarter are budgeting even more to shower the latest technology on their kids, a whopping [...]
Who is the most influential person in history? Margaret Thatcher’s death doesn’t stop her being voted most influentital woman of last 200 years, beating Princess DIana and Oprah Winfrey

December 1, 2015

Margaret Thatcher has managed to win over more voters two years after her death, having been voted the most influential woman of the past 200 years. The UK's first and only female Prime Minister has made more of an impression than Queen Elizabeth, Mother Theresa and Oprah Winfrey, among others, thanks to her status as a "game changer". [...]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Bond’s Spectre blockbusters help Pinewood profits higher

December 1, 2015

The double film bonanzas of the year, latest Bond instalment Spectre and the new Star Wars franchise The Force Awakens, have given UK film studio Pinewood a nice boost. The figures Profit before tax for the first half of the year was up 13 per cent to £4.3m while the group's operating profit rocketed 187 [...]
Cyber Monday 2015 UK: Paypal down for some as online payments firm buckles under shopper pressure

November 30, 2015

Paypal has buckled under the pressure of Cyber Monday shoppers, experiencing technical issues when users try to pay during the checkout process. A technical notification on its website, posted at 2.20pm said: We are experiencing a system issue which may be affecting PayPal APIs and PayPal Website on the PayPal Live Site. Users may be intermittently experiencing [...]
Apple Cyber Monday 2015 deals: Best UK sales for cheap iPhones, Macs, iPads, iPad Pro the Apple Watch and more – at Tesco, Argos, Currys PCWorld, John Lewis, eBay and others

November 30, 2015

Just like Black Friday, Apple's not one to get on the Cyber Monday discounting bandwagon, but that doesn't mean you still can't bag a bargain on iPhones, iPads Macs and more. We've hunted high and low so you don't have to when it comes to bagging an Apple deal. Here are the bargains we found. Read more: [...]
Cyber Monday 2015 UK: Amazon has some truly pointless, unwanted and awful lightning deals – here’s eight of them

November 30, 2015

Is sale season really all it's cracked up to be? Everyone loves bagging a bargain, and what better time to do that than the bonanza time of the year that is Black Friday and Cyber Monday. King of the deals days is Amazon, which far from retreating from the pre-Christmas sales period like other shops (online and [...]
FTSE 100 relegations and promotions: G4S and Meggitt face fall and Worldpay, Provident and DCC heading up in December quarterly review

November 30, 2015

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FTSE 100 demotions and promotions: G4S and Meggitt face fall and Worldpay, Provident Financial and DCC eye upwards move in December quarterly review

November 30, 2015

Outsourcing giant G4S faces relegation from the FTSE 100 along with engineering firm Meggitt. The pair face the chop from the prestigious index of the leading companies listed in the UK when it comes up for renewal this week. On the other foot, it's newly listed Worldpay which could take their place with a promotion, as could [...]
Swatch’s Bellamy watch with Visa lets you pay with just a swipe of your wrist (but it’s not a smartwatch)

November 30, 2015

First there was Oyster, and not far behind were contactless cards. Then came Apple Pay in the pay technology revolution, liberating commuters from pesky cash and flimsy tickets. It may have put paying with something other than a ticket into the popular consciousness, but there are other (admittedly less high-profile) options for non-Apple fans seeking to streamline [...]
Mastercard Monday: Free travel on the Tube, bus, train, DLR and tram for Londoners with Apple Pay on Cyber Monday

November 30, 2015

As if everyone wasn't picking up enough bargains, there's another nice freebie for commuters on Cyber Monday too. It's the second week of a month-long offer in which Mastercard holders using Apple Pay will be able to tap in and tap out absolutely free across the capital's Tube, trains, trams, DLR and buses. Read more: There's a new way [...]

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