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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Where can I use Apple Pay? Tesco Bank and TSB customers can now use contactless mobile payment with iPhones 6, 6 Plus, 6s, 6s Plus and Apple Watch

November 17, 2015

The roll out of Apple Pay continues, with UK banks TSB and Tesco Bank now supporting the contactless payment method which can be used with iPhone and Apple Watches. They bring the total number of banks to jump on board with Apple Pay to thirteen after it launched in July with most of the major banks involved. Barclays is [...]
Peak emoji? How Oxford Dictionaries’ word of the year 2015 rose in popularity and why it may soon be over – in charts

November 17, 2015

Forget selfies and vaping, the word on your lips – or character on your phone – should be an emoji, if it's not already. One single emoji, to be exact, has taken the world by storm this year and the face known as "tears of joy" has been crowned the word (in perhaps the loosest sense of the [...]
London house prices: Buyers in the capital now have £100k income for first time ever

November 17, 2015

The average income of London's homebuyers has shot up in the past three months, putting the figure at a six-digit sum for the first time since records began. Buyers' income now stands at £104,000, a rise of six per cent on the previous three months, according to the latest official figures on house prices from the Office [...]
UK house prices: Greenwich, Kew, Westminster and the country’s Unesco World Heritage sites command an £80k property premium

November 17, 2015

Homeowners living near the landmarks of maritime Greenwich or leafy Kew Gardens are sitting on a premium worth nearly £80,000. Along with another 27 spots across the country – from Devon to Orkney- homes nearby command more thanks to their status as a World Heritage Site. While the average property price across the UK comes in at £284,127, those located near to a [...]
Lidl becomes official supermarket of the England football team

November 17, 2015

England's football team will be indulging in Lidl's selection of discount goods after the supermarket signed a three year deal to become its official food supplier. It will also supply fruit and veg to the Scottish and Welsh national teams. Lidl will also become a backer of the FA's grassroots football initiatives which aim to give professional coaching [...]
Entertainment One share price rises, bringing home the bacon as profits fly with Peppa Pig plans

November 17, 2015

The figures Pre-tax profit at Entertainment One (eOne) shot up 654 per cent to £18.1m in the six months to September, or a more reserved 42 per cent to £39.9m on an adjusted basis. Revenue rose two per cent to £337.1m. [stockChart code="ETO" date="2015-11-17 09:06"] Why it's interesting eOne bought a majority stake in the [...]
Global Terrorism Index 2015 mapped: Terror attack deaths and economic cost hit an all-time high as UK is hardest hit of any EU country

November 17, 2015

The world is counting the cost of terrorism more than ever before in terms of both its economic impact and lives lost, new research reveals, as Europe continues to reel from France’s worst ever peace-time attack. The economic impact of terrorism across the globe reached $52.9bn (£34.8bn) in 2014, rocketing 60 per cent on the [...]
Smartphone battery life: Huawei creates phone battery which charges in just two minutes

November 16, 2015

No longer will you have to suffer the pain of your phone battery running out and hanging around while it charges when you have places to go and people to see. Researchers at Huawei have created new fast charging batteries which can juice-up your phone in the time it takes to make a coffee, powering up to 68 per cent charge [...]
Paris attacks: Minute’s silence falls across Europe to remember terror victims

November 16, 2015

People fell silent across Europe in remembrance of the victims of Friday's terrorist attack in Paris which left 129 people dead and scores more injured. The minute's silence was observed in the UK at 11am and across the rest of the continent. (L-R) French higher education and research minister Thierry Mandon, education minister Najat Vallaud, President Francois Hollande, and prime minister [...]
One important thing that’s not ruined by lack of sleep: Sarcasm

November 16, 2015

Not getting enough sleep? You're not alone. With the average person in Britain getting just 6.5 hours sleep, scientists just keep telling us how that's bad for our health (from causing cancer to increasing the chances of catching the common cold), our brains, relationships and our working life. Now, scientists have given us a tiny, but valuable, [...]

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