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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Abercrombie share price surges as second quarter beats expectations

August 26, 2015

Shares in struggling US fashion chain Abercrombie & Fitch surged more than 13 per cent in pre-market trading in New York, after the company reported better than expected earnings. Sales at the company, which also owns the teen-friendly Hollister brand, dipped eight per cent in the second quarter to $817.8m, but came in ahead of [...]
Paddy Power results: The five best quotes – Donald Trump, Ashley Madison, Greek debt crisis

August 26, 2015

It's that time of year in the corporate earnings calendar when Paddy Power tells the City what's been going on, and business has been a little like Donald Trump's hair and Jeremy Clarkson's steak throwing skills in the first half of the year. Read more: Paddy Power earnings jump as it unveils Betfair merger There was [...]
FriendlyScore: This FinTech startup can analyse social media activity to prove creditworthiness

August 26, 2015

When you're sharing a selfie at dinner or updating LinkedIn with your latest promotion, you're giving away more than you might think. A London-based startup has taken the huge amount of data we share every day on social media to come up with a way of assessing whether we can be trusted with a loan or [...]
Selfie sticks and adult colouring books: Here’s what Londoners buy the most, and where, according to Amazon

August 26, 2015

True to form, west Londoners are knocking back the Bolly – while south of the river, residents are sitting back and relaxing with an on-trend adult colouring-in book. These are just some of the most popular items people pop in their shopping baskets across the four corners of the capital – and if you've always [...]
Back to school: Gadgets in kids’ back packs are worth £270 as total value more than triples to £3.2bn

August 25, 2015

Parents will be sending their kids off to school in September with more tech gadgets than ever before. Each child's back pack will be filled with tech worth on average an astonishing £270, bringing the total value of British school kids' satchels to £3.2bn, more than triple this time last year. Just under a quarter of [...]
The UK gender pay gap: You’re probably spending an hour a day working for free

August 25, 2015

You're probably spending at least an hour day working that you don't get paid for. It's not just putting in those extra hours to impress the boss or getting that project finished, it's each and every average working day in which an hour and 40 minutes of is entirely unpaid. How do you know if [...]
Tech stocks rebound on Nasdaq – Netflix, Facebook, Amazon and Apple share prices are on the up after Black Monday

August 25, 2015

Tech stocks have rebounded after a dismal Black Monday. Netflix has had one of the biggest rallies in early morning trading, up around seven per cent, while Apple was up around 4.5 per cent. The tech-heavy Nasdaq, on which Apple is the heaviest weighted stock, was up more than three per cent after global markets [...]
Black Monday 2015: China’s central bank cuts benchmark interest rates, European markets rally

August 25, 2015

China's central bank has cut one of its key interest rates following a tumultuous day for global markets. The People's Bank of China (PBoC) has cut the one-year benchmark lending rate by 25 basis points to 4.6 per cent – the fifth cut to interest rates in less than 12 months – as the country [...]
Uber trials bus-route style pick-ups in San Francisco

August 25, 2015

Uber's not content with just offering rides on-demand in hundreds of cities around the world. Now the startup is trialing a new feature that offers bus-style pick-ups along certain routes. The so-called "smart routes" are being tested out on the streets of San Francisco and build upon its existing Uber Pool service that lets you [...]
Black Monday 2015: Here’s the market index which mattered most according to Google searches

August 25, 2015

Black Monday may have started with the Chinese economy, but it was the Dow which ended up gaining most of the world's attention online. Search interest in the unfolding events on the world markets focused on the US index more than any other in the majority of countries around the globe, according to data from Google. [...]

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