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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This skyscraper which casts no shadow is inspired by London’s ambitious build skywards

March 15, 2015

London’s skyline is about to change dramatically as the only way to build is upwards. Hundreds of skyscrapers are being planned for the capital over the next decade and some fear that could cast a rather large shadow over the city. Architects have come up with an innovative new building design however, which can regulate [...]
Tesco’s Dunnhumby: Is Sir Martin Sorrell’s WPP about to take a stake in the supermarket’s data business?

March 15, 2015

Tesco could be about to sell off a majority stake in its data arm that was responsible for creating the Tesco Clubcard loyalty scheme. The world’s largest advertising firm, Sir Martin Sorrell’s WPP, has made an offer for Tesco's Dunnhumby, Bloomberg reports. Tesco brought in Goldman Sachs in January to explore options for Dunnhumby as [...]
Alibaba just invested in Snapchat: Four charts showing just how big its new $15bn valuation is

March 12, 2015

Everyone’s favourite disappearing messaging app, Snapchat, has raised a new round of funding from Alibaba which values the firm at $15bn (£10bn). It’s a vote of confidence for the four-year-old app, which has just introduced a host of content-driven advertising features in a bid to start generating some revenue. The app picked up $200m from [...]
John Lewis Partnership slashes bonus as Waitrose profits fall

March 12, 2015

The John Lewis Partnership, known for its generous staff incentives, has slashed the bonus payout to its partners after a hit on profits at its upmarket grocery chain Waitrose. Staff will receive a bonus of 11 per cent of their annual salary, down from last year's 15 per cent – the third annual decline in a row. [...]
ITV buys The Voice production company Talpa Media with John de Mol on board

March 12, 2015

ITV has turned its chair for the production company behind BBC talent show The Voice, buying up Talpa Media. The broadcaster has acquired the Dutch production company founded by Big Brother creator John de Mol, in a deal worth up to £781m. The deal includes keeping on de Mol and Talpa’s management team who will [...]
Plain cigarette packaging: Tobacco companies Philip Morris, British American Tobacco, Imperial and Japan Tobacco vow legal fight against branding ban in courts

March 11, 2015

The world's biggest tobacco firms have vowed to fight the UK government in the courts after MPs voted in favour of plain packaging which will see branding disappear from cigarette packets. British American Tobacco (BAT), Imperial Tobacco and Japan Tobacco International (JTI), have threatened legal action against the move which they believe is unlawful. BAT, [...]
Plain cigarette packaging: MPs vote in favour of law that will see standardised packaging from 2016

March 11, 2015

MPs have voted in favour of plain packaging on cigarettes which will see just a brand name and health warnings appear on packets from next year. Some 367 MPs voted in favour of the move while 113 voted against after a long-running battle between business and health campaigners since the government first made a move [...]
Google Shop London in pictures: Inside the search giant’s first ever physical shop on Tottenham Court Road

March 11, 2015

It may have succeeded as one of the most successful companies of the 21st century by offering services online, but Google is making a move offline for the first time – right here in London with its first real life shop. Based at Currys PC World on Tottenham Court Road, the “shop within a shop” [...]
Manchester United’s prolific former manager Sir Alex Ferguson is writing a book on leadership with ex-Google and Yahoo executive Sir Michael Moritz

March 11, 2015

Sir Alex Ferguson, the prolific former manager of Manchester United, will soon reveal the secrets of his success in a new book on leadership. Having won 38 trophies in 26 years with the Premier League club, the retired manager is already sharing his knowledge as a teacher at Harvard Business School. Now Ferguson is teaming [...]
The UK economy could gain £38bn by improving digital technology by 2020

March 11, 2015

Better use of digital technology would boost the UK economy by £38bn and help increase global output by almost a trillion pounds. Improving digital technology in the world’s top 10 economies would benefit the global economy by more than £900bn in increased productivity by 2020, according to a new analysis of the global digital economy. The [...]

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