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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London property: Capital’s Royal Docks business park development gets billion pound investment from China’s Minsheng

February 14, 2015

A Chinese investment firm will spend a billion pounds creating a new financial and business district to rival Canary Wharf and the City in London. China’s largest private investment fund, China Minsheng Investment, will plough £1bn into the project to develop a 35-acre site at the Royal Albert Docks in east London. Plans for the [...]
The 9 biggest winners and losers of from the Fifty Shades of Grey effect – B&Q, London Fire Brigade, Teddy Bears, midwives and more

February 13, 2015

Fifty Shades of awesome: The winners 1. B&Q B&Q has come in a winner among the many, many, shameless Fifty Shades bandwagon jumping stakes. For a usually family-friendly DIY store, the “leak” of an email warning staff to expect a run on duct tape, rope and cable ties from adventurous shoppers inspired the movie was [...]
A new Monopoly board is being crowdsourced by Hasbro and BuzzFeed

February 13, 2015

Everyone's favourite feud-filled family game Monopoly is getting a makeover. The game-maker Hasbro is joining forces with millennial media giant BuzzFeed to crowdsource a new board which will feature 80 destinations around the world instead of famous city streets. Monopoly fans are being asked to vote on the locations they want to appear on the [...]
Where not to eat in London: The worst places in London for food hygiene standards

February 13, 2015

If you’re looking for the perfect Valentine’s Day date location, this might be a handy guide for where to avoid taking your significant other for that special dinner date. Six of the worst local authorities in the UK when it comes to food hygiene standards are located in London, with Enfield taking the title for [...]
British Gas buys smart home company AlertMe for £44m as Centrica bets on Internet of Things

February 13, 2015

British Gas has just splashed some major cash on AlertMe, the smart home technology company behind its Hive service, which controls heating remotely at the touch of a smartphone screen. The Centrica-owned energy company will pay £44m to acquire AlertMe, the east London company which provides a platform for connected “smart” devices throughout the home, [...]
Friday the 13th is lucky for these commuters getting a rally car to and from work

February 13, 2015

Friday the 13th may be considered the unluckiest day of the year by some, but weary commuters are in luck today. A fleet of rally cars are super-charging Friday’s commute around the capital by offering to ferry people to and from their destinations throughout the day – thanks to Betfair. No, it’s not the latest company [...]
Virgin Media plans billion-pound broadband investment in “£8bn boost” to UK economy

February 13, 2015

Virgin Media has unveiled major plans to invest in its broadband network which it says will benefit the UK economy by £8bn. The £3bn of investment will also create 6,000 jobs over the next five years, 1,000 of which will be apprenticeships, the Liberty Global-owned company has said. Virgin will increase by a third the number [...]
A Facebook will? Legacy contact feature will ensure that when you die friends or family can manage your account as a memorial

February 12, 2015

When you’re planning for the future and making a will, another consideration now needs to be made – who will manage your Facebook account when you’re gone? Facebook is introducing a new feature specially designed to address the growing problem of what happens to our digital footprint after we die. The “legacy contact” feature lets [...]
Apple and Pinterest partner to make app discovery easier

February 12, 2015

The app store may have revolutionised the way we listen to music, read newspapers and order a cab, but there is one major problem with it which Apple hasn't addressed. Until now. Among the 1.4m apps, how do people find the app they’re looking for, and how do companies get their app into people’s hands? [...]
Watch: Learn Spanish with Vinnie Jones in this hilarious new Three advert

February 12, 2015

Hollywood hard man Vinnie Jones has already gone from footballer to actor – but is he eyeing another career move? "Spanish teacher" is the latest role he can add to his CV, after appearing in this hilarious advert for mobile network Three. In the inspired promotion to let holidaymakers know they can use their phone [...]

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