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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Korean Air nut rage incident: Airline executive Heather Cho found guilty in air rage case and sentenced to one year in prison

February 12, 2015

A cautionary tale for anyone who gets a little cranky when flying (and who doesn't?) has emerged. The woman involved in possibly the first-ever case of “nut rage” when she threw a tantrum which resulted in a plane being delayed, has been sentenced to one year in prison in South Korea. Heather Cho was found [...]
BT begins placement of £1bn of shares to fund EE acquisition

February 12, 2015

BT is selling £1bn worth of shares to fund its £12.5bn deal for mobile network EE. The new shares will be listed through an accelerated bookbuilding process to fund part of the cash element of the deal, the telecoms giant confirmed this morning. The bookbuilding for the sale of 5p ordinary shares to institutional investors, [...]
Bus strikes postponed: Scheduled walkouts for Friday 13th and Monday 16th February won’t take place

February 11, 2015

Bus strikes that were expected to bring the capital to a halt over the next week have been postponed, bringing relief to thousands of commuters. Drivers striking over pay have postponed 24-hour walkouts which were scheduled to take place on Friday and Monday, Unite has said. The union representing the bus drivers will enter talks [...]
EE’s about to invest £1.5bn to expand 4G and rural mobile network coverage by 2017

February 11, 2015

EE is planning to nvest billions of pounds into expanding its mobile network and coverage in rural areas, which help its 4G coverage surpass 2G by 2017 The mobile network, which will soon be owned by BT when a £12.5bn deal goes through, will spend £1.5bn over the next three years aimed at improving the [...]
#awks: Twitter finance chief Anthony Noto’s Twitter account gets hacked

February 11, 2015

No one on Twitter wants to look like they don’t know how to use Twitter, especially when you’re Twitter’s finance chief. Even worse is when it’s the second gaffe in as many months. Anthony Noto, newish CFO and former Goldman Sachs man, has had his Twitter account hacked. A string of spammy tweets were sent [...]
Five things you could buy for the same price as the Premier League TV rights: 325 Balotellis, 2.2m travelcards, 65m Apple shares and more

February 11, 2015

Buying up the rights to broadcast Premier League matches to avid football fans across the UK doesn't come cheap. At a total of £5.2bn, a record price paid by Sky and BT, that’s some serious spending power. Here’s what else that sort of cash could be splashed on. 1. 2.2m travelcards How about buying [...]
Sky share price falls on massive Premier League TV rights spend while BT rises

February 11, 2015

Shares in Sky fell as much as five per cent in early trading this morning, leading the FTSE lower, after it agreed to fork out £4.2bn on the TV rights for Premier League football games. The broadcaster paid 83 per cent more for the rights to screen 126 football games each season from 2016 to 2019 [...]
Four things we learned from the British Chambers of Commerce conference: Europe, Miliband’s absence, women in business and a British Mittelstand

February 10, 2015

1. Where’s Ed? The audience of business leaders at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) annual conference attracted government's top tier today. Put them all in the same room together and it may as well have been PMQs… except for one notable absence. An Ed Miliband shaped hole in the line-up did not go unnoticed [...]
General Election 2015: Nick Clegg pledges measures to get one million more women in work by 2020

February 10, 2015

The deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has said the Liberal Democrats will aim to get one million more women into work by 2020. The ambitious plans, outlined by the Lib Dem leader at the British Chambers of Commerce annual conference, would place the UK in the top five OECD countries for female employment. If elected [...]
General Election 2015: David Cameron plans new “help to grow” scheme to create British Mittelstand

February 10, 2015

David Cameron has pledged billions of pounds in new funding to help small and medium-sized businesses grow. The Prime Minister promised £1bn as part of a new “help to grow”scheme to create a British version of Germany’s Mittelstand- a backbone of medium-sized firms across the country. Speaking to business leaders at the British Chambers of [...]

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