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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Wireless phone charging offered at London Starbucks on Moorgate, Princes Street, Kingsway and seven other city locations

January 21, 2015

Coffee loving phone addicts rejoice. Wireless phone charging is coming to Starbucks in London after the service proved successful in the US. Lucky Londoners near 10 Starbucks in the capital will be able to top up their battery at the same time they pop in to grab a coffee. It’s great news for anyone who [...]
Positive Pearson picture sends share price up leading FTSE higher

January 21, 2015

Shares in Pearson were up as much as five per cent this morning leading the FTSE 100 higher as the education business and publisher of the Financial Times said it expects earnings at the top end of forecasts. Investors were cheered to learn that earnings for 2014 are expected to come in at 66 pence [...]
Peak beard? Tinder and Gillette test out love (or not) of beards in new advertising campaign

January 21, 2015

Another sign that humanity (or hipsters, at least) may have hit “peak beard” has emerged. The results of an unusual experiment by dating app Tinder and razor-maker Gillette found that women prefer a man with a well-groomed face over those with facial hair. It’s another addition to the "beards are over" canon of scientific research, [...]
Dixons Carphone ups profit forecast after Black Friday and Christmas trading success

January 21, 2015

Dixons Carphone has raised its profit forecast after a “roller coaster” Christmas proved a success for the retailer. Full-year pre-tax profits are expected to come in at between £355m and £375m, ahead of expectations, after a seven per cent rise in like-for-like sales over the festive period, including eight per cent growth in the UK. [...]
Shazam joins billion dollar startup club after $30m funding round

January 21, 2015

Music recognition service Shazam has closed a $30m (£19.8m) round of investment valuing the London-based firm at over $1bn (£659m). It makes Shazam one of just a handful of tech startups to emerge from the UK with a $1bn price tag attached. The new investment will be used to expand the service into new markets [...]
Davos 2015: Who’s going to the World Economic Forum?

January 20, 2015

Where else do world leaders, economists, royalty and even a celeb or two cross paths? It can only be Davos. The World Economic Forum’s annual summit hosts a privileged few, but if you’re lucky enough to be visiting, here’s who to look out for. If, like most people, you’ll be remaining at your desk and [...]
Sky and Talk Talk are the latest in the frame to buy O2 from Telefonica

January 20, 2015

Sky and Talk Talk are the latest to join the queue of apparent bidders to snap up UK mobile business O2 from Telefonica. Talks between the Spanish telecoms firm and Sky and Talk Talk are said to be taking place, according to reports, just days after it was revealed China’s Hutchison Whampoa, the owner of [...]
BBC Three says it’s not for sale after bid from independent production companies Avalon and Hat Trick

January 20, 2015

The BBC has said its youth channel BBC Three is not for sale after being made an unprecedented offer by the independent production companies behind Have I Got News For You and Harry Hill. Avalon, the maker of Harry Hill’s TV Burp, and Hat Trick, producer of the BBC satirical show fronted by Ian Hislop, have [...]
Reckitt Benckiser fined half a million for market disclosure failing

January 20, 2015

Consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser (RB) has been fined more than half a million pounds after failing to make a disclosure to markets correctly. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) handed out a penalty of £539,800 for “inadequate systems and controls to monitor share-dealing by its senior executives in its own shares” to the maker of [...]
Unilever sales miss expectations – and there’s more of the same in 2015

January 20, 2015

Times remain tough at consumer goods giant Unilever as sales growth remained at its slowest in five years. Underlying sales at the owner of Ben & Jerry’s and Hellmann’s mayonnaise remained unchanged from their third quarter, growing 2.1 per cent in the fourth quarter, below analyst expectations. Overall, sales grew 2.9 per cent in 2014, [...]

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