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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Uber delivers Christmas trees on demand in Paris, Dubai and Guadalajara, but not in US cities this year

December 7, 2014

Not content with delivering people home after a night out, rideshare service Uber is getting festive. Lucky city dwellers in three cities around the world are being treated to Christmas tree deliveries at the tap of a smartphone in another one of the startup’s marketing ploys. These have also included ice cream delivery in London [...]
Alex Salmond confirms he will stand for seat in UK parliament at general election

December 7, 2014

The former First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond has confirmed plans for a return to Westminster by standing for a seat in UK parliament at next year’s general election. The Scottish politician who stood down as leader of the SNP after being defeated in the independence referendum, announced his candidacy for the constituency of Gordon in [...]
Quiz: Chinese names for British landmarks and celebrities – can you guess them?

December 5, 2014

The Chinese are visiting Britain more than ever before. That's great news for the UK economy- but there's a problem. There are 101 landmarks that don't have Chinese names including the Shard and Savile Row. Visit Britain is launching a £1.6m campaign to get the people of China to change that and come up with [...]
EasyJet boss Carolyn McCall took home £7.68m in 2014

December 5, 2014

EasyJet boss Carolyn McCall has pocketed a £7.68m for her work over the last year, a drop of £92,000 on her previous year's pay. The figure included a £677,000 base salary, a £1m bonus, £5.9m from the vesting of shares, and a £47,000 pension. McCall's million-pound pay packet was only slightly less than last year, however [...]
Monkeys understand value better than humans because they aren’t fooled by expensive brands

December 5, 2014

Everyone likes to think they’re good at grabbing a bargain and finding the best deals (if Black Friday’s anything to go by, anyway), but new research shows there may be a better species of bargain-hunter in town. Monkeys understand value better than humans because they know a higher price doesn’t always mean better, whereas people [...]
Balfour Beatty share price climbs after it rejects a £1bn bid from JLIF for its PFI contracts

December 5, 2014

Balfour Beatty has rejected a £1bn bid for its lucrative portfolio of infrastructure contracts from John Laing Infrastructure Fund (JLIF), saying it’s not enough. Shares in the UK’s largest construction firm climbed more than three per cent after it said the bid falls “significantly short” of its value. The firm said its value stood at [...]
Canary Wharf owner Songbird Estates says revised £2.6bn Qatar offer is not enough

December 5, 2014

Canary Wharf owner and takeover target Songbird Estates has said a revised offer of 350p per share made by the Qatari sovereign wealth fund late yesterday undervalues the company. The board of Songbird said the new cash bid valuing the firm at £2.6bn “does not reflect the full value of the company, its unique position and [...]
Uber reaches $40bn valuation in $1.2bn fundraising as it bids to expand services

December 4, 2014

RIDEHIRE service Uber has raised a massive $1.2bn (£765m) in its latest funding round, finally confirming the previously rumoured investment in a blog post last night. Travis Kalanick, Uber’s founder and chief executive, said the funding would be used “to make substantial investments, particularly in the Asia Pacific region.” The round is understood to value [...]
London is a global hotspot for “tech for good” and these 19 startups are going to change the world

December 4, 2014

London is the leading city in the world for creating technology for social good, with 19 of the top 100 so-called “tech for good” startups, products and inventions, coming from the capital. A teddy that can read childrens vital signs to help make a diagnosis, a device that means your iPhone can detect malaria and [...]
Nasa’s Orion spacecraft mission to Mars launch has been cancelled… for now

December 4, 2014

Nasa’s mission to Mars test flight has been cancelled after technical difficulties stopped the Orion spacecraft from taking off this afternoon. The US space agency’s mission was due to take off from Cape Canaveral between 12pm and 3pm today, but scientists were forced to postpone launch a number of times after the technical difficulties and [...]

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