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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ARM is betting on the Internet of Things with new mbed OS

October 1, 2014

ARM, the uk chipmaker which makes processors for most of the world’s smartphones and tablets, is creating a new operating system for Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The mbed OS is designed to use as little battery and memory as possible and will work in devices which use its own chips in a bid to [...]
Rocket IPO: Shares priced at €42.50 with €1.6bn valuataion

October 1, 2014

Rocket Internet has priced shares for its initial public offering at the top of its range at €42.50. The German internet firm will debut on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on the 2 October, joining fellow German tech startup Zalando which went public a day earlier. The float of just over 20 per cent of the [...]
EU hearings: Lord Hill failed to convince Brussels he can be Europe’s next finance commisioner

October 1, 2014

Lord Jonathan Hill, the candidate to become Europe’s chief finance man, has failed to convince EU committee members in Brussels of his suitability for the job. Hill will now face another hearing in front of MEPs next week after a three hour grilling in Brussels today. Hill, whose candidacy as financial services commissioner is backed [...]
Did another Tory MP defect to Ukip? No. Here’s how Twitter reacted and bookies’ changed odds

October 1, 2014

Another tory MP defection to Ukip was almost certain the bookies said. With Ukip calling a press conference, everyone was pretty confident this was the moment for a third defection after Mark Reckless and Douglas Carswell. Alas no. To much disappointment, there was news (of sorts), but not the much anticipated defection everyone was holdng their [...]
Selfridges invests £40m on e-commerce starting with website relaunch

September 30, 2014

Selfridges is investing more than £40m to improve its e-commerce offering within the next five years beginning with the relaunch of its website. The luxury retailer is updating selfridges.com for the first time since the launch of its e-commerce site in 2010 designed to improve the customer journey and increase sales. The redesigned site which [...]
Where will the next big tech innovation come from? It could be from London’s Connected Digital Catapult hub in Kings Cross

September 30, 2014

A new digital hub set to open in Kings Cross hosting businesses, technologists and researchers is aiming to produce the UK’s next big technological innovation. The government is investing up to £10m in the project to fuel growth of the digital economy which is expected to be worth more than £10bn within the next 10 [...]
Ebola virus diagnosed in the US: Tekmiara share price surges as first case confirmed by CDC in Dallas, Texas

September 30, 2014

The first case of the deadly Ebola virus to be diagnosed outside of Africa has been confirmed in a patient in the US. The unnamed man was admitted to a hospital in Dallas, Texas with symptoms of the disease and isolated on Sunday after returning from West Africa the US Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has confirmed. A [...]
Windows 10: Microsoft launches new operating system to succeed Windows 8

September 30, 2014

Microsoft has unveiled its latest version of Windows, the catchily named Windows 10. The new operating system from the PC pioneer succeeds the not so successful two-year-old Windows 8. Microsoft has apparently discarded the Windows 9 name to signify just how big the leap between the old and new OS really is. Windows 10 resurrects [...]
What’s MyBook? The next big thing according to this video skewering tech hype and Silicon Valley culture

September 30, 2014

Twitter founder Biz Stone and MC Hammer (yes, that MC Hammer, now a well known tech investor) are talking about it, as are the people of San Francisco and even the city’s finest. Have you heard about it yet? No? Meet MyBook. Is it going to be the next big thing in tech? Well, perhaps [...]
Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda cut petrol prices in latest battle in supermarket price wars

September 29, 2014

Supermarkets clearly love the smell of diesel in the morning. Forget Brand Match promotions, in the latest battle between supermarkets in the long-waged war over low prices, the front of the petrol pumps re-opened. From tomorrow, Tesco and Sainsbury’s will slash fuel prices by up to five pence per litre while Asda will cut up [...]

Gloucester Rugby asks fans for £300k as it seeks investors at £36.5m valuation

Bath sell-out bright spark as Champions Cup attendances fall

Barbican Centre: the brutalist landmark weaving art into everyday London life.

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