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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When will Edinburgh declare referendum results of Scottish independence vote?

September 18, 2014

Edinburgh is due to announce the result of the Scottish independence referendum vote in the early hours of Friday morning. The count is expected to come in at 5am and the city is one of the last areas in Scotland to declare the results of the vote. The area makes up eight per cent of [...]
News Corp chief Robert Thompson calls Google a “platform for piracy” run by “cynical management” in letter to EU commissioner Joaquin Almunia

September 18, 2014

News Corp has told the EU it believes Google is stifling competition and undermining the business model of “content creators” in its dominance of internet search. The Rupert Murdoch-owned company, which publishes the the Times, the Sun, the Wall Street Journal and book publisher Harpercollins lambasted Google in a letter to the EU’s competition commission [...]
Will Scotland vote Yes or No to independence in today’s referendum? Here’s the result on Twitter as far afield as Alaska and New Zealand

September 18, 2014

A stunning map of Scottish independence campaigning shows how Twitter users feel about the referendum and which side of the fence they are on. The Yes and No sentiment has been tracked over the last month of intense campaigning with Twitter users as far afield as Alaska and New Zealand chatting about the historic referendum. [...]
iPhone 6 buyers want to ditch the iPhone 5 more than any other phone after the Apple launch

September 16, 2014

Apple’s brand new iPhone 6 has seen unprecedented demand – a record four million pre-orders have been taken in the few days since its announcement, double that for the iPhone 5 – but which smartphones are people ditching for the shiny new device? Perhaps confirming the obsessive stereotype of an Apple fan needing the latest [...]
Scottish Independence: How well would a stock exchange with companies head quartered in Scotland perform ?

September 16, 2014

If Scotland votes Yes to independence, would there be a Scottish stock exchange and how well would it perform? In the world of Scottish independence hypotheticals, it's a good one. Just two countries to gain independence have ever decided not to set up their own stock exchange: Kosovo and Turkmenistan. While there's been no word on [...]
Mail.ru share price up as Arsenal shareholder Alisher Usmanov takes full stake in “Russian Facebook” VKontakte for $1.47 billion

September 16, 2014

Moscow-based internet company Mail.ru has bought a remaining 48 per cent stake in the social network VKontakte, Russia's answer to Facebook, for $1.47bn (£909m) taking full ownership of the business. Mail.ru said in addition to the sale, all legal action among itself, United Capital Partners which sold the stake and VK founder Pavel Durov had [...]
Petra Diamonds share price slips as rare blue diamond from Cullinan mine sells for only $28 million

September 16, 2014

Spending $28m (£17m) on this rare blue diamond was actually a bit of a bargain for one unknown buyer. The rare 122.52-carat blue diamond has been sold by Petra Diamonds.after being discovered in its Cullinan mine back in June when some predicted it could break the record price paid for a rough cut diamond. It might [...]
Publicis share price jumps as management shake up after omnicom merger failure sees Maurice Levy stay on until 2017

September 16, 2014

Publicis Group's share price jumped 1.4 per cent in early trading after chief executive and chairman Maurice Levy announced his intention to stay in charge of the world’s third largest advertising group until 2017. The 72 year-old’s term at the helm, which began in 1987, was expected to come to an end in 2015, however Levy [...]
Cheetah robot can run and jump just like a big cat based on new algorithm

September 15, 2014

Not content with creating a robot able to fold itself up like origami, or the human-like Baxter which can farm in space, scientists have made a robot that is able to run and jump just like a cheetah. MIT researchers have created an algorithm which mimics the movements of the big cat and programmed it [...]
This is how Apple kept the name of Apple Watch a secret

September 15, 2014

How sure were we that the Apple Watch was going to be called the iWatch? Everyone was fairly confident Apple would go by previous form with its “i” nomenclature. Everyone was wrong. So just how did Apple keep the real name of its first smartwatch quiet for so long? The iWatch name first made an [...]

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