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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Android One: How Google’s budget smartphone for India compares with its rivals

September 15, 2014

Google has launched its first Android One smartphone in India – a budget device aimed at enticing the “next billion” smartphone users in the country and other emerging markets. Google’s initiative aims to create cheap, high-quality smartphones for those in countries where incomes are lower and devices less affordable. Android One offers a package of [...]
Tag Heuer is planning a smartwatch after Apple Watch launch

September 15, 2014

Apple might have one more watchmaker a little hot under the collar with the Apple Watch. Luxury watch brand Tag Heuer has told a Swiss newspaper it’s planning to launch a smartwatch a week after Apple launched its much-anticipated smartwatch. Jean-Claude Biver of Tag Heuer owner LVMH said "We want to launch a smartwatch at [...]
Joseph Stiglitz on Scottish independence: No basis for “fear-mongering” and currency a “non- issue”

September 14, 2014

The latest esteemed economist to share their thoughts on the Scottish independence debate has called some of the talk around Scotland’s post-independence economy “fear mongering” and the hot-button issue of currency a “non-issue”. Nobel-Prize winning Columbia University economist Joseph Stiglitz is the latest economist to wade into the Scottish independence debate in a newspaper column [...]
How will Scotland vote? Independence polls say it’s too close to call with four days to go

September 14, 2014

A week after the Yes campaign broke through to take the lead for the first time in Scottish independence polls, both sides of the campaign have spent the week rallying votes and courting public opinion. On the last Sunday before Scots cast their vote, where do the latest polls stand? Of three polls for today’s [...]
Scottish independence: BT, TalkTalk, EE, Telefonica, Vodafone and Three warn of increased costs if Scots vote Yes

September 14, 2014

Six of Britain's leading telecoms companies are the latest to warn of potential price rises if Scotland votes Yes to independence. The chiefs of BT, TalkTalk, EE, Telefonica UK, Vodafone UK and Three UK have issued a joint letter warning that the uncertainty around regulation and spectrum allocation, which mobile networks use to operate, could [...]
iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus UK release date and prices: Pre-orders begin at Apple, EE, O2, Three and Vodafone

September 11, 2014

Apple fans eager to get their hands on the shiny new iPhones revealed on Tuesday won’t have long to wait. Both devices are available for pre-order from today in the UK ahead of their release on 19 September. The devices can be ordered directly from Apple online as well as from the major mobile networks [...]
YouGov GIF

September 11, 2014

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Tour of Britain 2014 London: Where to watch the cycling route through the capital

September 11, 2014

The Tour of Britain arrives in London on Sunday, with some of the world’s top cyclists taking to the streets of the capital to battle for the yellow jersey in the final stage of the tour. Londoners are lucky enough to see many of the elite riders return to the capital for a second time [...]
Northern Lights UK 2014: Can you see the aurora borealis tonight?

September 11, 2014

The Northern Lights could be visible across the night time skies over the UK this week after an intense solar flare from the sun occurred yesterday. The flare, spotted by Nasa, caused a large amount of magnetically charged particles to be released into the atmosphere- the very thing that causes the Northern Lights to occur. [...]
London 2030: 14 new buildings due to change the London skyline over the next fifteen years

September 11, 2014

This is what the City of London will look like in 2030 as at least eight new towers are added to the square mile's skyline within the next fifteen years. The images of the City's future skyline are based on the skyscrapers that have already been granted planning permission and were created by The View [...]

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