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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New iPhone 6: Hands-on video shows bigger, thinner screen compared to iPhone5

September 2, 2014

A week to the day until Apple's big launch event, the biggest leak about the new iPhone 6 so far has surfaced – a video of the smartphone in someone's hands. The 3:36 minute video, discovered by 9to5mac and published by Russian YouTuber Rozetked, appears to show the fully-formed iPhone 6 in comparison with the current iPhone [...]
Boris vows to fight on for Thames Estuary airport, calling Heathrow third runway “political kryptonite” and Davies Commission “irrelevant”

September 2, 2014

London mayor Boris Johnson will continue fighting for a Thames Estuary airport- despite the idea being ruled out Sir Howard Davies' Airports Commission today– calling the organisation “irrelevant” and a third runway at Heathrow “political kryptonite.” In a statement from City Hall, Johnson said he “cannot conceive of any possible scenario in which a government [...]
Quindell share price opens down but rallies with RAC black box buy

September 2, 2014

Quindell’s shares opened five per cent down this morning but then rallied six per cent on yesterday’s close after the company announced it was buying the RAC’s stake in joint venture CCS. Quindell said it will take full control of Connected Car Solutions, which makes “black boxes” for cars, in a restructure costing £18.5m, but [...]
UK property market: Redrow share price rises as it posts 91 per cent profit increase

September 2, 2014

Despite recent signs of slowing growth in house prices, housebuilders are still riding a healthy property market wave – Redrow is the latest to post stellar results, with a 91 per cent rise in profits. Help to Buy helped the housebuilder make a record £132.6m pre-tax profit for the year to June, compared with £69.4m [...]
Bye-bye Boris Island: Economic disruption and environmental hurdles of Thames Estuary airport too huge and time-consuming

September 2, 2014

Plans supported by London mayor Boris Johnson to build a new airport on the Thames estuary have been sunk by the Airports Commission. The so-called “Boris Island” airport has been ruled out by a commission led by former London School of Economics director Sir Howard Davies into options for increasing the air capacity in the [...]
Kier wins £50m contract to build luxury high-rises in Greenwich

September 1, 2014

HOUSEBUILDER Kier has picked up a £50m contract to build luxury apartments at London’s Greenwich Peninsula development. Kier will design and build 224 luxury apartments in four blocks on the Thames riverside as part of the area’s regeneration project to deliver 10,000 homes by 2039. Kier was chosen as the preferred bidder for the contract [...]
“Dear colleagues”: Dave Lewis’ letter to Tesco staff on his first day as chief executive

September 1, 2014

On his first day at Tesco, new chief executive Dave Lewis has written a letter to staff outlining his initial plans for the supermarket. Lewis introduced himself to Tesco’s more than half-a-million staff, telling them he would be doing “a lot of listening,” to staff, customers, shareholders and investment analysts, and the most important thing [...]
Robots are after your job in the City

September 1, 2014

And you thought you were irreplaceable? If you're a banker or analyst in the City, watch your back. You’re about to be replaced – by a robot. Not the walking, talking, C-3PO Star Wars kind, but by artificial intelligence, or computer programs which think for themselves – more HAL in 2001 a Space Odyssey. Within [...]
Tesco share price continues slump after Harris Associates cuts stake from 3pc to 1pc

September 1, 2014

Tesco's share price continued to slump, down almost two per cent on Friday’s losses this morning, after one of Tesco’s largest stakeholders revealed it had cut its investment in the supermarket by two thirds. Investors failed to be reassured on Dave Lewis’ first day on as chief executive after it was revealed the US firm [...]
“Boris Island” or Heathrow expansion: Did the CBI just back Heathrow?

September 1, 2014

The CBI looks like it has put its weight behind an extension to Heathrow airport in a blow to the London mayor's Thames Estuary airport plans, otherwise known as “Boris Island". It comes just days ahead of a decision due from the Airports Commission as to whether the concept of a new airport on the [...]

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