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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Google is being sued again. This time by Max Mosley over sex party pictures

July 29, 2014

Max Mosley, the former boss of Formula One, has filed a lawsuit with the UK High Court in a bid to stop Google from gathering and publishing images of him at a sex party. Originally published in the now-defunct News of The World, the pictures breach rules on privacy and data protection claims Mosley. In [...]
Uber for Business is coming to London as sharing economy eyes corporate travel expansion

July 29, 2014

Business travel looks like the next big market to be disrupted by the sharing economy as its poster children Uber and Airbnb unveiled plans to grow the number of business travellers using its services. Uber has launched Uber for Business, available initially in the US and Canada but with trials taking place in the UK [...]
OKCupid experimented on users just like Facebook did because “That’s how websites work”

July 29, 2014

Dating site OKCupid has boldly admitted to performing experiments on users in the same way as Facebook because “that’s how websites work.” OKCupid founder Christian Rudder detailed three experiments the website performed on users in a blog post titled “We Experiment On Human Beings!”. Despite the public outrage after Facebook was found to have experimented [...]
Huawei smartphone sales up 62pc on success of flagship Ascend and global growth

July 29, 2014

Huawei shipped 64.21 million devices in the first half of 2014, 34.27 million of which were smartphones, up 62 per cent on the same time last year. The Chinese smartphone-maker credited the rise to the success of its flagship Ascend models aimed at the mid- to high-end market. It’s biggest launch to date, the Ascend [...]
Would you ride a Boris Bike to Paris? This guy just did

July 28, 2014

It's designed for leisurely cycles around the city and short commutes between tube stations not epic cross-country journeys, but one man decided the Boris Bike was destined for greater things beyond the confines of Zone 6. Richard Jordan has cycled 250 miles from London to Paris on a Boris Bike, despite it being probably the [...]
Virgin America IPO takes off

July 28, 2014

The US airline part-owned by Sir Richard Branson is preparing to go public after posting its first annual profit in March. Branson owns a 22 per cent stake in the airline through Virgin Group with VAI Partners, controlled by hedge fund Cyrus Capital Partners, its biggest shareholder with a 71.6 per cent stake. Barclays and [...]
Mothercare share price tumbles 11pc as £266m Destination Maternity takeover bid ruled out

July 28, 2014

Mothercare’s share price has taken a tumble this morning after a takeover bid by US chain Destination Maternity was ruled out. Shares opened 11 per cent down after the struggling babywear retailer said it was now “fully focused on the company's plan to turnaround the UK business and to continue its strong international growth. The [...]
BSkyB invests in virtual reality video startup Jaunt

July 28, 2014

BSkyB is investing nearly half a million dollars in Jaunt, an immersive video startup which is developing ways to bring the cinema experience to virtual reality devices. The $400,000 funding is the second round of investment in the California-based company for Sky, previously investing $350,000 in the early stage startup at the end of last [...]
Reckitt Benckiser share price up on pharmaceutical business spin off

July 28, 2014

Reckitt Benckiser’s share price opened almost two per cent higher this morning, up by more than three per cent at its peak, after announcing it will spin off its pharmaceutical business into a separately listed company over the next 12 months. The maker of household brands such as Nurofen confirmed the move which has been [...]
Malaysia Airlines considers name change after flight MH17 and MH370 plane disasters

July 27, 2014

Beleaguered carrier Malaysia Airlines could change its name as part of its reinvention after suffering two plane disasters within months of each other. Hugh Dunleavy, the airline’s commercial director, writing in the Sunday Telegraph said: "Our majority shareholder, the Malaysian government, has already started a process of assessing the future shape of our business and [...]

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