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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Time Warner turns down Murdoch after $80bn 20th Century Fox takeover bid

July 16, 2014

Time Warner has confirmed that it has turned down a bid from rival entertainment business 21st Century Fox, saying it is not in the "best interests" of the company's shareholders. Shares in Time Warner jumped 13 per cent at pixel time on the news that Rupert Murdoch's company made a multi-billion dollar offer to buy [...]
Lidl goes on claret offensive with wine range to tempt wealthier Londoners

July 16, 2014

Lidl is ploughing £12m into a wine range designed to attract wealthier customers away from rival British supermarket chains. The discount retailer which has flourished in recent penny-pinching times is heavily investing in the premium wine range, priced between £4.99 and £25.99, in a bid to attract middle class customers away from suffering supermarkets, the [...]
Biggest bank fines in history: 2014 could be costliest year ever as value of fines rise by 30 per cent

July 16, 2014

Citigroup’s $7bn settlement with US authorities over an investigation into sub-prime mortgages becomes the fifth largest in the history of banking industry settlements with US regulators. The sum places Citigroup just behind BNP Paribas which took the fourth spot earlier this month after a record payout for breaking sanctions of $9bn, and Bank of America which [...]
Mike Ashley waives Sports Direct bonus

July 16, 2014

Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley will not take up his bonus despite the controversial scheme gaining approval from shareholders. The retailer announced Ashley will not take up the share-based bonus in 2015 ahead of its financial results, due out tomorrow, and would not approach shareholders about any bonus until 2019. The collective £200m bonus, approved [...]
Who is Matt Hancock? Meet David Cameron’s new business minister

July 15, 2014

David Cameron’s new business minister Matt Hancock must be breathing a sigh of relief that the Prime Minister hasn’t held a PR gaff he made last week against him. The former minister for skills and enterprise was pictured in front of graffiti that read “sack Cameron” but there appears to be no lasting damage from the [...]
.Scot: Scotland gets its own national internet domain name

July 15, 2014

Scotland is getting its own internet domain name, with both independence campaigning groups Yes Scotland and Better Together taking on the new .Scot suffix from today. Other early adopters of the new domain include the Scottish government, NHS Scotland, and the Commonwealth Games legacy website legacy2014.scot – and more than 50 organisations are already signed [...]
London welcomes £100m Google Ventures fund as boost for tech investment

July 10, 2014

Google’s venture funding arm is setting up a £100m investment fund in London to invest in tech companies in the capital and elsewhere in Europe. London is the first location outside the US for Google Ventures which has already funded more than 250 startups, including well known success stories such as taxi business Uber, genetics [...]
Amazon hit with lawsuit from US regulator over unauthorised app downloads by kids

July 10, 2014

The Federal Trade Commission is suing Amazon for allowing kids to make in-app purchases without parental consent resulting in millions of dollars of charges being incurred by parents. The lawsuit is seeking to make Amazon refund the money and prevent the retailer from allowing any purchases without a password on its Kindle Fire devices. Many [...]
Portuguese bank fears hit markets after Banco Espirito Santo shares suspended

July 10, 2014

Markets have fallen in response to worries over one of Portugal’s biggest banks. Banco Espirito Santo and its primary shareholder Espirito Santo Financial Group had their shares suspended after tumbling 17 per cent over concerns about accounting irregularities at the lender’s parent group ESI. As a result, the Lisbon stock exchange fell more than four per [...]
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella hints at strategy change in letter to employees

July 10, 2014

Newly installed CEO Satya Nadella has hinted that Microsoft will embark on a new strategy in a letter to employees. The chief said discussions with executives on the company’s future direction would take place this month with more to be revealed on 22 July when it announces full year financial results. Nadella, who replaced Steve [...]

Fury promoters Queensberry see profits rise after Dubois vs Joshua bout

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