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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Convertible equity comes to crowdfunding

July 7, 2014

Seedrs, the British equity crowdfunding platform, will begin offering convertible equity to investors becoming the first crowdfunding platform to do so. Advertising technology company Future Ad Labs, which previously gained investment using Seedrs, will be the first to offer new investors the convertible investment. The adtech company is seeking to raise £400,000 through the round [...]
Ex-Barclays boss Bob Diamond joins Twitter

July 7, 2014

Bob Diamond, the former boss of Barclays bank, has joined Twitter using the name @rediamondjr. The ex-Barclays chief, who departed the bank in 2012 amid the Libor scandal, has yet to tweet but is already following three people. Perhaps wanting to build a better relationship with the media that lay much of the blame for [...]
In pictures: City braves the rain as Tour de France hits London

July 7, 2014

Spectators ignored the rain to line the streets of London to see the Tour de France make its way through the capital this afternoon, with cyclists passing some of London’s biggest landmarks. The City, Canary Wharf, The Tower of London, the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace were just some of the locations which played [...]
UK economy to overtake France by 2020, close gap on Germany by 2030

July 6, 2014

The UK will overtake France to become the second largest economy in Europe and the fifth largest in the world by 2020. The projections from PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) show the UK will drop back to the sixth largest global economy by 2030, overtaken by India which is set to become the world’s third largest economy over [...]
Tour de France: Where to watch in London

July 6, 2014

The Tour de France arrives in London after Le Grand Depart in Yorkshire, and Londoners will be able to catch a glimpse of the elite cyclists on Monday afternoon. The fastest cyclists are expected to enter London at around 3pm heading through east London and the City to the finish line on The Mall at around [...]
Tour de France London: Where to watch in the city

July 6, 2014
Ten times faster Wi-Fi on commuter trains as part of £90m upgrade

July 6, 2014

Commuters will soon experience faster Wi-Fi on trains, thanks in part to Network Rail’s poor performance. £90m will go towards funding better Wi-Fi services on train routes across the country, with part of the costs funded by a fine imposed on Network Rail, the BBC reports. The organisation which runs the country's rail network infrastructure [...]
Cash fares no longer accepted on London buses

July 6, 2014

London buses will no longer accept fares paid in cash in a move that Transport for London (TfL) says will save the capital £24m a year. From today, passengers will only be able to pay for bus fares using an Oyster card, contactless credit or debit card or travelcard ticket. TfL estimates less than one [...]
Cinemas really do take a box office beating during the World Cup

July 4, 2014

Cineworld said yesterday that ticket sales have taken a kicking from the World Cup and people would rather be watching ball games in Brazil than blockbuster movies. It might sound like an excuse, but cinemas really do lose out every four years – unless the host country is on the opposite side of the world. Cinema [...]
Facebook experiment: Now privacy group makes complaint to US regulator

July 4, 2014

A US privacy group has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission regarding a controversial psychological experiment performed on Facebook users without consent. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has asked the business regulator to investigate Facebook, claiming “the company purposefully messed with people’s minds” and the experiment “violates a privacy consent order and [...]

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