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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Microsoft’s made an iPhone app which uses AI to improve your photos

July 27, 2016

Microsoft is putting its artificial intelligence technology to good uses again – this time, helping you take better pictures. After that ill-fated chatbot experiment, and more fun japes such as HowOldRobot and CaptionBot, Microsoft has put the tech to better use with a picture app for iPhone. Great news for anyone who strugggles to capture the perfect snap. Read more: [...]
Twitter’s still having trouble getting advertisers to spend money

July 27, 2016

Twitter shares have plummeted more than 12 per cent after revenue missed expectations, as did guidance for the next quarter, as it said there was "less overall advertiser demand than expected". The figures Revenue at the struggling social network came in at $602m for the second quarter, up 20 per cent on the $502m in the same quarter last year [...]
Now Amazon is bringing one-hour Prime delivery to Scotland

July 27, 2016

Amazon's mission to deliver its goods to impatient customers faster than anyone else took another step forward as it extended its Prime one and two-hour deliveries to Scotland for the first time. Residents of Glasgow rejoice, particularly those in the areas of Parkhead, Shawlands and Paisley, where anyone ordering can get thousands of items to their [...]
This is the huge amount of money Apple is spending on R&D right now

July 27, 2016

Did someone say iCar? The tech giant might remain coy about exactly what its plans are, but the numbers are clear – Apple is splashing some serious cash on developing new technology despite experiencing its second consecutive decline in revenues. Spending on research and development has rocketed, more than doubling in the last four years and Apple has spent a record amount on innovation [...]
Apple’s latest earnings explained in seven simple charts

July 27, 2016

Fewer people are buying iPhones They still drive the bulk of Apple's revenue, but last year's huge, record iPhone sales (creating an almost freakish quarter or two), are a lot to follow. Despite the decline on last year and the previous quarter, Apple minimised that decline, beating expectation on what's traditionally one of its slowest quarters – and that's a [...]
Four things Jack Dorsey’s done to try and turnaround Twitter… so far

July 26, 2016

Nine months after re-joining the flock, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is under mounting pressure to revive its fortunes. While Wall Street awaits the latest numbers, here’s a reminder of what Dorsey’s been up to… 1. Wielded the axe Dorsey wasn’t afraid to wield the axe when it came to staff numbers, cutting up to eight [...]
No one asked for it, but Blackberry’s launched a new phone

July 26, 2016

Blackberry's first Android smartphone, the Priv, has hardly been a hit, but that's not stopping the formerly hottest phone maker in the world from launching another device – the Dtek 50. Its second Android phone is cheaper than the Priv and is a purely touchscreen controlled device, ditching the familiar qwerty keyboard which made the original Blackberries a [...]
What to expect when you’re expecting Apple’s earnings

July 26, 2016

Apple is expected to experience another quarter of decline in iPhone sales as global demand cools off across the market – its second quarter in a row of decline after year's of unprecedented growth. The figures Sales of around $42bn are expected, according to consensus estimates from analysts polled by Reuters and earnings per share of $1.38. That's down [...]
VCs have invested $200m in UK tech since Brexit

July 25, 2016

The UK's tech sector is defying the Brexit blues, with more than $200m (£152.5m) of venture capital cash ploughed into startups since the vote to leave the EU on 24 June. Top tech leaders heralded the 42 deals which have been made in the past month as the data is an early indicator that the UK [...]
Yahoo + AOL = Verizon’s online media now has more eyeballs than Google

July 25, 2016

There are now more users heading to online media owned by Verizon than Google. That's the surprising fact following the US carrier's deal for Yahoo's internet business for $4.83bn. Yahoo combined with the various parts of AOL such as the Huffington Post,TechCrunch and more, mean Verizon's digital media audience is now bigger than that of Google's sites. According [...]

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