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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Five things I learned (and relearned) in my first year as a VC

May 31, 2016

1. Time is a brutal taskmaster You want to give everybody a fair crack of the whip but in truth you have to filter fast. The elevator pitch really does matter. If you, as a founder, can't communicate the essence of your proposition and your own skills quickly you won't cut through the noise. This filtering [...]
Finally, you can get Pizza Express delivered to your door

May 31, 2016

Middle class pizza lovers rejoice – you can now get those delicious dough balls and more delivered straight to your door from Pizza Express. The high street chain has inked a deal with restaurant delivery startup Deliveroo to get its menu to people sat at home on their sofa in addition to those who visit the [...]
The 14 Google searches that can predict Britain’s unemployment rate

May 31, 2016

The three billion searches we make across the world each day using Google may tell us more than simply the latest celebrities everyone is reading about – the massive data points could in fact help us make economic forecasts. Researchers in Finland have managed to put the information to a very valuable use and say they can predict a [...]
Donald Trump – the one thing even Stephen Hawking can’t explain

May 31, 2016

What's more complicated than theoretical physics? It's not a trick question. Superstar scientist Stephen Hawking has theorised extensively about black holes and how the universe works, but he's still left utterly stumped by one fact of life – the popularity of Donald Trump. When asked to explain the rise of support for Trump, appearing on [...]
Monitise is keeping hold of its content business after all

May 31, 2016

Monitise has cancelled a potential sale of its content business which includes the MyVoucherCodes website, sending shares diving as much as nine per cent in early trading on Tuesday morning. The firm first revealed talks were taking place in early March for the sale of Markco Media, sending shares soaring more than 40 per cent. It today said those [...]
Internet of Whatever? Consumers don’t care about connected smart homes

May 31, 2016

Forget the Internet of Things (IoT), it's more like the Internet of Whatever among consumers right now. Despite the hype growing around smart homes – from fridges that can tell you what items you've run out of, to controlling your lights from a smartphone – the majority of people don't have much interest in the new [...]
Londoners can now get UberPool in more locations

May 31, 2016

Uber is expanding its ride-sharing service UberPool in the capital outside of central London to cover zones one and two. The billion dollar startup which has had run ins with regulators and black cab drivers since it first launched in London in 2012 introduced UberPool late last year. The service offers cheaper fares to passengers than the standard [...]
Bank of England in a sticky situation with new £5 banknote

May 30, 2016

The Bank of England (BoE) has got itself into a bit of a sticky situation when it comes to the imminent introduction of a new five pound note. The fiver, to be unveiled this week and introduced into circulation later this year featuring the face of Sir Winston Churchill, will be the first made of polymer rather than [...]
Meet Zenbo, Asus’s Wall.E style home robot

May 30, 2016

A Wall.E style robot that can help around the home has been launched by Taiwan electronics firm Asus. “For decades, humans have dreamed of owning such a companion: one that is smart, dear to our hearts, and always at our disposal. Our ambition is to enable robotic computing for every household," said Asus chairman Jonney [...]
ARM eyes virtual reality with new chips

May 30, 2016

British chipmaker ARM is eyeing up the burgeoning market for virtual reality with the launch of new chips that will support more high end graphics and greater processing power of the devices which use smartphones. The Mali-G71 boasts graphics performance better than some of those found in today's mid-range laptops, while the Cortex-A73 will boost the power of smartphones, including 30 [...]

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