By: Lynsey Barber

I'm CityAM'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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More than half a dozen fintech firms hit by outage

March 5, 2017

More than half a dozen fintech startups were knocked offline on Sunday by issues with the card processing firm they use, leaving customers unable to make card payments. Digital challenger bank Monzo and Revolut, which offers real-time interbank rate exchange when travelling abroad as well as a full bank account, alerted customers early on Sunday [...]
Facebook Messenger is testing a dislike reaction button (astonished face!)

March 5, 2017

Facebook is playing around with what might just be the most demanded feature ever on the social network – a dislike button. It's not quite a thumbs up to a thumbs down yet, but the tech giant's messaging service is hosting tests of a new dislike reaction, joining others such as love, angry and sad. [...]
Budget 2017: The government’s promised £500m to get young people into higher paying jobs in technical training shake-up

March 5, 2017

The government is promising to invest £500m a year in technical training for young people to ensure they have the high level skills needed by businesses in the future, in a huge shake up designed to boost the country's productivity. The radical overhaul of post-16 education will see a dizzying array of 13,000 different qualifications whittled [...]
Tuck in: UberEats is expanding to more areas in London

March 2, 2017

Uber is expanding its food delivery service, UberEats, to more areas in London. Hungry West Londoners will now be able to order food from restaurants in the area straight to their door. After launching last summer serving zones 1 and 2 in central London, from today it will be available in Ealing, Wembley, Acton and Hounslow, south Richmond, Kingston [...]
The government’s tapping up Lloyds, Barclays and Google for digital skills

March 1, 2017

The government is turning to private business, including Lloyds, Barclays and Google, to help the UK become skilled for the modern age with ambitious new plans. It has announced partnerships with the well known institutions to offer training in digital across the UK, to push forward the country's march towards a digital economy, putting these skills on a par with literacy [...]
HMD talks bringing back the Nokia 3310. Could other classic phones be next?

February 28, 2017

Mobile World Congress is all about the latest technology, so it was with some surprise among nearly all the top tech and telecoms executives that it was a so-called dumb phone from the early noughties which basically won the event But could the classic Nokia 3310 feature phone (with addictive game Snake, naturally) be just [...]
Google Home is about to launch in the UK

February 28, 2017

Hey Google! Google Home, the smart home speaker launched by the tech giant last year, is about to become available in the UK. The voice controlled assistant powered by artificial intelligence and which is a rival to the Amazon Echo is scheduled to be available for UK buyers in the second quarter of the year, it's been [...]
Watch out Alexa: Google’s AI assistant’s been released into the wild at MWC integrating with Nokia, Samsung, Huawei and more

February 26, 2017

Google's voice assistant has been released into the wild, making an appearance in several blockbuster smartphones unveiled at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. The Siri-like assistant will feature in the latest flagship phones from Nokia, Samsung, Huawei LG, Sony and HTC. It's the first time the artificial intelligence (AI) powered Google Assistant has featured in any non-Google [...]
Samsung just launched an iPad Pro and Microsoft Surface rival at MWC 2017 as we wait for the Galaxy S8

February 26, 2017

Samsung is taking on Apple and Microsoft in the premium tablet stakes, unveiling a wannabe laptop replacement – the Galaxy Book. Vying for a slice of a market dominated by the iPad Pro and Microsoft Surface, the device is a full PC running Windows 10 and comes with a keyboard and stylus. The announcement, along with an updated [...]
The Nokia 3310 just got a major makeover – and it has Snake

February 26, 2017

After less than furtive talks of a return of the 3310, perhaps Nokia’s most classic phone – and it turns out, the most-memed on social media – it has actually happened. The early noughties staple has been re-imagined by HMD, the Finnish firm which now creates Nokia brand phones under license. And the 3310 brings [...]

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