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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Israel flights to resume after ban lifted by US authorities

July 24, 2014

Flights to Israel’s Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv have been allowed to resume by US air regulators lifting a ban on air travel to the country it opposed on Tuesday. The Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) lifted its restrictions after assessing the security situation in the country it said in a statement. “Before making this [...]
LinkedIn acquisitions in numbers: $175m for Bizo is biggest buy yet for cautious company

July 23, 2014

LinkedIn picked up San Francisco-based b2b marketing company Bizo for $175m yesterday, the most expensive acquisition to date for the social network. In a time of regular million dollar acquisitions by other internet companies, billion dollar buys by the likes of Facebook and Google, and Apple revealing in its earnings call yesterday that it completed [...]
British Airways continues Israel flights as US and European airlines suspend operations

July 23, 2014

British Airways is one of the only major European airlines still flying into the Israeli airport Ben Gurion in Tel Aviv. A number of major US and European carriers have suspended flights to the country after rockets from Gaza were fired closed to the airport raising safety concerns. BA’s twice daily flights to the destination [...]
Peppa Pig drives eOne TV revenue as film unit takes a hit

July 23, 2014

Entertainment One, the company behind TV hit Peppa Pig and blockbuster film the Hunger Games saw overall revenues rise 4 per cent in the first quarter of the year in line with expectations. TV revenue jumped 67 per cent on the back of strong family programming. The dominance of Peppa Pig also continued with five [...]
Flybe turnaround continues to soar with passenger revenue rise

July 23, 2014

Flybe has increased passenger revenue per seat by almost 10 per cent as its turnaround continues. The budget airline which returned to profit this year after losse of £41m in 2013 saw passenger revenue per seat rise to £52.79 while cost per seat in the UK fell almost 2 per cent as cost-cutting measures continue to pay off . The [...]
Musician Kaskade calls former record label “dinosaur” for suing YouTube star Michelle Phan

July 22, 2014

The Grammy-nominated musician Kaskade has called his former record label a “dinosaur” for filing a lawsuit against YouTube star Michelle Phan which claims she infringed copyright by using his songs in her videos. Sony-backed Ultra Records, the label of artists Deadmau5 and Calvin Harris, has filed documents in a California court with its associated publisher [...]
ARM Holdings profits up from licensing on strong demand for mobile technology

July 22, 2014

Profits at British chip-maker ARM Holdings were up nine per cent to £94m for the second quarter, benefitting from the ever increasing demand for smartphones and mobile devices. Revenue was also up nine per cent on the same period last year to £187m, a figure level with the previous quarter. The firm was bolstered by a 42 [...]
Evan Davis to fill Paxman’s shoes on BBC Newsnight

July 21, 2014

Evan Davis, one of the most well-known voices of Radio 4’s Today programme, will replace Jeremy Paxman as the main host of BBC Newsnight after the famously forthright presenter maid his stage exit last month after 25 years. A former economics editor of the flagship current affairs show Newsnight, as well as BBC News, Davis [...]
Ukraine challenges Russian media with launch of international news channel Ukraine Today

July 21, 2014

An international news channel is being launched in Ukraine to challenge the allegedly pro-Putin narrative of Russian state broadcasters as the two countries continue to place blame on each other for the downing of flight MH17. As the two neighbour states continue their war of words amid growing tensions over the disaster, English-language channel Ukraine Today, run [...]
The world’s second richest man thinks we should all work three-day weeks

July 21, 2014

Welcome news on a Monday morning: Mexican businessman and billionaire Carlos Slim suggests we should all be working a three-day week and spend the rest of our time with our feet up. Who’s going to argue with the world’s second richest man? He obviously knows a thing or two the rest of us don’t. At [...]

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