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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Aer Lingus CEO Christoph Mueller to exit in 2015

July 18, 2014

Aer Lingus chief executive Christoph Mueller is to step down next year after five years at the helm of the Irish airline. The German has overseen the carrier’s return to profit and the rejection of an attempted takeover by rival airline Ryanair. Chairman Colm Barrington said of the departure: “Under Christoph’s strategic leadership, Aer Lingus [...]
Apple adds BlackRock founder Sue Wagner to board of directors upping financial clout

July 18, 2014

Sue Wagner, a founder of asset management firm BlackRock, has been appointed to Apple’s board as a replacement for the tech giant’s longest serving board member, Bill Campbell, who is retiring. Wagner’s appointment adds some heavyweight financial clout to the board with significant experience in mergers and acquisitions, hinting at the direction Apple might be [...]
Heatwave hits London: Here’s how the City’s soaking up the sun

July 18, 2014

London is set for a scorcher today with temperatures expected to hit a sweltering 30C so grab a pair of sunnies and head outside if you can handle the heat. City workers look like they're mainly cooling down with a classic Mr Whippy topped with a 99 flake from a well placed ice cream van (cheaper [...]
Crossrail to be run by Hong Kong Metro operator MTR beating British rail firms to £1.4bn contract

July 18, 2014

Hong Kong transport company MTR has been awarded the lucrative contract to run London’s new Crossrail train service by Transport for London. MTR already runs London Overground in a partnership with British firm Arriva, which it triumphed over in the bidding. Keolis with partner Go Ahead and National Express were also in the running. The [...]
How not to do customer service: A lesson from Comcast after aggressive clip goes viral

July 17, 2014

A business which makes its money from the internet might be expected to understand how the internet works – specifically, that customers like to complain on social. Not Comcast, apparently. The US internet service provider has been doing its best to fight an internet firestorm after a recording of a call between an unnamed employee [...]
Microsoft to cut 18,000 staff with 40 per cent of Nokia jobs axed

July 17, 2014

Microsoft is cutting a whopping 18,000 staff including 40 per cent of Nokia’s workforce after it acquired the Finnish firms device business earlier this year. 12,500 staff from the Nokia device business including professional and factory workers will go over the next year, with 13,000 positions being axed across the business within six months and [...]
BT One Phone puts BT back in mobile business

July 17, 2014

BT is ambitiously launching itself back into the competitive mobile market with its One Phone mobile business service after escaping more than a decade ago when it sold off O2. The cloud-based service connects the landline and mobile calls of business users using a BT sim card. It means calls to numbers for office landlines [...]
BBC axes 415 news jobs to save £46m a year in digital restructure

July 17, 2014

The BBC is axing 415 jobs from its news department as part of efforts to save millions of pounds. James Harding, the BBC’s director of news, said 500 of the news team’s 8,400 staff will be affected by the move, however a restructuring of the department will add 195 jobs as the corporation focuses on [...]
Manchester City and Nissan sign five-year sponsorship deal

July 17, 2014

Manchester City and Japanese car maker Nissan have signed a five-year sponsorship deal that includes a tie-up with the club's growing portfolio of football teams around the world. Nissan’s partnership with Manchester City owner City Football Group will include branding of the football club’s Etihad stadium, and sponsorship of the newly created US team New [...]
Call of Duty maker Activision sued by former dictator of Panama

July 16, 2014

The former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega is suing video game maker Activision over a character featured in the game Call of Duty: Black Ops II. The dictator, who is currently serving a 20 year prison sentence, is claiming for loss of profits and damages over a character in the 2012 game based upon him, [...]

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