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Barry Collins

Barry Collins Expert Reviews

Barry Collins has been a technology writer, editor and broadcaster for more than 25 years. He was assistant editor of The Sunday Times’ technology section, editor of PC Pro and has written for more than a dozen different publications and websites over the years. He’s made regular TV and radio appearances as a technology pundit, including on BBC Newsnight, ITV News and Sky News. Now a senior contributor at Forbes.com, he also presents and produces tech-related podcasts.

 

Recent articles by Barry Collins

How Apple just became the most profitable company on Earth
Mobile phones

Find out how Apple made $18 billion in only three months

Now TalkTalk switches on net filters by default
Internet security

TalkTalk joins Sky in censoring the connections of customers who ignore requests to switch on filters

Vivaldi: the geeks' new browser of choice?
Software

Opera founder is back with a feature-packed new web browser

Police fear Waze satnav could be used by cop killers
Sat nav

Police chief calls for Google's satnav app to stop revealing the location of his officers

Facebook: we weren't taken down by hackers
PCs

Facebook denies Lizard Squad is responsible for an hour-long outage

BBC Taster: a glimpse at Aunty's tech toys
PCs

BBC opens up website innovations for the public to test

Adobe rushes to fix more serious flaws in Flash
PCs

Two serious bugs in Flash left PCs open to attack

Nexus 6 rear
How Apple scuppered the design of the Google Nexus 6
Mobile phones

Former Motorola boss reveals how Apple forced Motorola to ditch fingerprint reader

HP Stream 7 drops to £75: how much cheaper can tablets go?
Tablets

Pay attention bargain hunters: HP's compact tablet takes a 25% price cut

Mouse-Box: an entire PC built into a mouse
PC systems PCs

Novel PC design put the guts of a PC inside a computer mouse