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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

British households "need at least 10Mbits/sec broadband"
Technology

Average UK household now downloads more than 50GB of data per month

The top iPhone and iPad apps of 2014
Mobile phones

Apple reveals which apps have ended the year at the top of its charts

YouTube streaming slowdown hits Virgin Media customers
Technology

Virgin Media flooded with complaints about buffering on YouTube, Apple TV and other video services

Can't get on the PlayStation Network? Here's why
Gaming

Hackers take credit for attack on Sony's PlayStation Network

Limited edition PS4 marks 20 years of PlayStation
Gaming

See photos and videos of the 20th Anniversary Edition of the PlayStation 4 here

Firefox coming to iPhone/iPad after Mozilla climbdown
Mobile phones Software

Mozilla swallows its principles to develop browser for iOS

Amazon Fire Phone header
Amazon to keep experimenting with Fire phone
Mobile phones

Jeff Bezos says Amazon's prepared to keep risking failure with innvovative new products

YotaPhone 2: the second epaper smartphone launches today
Mobile phones

The phone with two screens promises up to five days of battery life

ZX Spectrum revived as a £100 games console
Gaming

The Sinclair Spectrum Vega squeezes 1,000 classic games into a handheld unit

Should Google-backed disease detector be allowed in UK?
Technology

23andMe allowed to sell DNA disease detection kit in UK, despite US clampdown