
Bobby Hellard
Bobby Hellard is ITPro's Reviews Editor and has worked on CloudPro and ChannelPro since 2018. In his time at ITPro, Bobby has covered stories for all the major technology companies, such as Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook, and regularly attends industry-leading events such as AWS Re:Invent and Google Cloud Next.
Bobby mainly covers hardware reviews, but you will also recognize him as the face of many of our video reviews of laptops and smartphones.
He has been a journalist for ten years, originally covering sports, before moving into business technology with ITPro. He has bylines in The Independent, Vice and The Business Briefing. Contact him at bobby.hellard@futurenet.com or find him on Twitter: @bobbyhellard
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iPadOS 16 adds laptop-style multitasking
News The tech giant aims to align tablets with desktops with all-new collaboration features, Stage Manager, and whiteboard app
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Apple launches M2-powered MacBook Air with 'Ventura' OS
News The tech giant also unveiled an upgraded MacBook Pro, Continuity Camera, and iOS 16 at WWDC 22
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Microsoft launches Surface Laptop Go 2 with secured core PC protections
News The "for business" version of the low-priced Surface clamshell comes with a range of pre-installed Microsoft 365 apps
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World's first exascale supercomputer revealed
News Installation at the US Department of Energy is the first 'exascale' system to be officially recognised as the world's fastest
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Microsoft to slow hiring as market dip hits the wider tech industry
News Messages sent to staff call for 'caution' and executive approval over new job openings
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What is Microsoft Dev Box?
In-depth A quick look at Microsoft's new cloud-based developer workstation
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Open University embarks on £10m scheme to offer more advanced technical courses across the UK
News The new scheme aims to target higher education "cold spots" and plug gaps where courses are currently unavailable
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McAfee appoints Greg Johnson as new CEO
News Peter Leav to step down in June as anti-virus giant continues to focus on its consumer business
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Nvidia turns to liquid cooling to curb data centre energy consumption
News More use cases are on the way as chip giant goes all-in on liquid cooling tech
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Klarna to cut 10% of its workforce due to "market restraints"
News Potentially 700 jobs losses as the payment platform aims to refocus its core business with the "right team" in the "right places"
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Icelandic tech firms are reinventing Reykjavík
In-depth A country with a rich history of fishing and tourism has a innovative tech scene that’s rising to the surface
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Europe's first autonomous petrol station opens in Lisbon
News A joint venture between Sensei and Galp offers a future of digital transformation for petrol stations
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Clearview AI fined £7.5m over improper use of UK data
News Australian facial recognition firm collected 20 billion images from the internet without consent in order to build its database
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Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra review: A noteworthy flagship
Reviews The latest Ultra version of the Galaxy S-series is heavily stocked but slightly dull
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Zuckerberg teases Meta's Project Cambria VR headset
News The video features a pixelated hardware prototype and a brief insight into its mixed reality capabilities
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Tesco to pilot in-store flexible working spaces
News Areas formerly used for electrical goods could be used for meetings and co-working
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Google launches Pixel 6a and new mobile wallet at I/O developer event
News The tech giant also gives a first glimpse at the Pixel 7, 7 Pro, and Pixel tablet
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Three lessons the iPod can teach us about disruption
Opinion It wasn’t the first MP3 player – but it was the first to fit 1,000 songs in your pocket
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Microsoft reveals adaptive accessories lineup
News Tech giant to launch customisable mouse, buttons and hub in the Autumn
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Huawei P50 Pro review: A frustratingly brilliant Google-free smartphone
Reviews With an app gallery stocked like never before, Huawei's latest P-series is almost good enough to take on Android
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Salesforce acquires financial comms specialist for Slack
News Troop.ai is to be incorporated into Slack to aid customer-facing sales teams
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UK government reveals new powers to curb big tech monopolies
News Anti-competitive practices could result in a fine of up to 10% of global turnover and a further 5% for every day the offence continues
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Vodafone taps Google Cloud for unified network management platform
News Single platform for performance management to be implemented in 11 European countries
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Microsoft Edge overtakes Safari as the world's second most popular browser
News Edge use could increase as more and more install Windows 11
By Bobby Hellard Published
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