Caroline Preece
Caroline has been writing about technology for more than a decade, switching between consumer smart home news and reviews and in-depth B2B industry coverage. In addition to her work for IT Pro and Cloud Pro, she has contributed to a number of titles including Expert Reviews, TechRadar, The Week and many more. She is currently the smart home editor across Future Publishing's homes titles.
You can get in touch with Caroline via email at caroline.preece@futurenet.com.
Latest articles by Caroline Preece

IoT infrastructure investment reaching 'tipping point'
By Caroline Preece published
News Companies are preparing for the internet of things by increasing average investment 42 per cent

Government consults on porn site age checks
By Clare Hopping, Caroline Preece published
News Porn sites would be required to introduce strict age checks to keep out children

Tech firms required to divulge gender pay gap
By Caroline Preece published
News Businesses that fail to address the gender pay gap will be exposed in new league tables

Top tech execs to mentor early stage e-commerce startups
By Caroline Preece published
News Start-ups in the e-commerce space will receive support and advice from experienced entrepreneurs

Migrant workers key to fuelling digital start-ups' growth
By Caroline Preece published
In-depth Nesta says migration laws must not compromise UK tech sector, as Tech Nation report highlights growth

Ocado works out how to control 1,000 robots at once
By Caroline Preece published
News Ocado partners with Cambridge Consultants to install world's most advanced mobile network in its warehouse

Will Android co-founder deliver the next big AI innovation?
By Caroline Preece published
News Rubin's AI incubator, Playground Global, offers start-ups engineering tools

Is a lack of self-belief pushing girls away from STEM?
By Caroline Preece published
In-depth Report warns that society's "unconscious bias" means fewer women consider taking up science, computing or maths

Free Basics: India blocks Facebook's web service
By Caroline Preece published
News Telecom regulator rules that Free Basics would violate net neutrality

Blackberry to shut BBM Meetings this week
By Khidr Suleman, Rene Millman, Caroline Preece, Adam Shepherd, Caroline Donnelly published
News BlackBerry Passport UK release date & pricing

Ex-SMB owner sets up firm to fight back against late payers
By Caroline Preece published
In-depth Late payments closed Chris Hawthorn's company - now he wants to stop other SMBs being burned

TechHub and Google for Entrepreneurs will mentor start-ups
By Caroline Preece published
News TechHub and Google for Entrepreneurs to help tech start-ups around the world with advice and mentoring

Mental healthcare should be 'digital by default'
By Caroline Preece published
News Technology fundamentally changes the relationship between patient and doctor, says SLaM's Matthew Patrick

Mayor of London launches global growth scheme for SMBs
By Caroline Preece published
News Boris Johnson has announced the International Business Programme, designed to help SMBs expand globally

Security is the biggest barrier to IoT adoption
By Caroline Preece published
News Firms face many obstacles making use of the Internet of Things

BT clings on to Openreach amid calls for spin-off
By Joe Curtis, Clare Hopping, Rene Millman, Caroline Preece, Aaron Lee published
In-depth Openreach untouched by post-EE merger restructure

Google 'could deliver 5G from solar-powered drones'
By Caroline Preece published
News SkyBender project is housed in a New Mexico hangar, Guardian reports

Google's AI program masters 'Go' ahead of Facebook
By Caroline Preece published
News An artificial intelligence program from Google beats the European champion of Go

Government launches cybersecurity start-up initiative
By Caroline Preece published
News £250 million scheme hopes to drive new ideas in the local economy

Ofcom launches new broadband code to protect UK SMBs
By Caroline Preece published
News Code of conduct lets businesses quit contracts over poor connectivity speeds

Are start-ups bad at hiring the right CEOs?
By Caroline Preece published
News VCs say most start-ups miss out on funding by appointing weak leaders

SMBs curse slow broadband speeds as a productivity drain
By Caroline Preece published
News Despite planning more web activities 2016, SMBs say they are still held back by internet speeds

Google 'paid Apple $1 billion to own search on iPhones'
By Caroline Preece published
News Google reportedly paid the fee in 2014 to make it the default search engine
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