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
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Demand for PCs, tablets and smartphones will fall in 2016
By Caroline Preece published
News But Gartner predicts Windows 10 adoption will drive PC sales in 2017
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Chinese VCs open £500m London start-up fund
By Caroline Preece published
News Cocoon Networks and UCL also set to open 70,000 sq/ft Shoreditch incubator
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Apple failed to improve diversity much in 2015
By Caroline Preece published
News Despite criticism for 2014 figures, diversity at Apple last year was not much better
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UCL to invest £50 million into new tech research
By Caroline Preece published
News The university will help commercialise researchers' bright ideas
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Is London still the best place to build a start-up?
By Caroline Preece published
Analysis The capital's high rents are driving UK entrepreneurs to base their companies elsewhere
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60% of women in tech experience sexual harassment
By Caroline Preece published
News Misogyny is rampant in Silicon Valley tech firms
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Apple denies plans for "Move to Android" app
By Caroline Preece published
News Tech giant thwarts rumours it would bow to pressure from mobile operators
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Martha Lane Fox launches competition for women-led start-ups
By Caroline Preece published
News Doteveryone's 5050tech Challenge will give female entrepreneurs VC access at Google Campus
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Facebook: You don't need a phone number anymore
By Caroline Preece published
News Social network wants to kill SMS texting
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VC investment in UK hits record £2.5bn
By Caroline Preece published
News Start-ups and tech sector rake in record funds as London hits £1.56bn
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Ukrainian power grid downed 'by cyber attack'
By Adam Shepherd, Caroline Preece published
News Attackers may have used the same malware as used on Ukrainian media companies
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Government launches new IoT research hub
By Caroline Preece published
News A new Internet of Things research hub has been launched to drive innovation in the UK
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Is Facebook afraid Google will kill its Android app?
By Caroline Preece published
News Social network reportedly develops contingency plans in case Google drops its app
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Yahoo kills Yahoo Screen streaming service
By Caroline Preece published
News Yahoo Screen, the online streaming service launched just two years ago, has been shut down
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Mark Zuckerberg will build his own AI butler in 2016
By Caroline Preece published
News The Facebook founder wants to create his own artificially intelligent assistant to help around the house
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Apple and IBM create more than 100 MobileFirst iOS apps
By Caroline Preece published
News Apple and IBM's partnership has produced over 100 business apps for iOS
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Samsung will take Apple patent case to US Supreme Court
By Clare Hopping, Caroline Preece published
News Half of $1bn was awarded for patent infringement, but the case isn't over yet
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Will AI surpass smartphones in five years?
By Caroline Preece published
News Telecom company Ericsson claims that smartphones will be made obsolete within the next decade
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Elon Musk co-founds OpenAI non-profit research firm
By Caroline Preece, Clare Hopping published
News The venture aims to ensure artificial intelligence will benefit humanity
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Google Ventures kills European start-ups fund
By Caroline Preece published
News Investment group also rebrands as GV, scared that Google association will kill it off
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Flash Professional renamed Adobe Animate CC
By Caroline Preece published
News Adobe has renamed it's Flash Professional tool Adobe Animate CC, to be released in early 2016
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Peterborough to become UK's first 'gigabit city'
By Caroline Preece published
News Digital City Peterborough has officially launched, introducing a cutting-edge digital ecosystem to the city
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WhatsApp blocks links to rival Telegram
By Caroline Preece published
News The messaging app has reportedly blocked links to Telegram, a rival app, on Android
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