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 [email protected] or find him on Twitter: @bobbyhellard
Latest articles by Bobby Hellard

TikTok could be hit with £27m fine for failing to protect children's privacy
By Bobby Hellard published
News Social media firm issued with a notice from the ICO for potential violations of UK data protection laws

Spain to attract remote workers with digital nomad visas
By Bobby Hellard published
News Sunny weather, lower cost of living and a small tax break to be used to entice non-EU workers

DocuSign appoints former Google exec Allan Thygesen as CEO
By Bobby Hellard published
News Advertising specialist takes over from interim CEO Mary Agnes Wilderotter from 10 October

Lenovo unveils Infrastructure Solutions V3 portfolio for 30th anniversary
By Bobby Hellard published
News Chinese computing giant launches more than 50 new products for ThinkSystem server portfolio

Skills gap is at an all-time high despite increase in computer science students
By Bobby Hellard published
News Tech vacancies at a 10-year high across the globe, with a 191% year-on-year increase in the UK alone

Slack reveals digital canvas tool
By Bobby Hellard published
News The collaborative canvas tool adds an extra layer of productivity to the chat platform

Apple to release a fix for 'shaky' iPhone 14 camera flaw soon
By Bobby Hellard published
News Users report shaky optical image stabilisation on the Pro Max model is causing hardware damage

46 US states call for Meta monopoly lawsuit to be reinstated
By Bobby Hellard published
News States, led by New York, seek to revive 2020 anti-competition cases to break up Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram

Truss seeks last-ditch SoftBank meeting over Arm IPO
By Bobby Hellard published
News Gov said to want a dual New York-London listing, at the very least

Gartner predicts energy crisis will hit data centre budgets by 40% or more
By Bobby Hellard published
News Larger cloud providers have no intention to increase customer fees, for now

Zoom reportedly set to launch email and calendar apps
By Bobby Hellard published
News The firm aims to move beyond video conferencing and take on the likes of Google Workspace and Microsoft Office with "Zmail" and "Zcal"

Red Hat adopts a remote-first policy, with offices turned into "neighbourhoods"
By Bobby Hellard published
News Software giant puts more emphasis on collaboration with redesigned office spaces

Honor MagicBook 16 review: Magical but limited
By Bobby Hellard published
Reviews Honor's brilliant budget laptop is indeed magic in every department - except battery life

Google reportedly abandons Pixelbook range in bid to cut costs
By Bobby Hellard published
News Google has allegedly shelved its next Chromebook and the team that built it

JP Morgan to acquire cloud-native payment platform Renovite Technologies
By Bobby Hellard published
News US-based Renovite to be incorporated into the JP Morgan Payments platform

A breakdown of iOS 16's security features
By Bobby Hellard published
News Digital passkeys, faster security updates and a 15-minute window to fix or recall iMessages and emails

Android adds multipinning function to Meet
By Bobby Hellard published
News Google updates Android devices with new tools and capabilities for productivity and accessibility

Thoma Bravo pulls plug on Darktrace takeover
By Bobby Hellard published
News Shares in the UK cyber firm slumped 30%, as investors had pinned hopes on takeover deal

Apple drops the notch for iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max
By Bobby Hellard published
News Tech giant offers up premium models with A16 chips, always-on displays and new Dynamic Islands

Apple’s iPhone 14 launch is a mini disappointment
By Bobby Hellard published
Analysis Poor sales and a shrinking global economy might have killed off the best iPhone of our generation

Libra 2.0 programme aims to help unrepresented founders get investment
By Bobby Hellard published
News Second iteration of the programme aims to support startups with black, Arab, and Asian founders

Apple to add jobs to digital advertising teams
By Bobby Hellard published
News Tech giant looking for product designers, data engineers and sales specialists, with most roles based in the US

What is 5G and how far are we from rollout?
By Bobby Hellard last updated
In-depth 4G's successor promises 1ms latency and multi-Gbit/sec bandwidth, but can it deliver?
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