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Caramel Quin
Caramel Quin is a nerd who tests technology for newspapers, magazines and online. She prides herself in real-world testing and translating geek speak into plain English. Her pet hates are jargon, pointless products and over-complicated instruction manuals.
She’s an engineering graduate, an award-winning journalist and writes regularly in the Evening Standard. She has appeared as a technology expert on the BBC, Sky News and GMTV, and done countless radio interviews.
Caramel lives in east London with her two children and a puppy – all of whom assist her in destruction testing home electricals for us.
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