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Bill Bennett
Freelance journalist.
Auckland-based Bill Bennett writes technology and business stories that are directly relevant to New Zealand readers.
His emphasis is on telecommunications, but he also covers other aspects of technology and business. You can find his features in the New Zealand Herald and hear him regularly on RNZ Nine to Noon and the NZ Tech Podcast.
Bennett's The Download Weekly newsletter is published every Friday. You can sign up for it here.
If you want to support his work, you can make a donation to his PressPatron account.
Bill Bennett - Latest News [Page 16]
Flip reborn as affordable broadband brand
Friday, 6 November 2020, 12:49 pm | Digitl
Last week Vocus moved customers off its Flip brand and grandfathered the existing plans and prices. More >>
Commerce Commission calls out mobile price confusion
Tuesday, 3 November 2020, 1:31 pm | Digitl
Telcos have used mobile price confusion as a weapon for years. The Telecommunications Commissioner would like that to stop. More >>
Acronis True Image 2021 review - back-up and securi
Friday, 9 October 2020, 6:53 pm | Digitl
Acronis True Image 2021 promises to keep your data safe for around A$100 a year. It protects PCs and Macs from disasters, accidents, criminal attacks and ransomware. What is True Image? True Image started life as a back-up application. The name refers ... More >>
Selling fixed wireless in the face of ignorance
Monday, 28 September 2020, 5:28 pm | Digitl
Now it will be tougher. That’s thanks to misinformation, conspiracy theories and, there’s no kind way of saying this… ignorance. More >>
LibreOffice 7: First impressions of a solid update
Monday, 28 September 2020, 5:26 pm | Digitl
Taken at face value it is a free, open source office suite. This has been my starting point in the past . More >>
Scribble can change how you use iPad
Monday, 28 September 2020, 5:23 pm | Digitl
The first few paragraphs of this review were handwritten on an iPad Pro running iPadOS 14. Apple included a new feature in the operating system called Scribble. More >>
Thors Magnetic Charging Cable
Monday, 21 September 2020, 12:00 pm | Digitl
Thors’ NZ$15 magnetic charging cable can save your precious devices from a early grave. More >>
A practical guide to writing on the iPad
Monday, 21 September 2020, 11:51 am | Digitl
The iPad is a great tool for writers. For many professional and part-time writers it is a better option than a laptop. In this feature we’ll look at why the iPad could be a better option for you. We’ll examine which model iPad to choose, explore ... More >>
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 review: Impressive, pricey, useful
Wednesday, 16 September 2020, 1:56 pm | Digitl
Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold2 is good enough to be the breakthrough taking folding phones in the mainstream. More >>
Controlling digital subscription spending
Wednesday, 16 September 2020, 1:54 pm | Digitl
You can buy streamed television entertainment, sports coverage and music. When these options bore you, there are services that deliver computer games over the net. More >>
Wireless charging: Inefficient, bad for the planet
Thursday, 3 September 2020, 12:07 pm | Digitl
Wireless charging feels modern. But don't let clever looking technology fool you. It doesn't always work as well as promised and it could be terrible for the environment. "...the slight convenience of juicing up your phone by plopping it onto a pad ... More >>
D-Link EXO Mesh DIR-X1560 Wi-fi 6 router
Thursday, 3 September 2020, 12:04 pm | Digitl
D-Link’s NZ$300 DIR-X1560 is an affordable, basic way to upgrade your home wireless network to Wi-Fi 6. More >>
Working from home surveillance arms race
Thursday, 3 September 2020, 12:01 pm | Digitl
The move to working from home means there's a boom in employee surveillance software . Bosses can check workers are hard at it, not leaning back for a Netflix binge. More >>
How Huawei Matebook 13 compares with MacBook Air
Thursday, 3 September 2020, 11:59 am | Digitl
Huawei pitches its 2020 Matebook 13 as an Apple MacBook Air alternative. That’s not my words, this is a quote from Huawei executive who said this at a recent industry function. More >>
IA Writer 5.6: Better than a word processor
Thursday, 3 September 2020, 11:52 am | Digitl
IA Writer is a text editor. A stripped back, race-tuned greyhound of a writing app. There’s nothing fancy or complicated. That is its attraction. More >>
Data traffic hits new peak once a Fortnite
Thursday, 3 September 2020, 11:35 am | Digitl
Chorus says traffic on its UFB network reached a record high on Thursday evening. It says data traffic peaked at 3.15Tbps. More >>
Petal Search highlights barriers facing Huawei
Saturday, 8 August 2020, 12:31 pm | Digitl
A US ban shut Huawei out of Google Play Services. It hope Petal Search will make that less of a problem. More >>
Huawei Y6P review: Budget phone but no Google
Saturday, 8 August 2020, 12:30 pm | Digitl
Huawei's NZ$300 1 Y6P comes with a three lens rear camera and a 5000mAh battery. There is a 6-inch screen and 64GB of storage. More >>
Microsoft Surface Go 2 review
Saturday, 8 August 2020, 12:25 pm | Digitl
Surface Go 2 is Microsoft’s second generation Windows 10 tablet. Like Apple’s iPad, the Surface Go 2 is a lovely device, Yet it has more in common with ultraportable Window laptops than the iPad. More >>
Tablet sales surge as pandemic bites
Saturday, 8 August 2020, 12:21 pm | Digitl
Canalys reports worldwide tablet shipments hit 37.5 million units in Q2 2020 , a 26 percent year-on-year increase . More >>
