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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.
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Bill Bennett - Latest News [Page 31]
UFB fuels Xero Hawke's Bay move
Friday, 13 January 2017, 12:43 pm | Digitl
If you're wondering why the government was so keen to build a fibre network look no further than Victoria White's Xero boss brings jobs to Hawke’s Bay in Hawke’s Bay Today. She writes: Next year, Hawke’s Bay will join the likes of San Francisco, ... More >>
PC down, not out
Friday, 13 January 2017, 12:27 pm | Digitl
PC sales have fallen for five years. They will never return to the glory days. But the PC is a long way from extinction. More >>
Spark, Chorus streamline fibre installs
Friday, 13 January 2017, 12:12 pm | Digitl
Spark has extended its streamlined street-in-a-week fibre installation trial to include Chorus UFB coverage areas. More >>
Touch typing on the 2016 Apple MacBook Pro keyboard
Friday, 13 January 2017, 12:01 pm | Digitl
Apple introduced its butterfly laptop keyboard design for the 2015 12-inch MacBook . It is shallower than previous keyboards. More >>
50Mbps the new fibre normal
Friday, 13 January 2017, 11:59 am | Digitl
Chorus says it will upgrade the 85,000 residential customers on a 30Mbps plan to 50Mbps at no extra charge. From January 50Mbps will become the new entry-level plan speed for customers on the company's fibre network. Because Chorus doesn't sell ... More >>
Xero adds Apple Pay
Friday, 13 January 2017, 11:55 am | Digitl
The company says slow payments are a major source of grief for small businesses who often struggle with poor cash flow. More >>
Spark moves to 200Gbps wavelength
Friday, 13 January 2017, 11:48 am | Digitl
Spark is using Nokia kit to roll out New Zealand's first 200Gbps wavelength network link. More >>
Understanding Apple’s MacBook Pro Touch Bar
Friday, 13 January 2017, 11:44 am | Digitl
Apple’s 2016 MacBook Pro has a slim new body. It boasts a faster processor, larger trackpad, improved keyboard , better speakers and a glorious high-resolution Retina display. More >>
On switching from Mac to Windows, or Windows to Mac
Friday, 13 January 2017, 11:39 am | Digitl
At the Guardian Alex Hern writes: Is it time to swap your Mac for a Windows laptop? 1 More >>
Lenovo Miix 510: A Surface Pro 4 for less
Friday, 13 January 2017, 11:35 am | Digitl
If you want a Surface Pro 4 but find Microsoft's price too high, Lenovo's Miix 510 may fit the bill. More >>
Choosing between MacBook Pro, Surface Book
Friday, 13 January 2017, 11:28 am | Digitl
In the end it's all about what you do with your hands. More >>
Australian websites download faster in Auckland than Sydney
Saturday, 26 November 2016, 2:03 pm | Digitl
Nothing illustrates the gulf opening between broadband services in New Zealand and Australia better than this snippet of data from TrueNet's October 2016 report. The major point we noticed this month is the gap opening up between NZ ISPs and our ... More >>
Less local council red tape for telcos
Saturday, 26 November 2016, 1:56 pm | Digitl
Telecommunications companies will no longer need to apply to local authorities for resource consent when installing everyday infrastructure. More >>
New Zealand passes Australia in ITU global ICT development i
Saturday, 26 November 2016, 1:52 pm | Digitl
New Zealand moved three places up the International Telecommunications Union global ICT developement index . Today it is 13. In the 2015 index New Zealand was 16. More >>
How Ultrafast Broadband reforms changed telco sector competi
Wednesday, 23 November 2016, 4:27 pm | Digitl
Telecom NZ’s market share was already falling before 2009. Then, the communications minister Steven Joyce announced plans for a fibre network. More >>
Much ado about Super Wi-Fi
Wednesday, 23 November 2016, 4:09 pm | Digitl
For most of us wi-fi is the wireless technology that moves data around the house. Or it might the service you log-on to in a cafe or airport lounge. More >>
Work starts on Hawaiki - a faster, fatter pipe to USA
Wednesday, 23 November 2016, 4:06 pm | Digitl
Remi Galasso’s dream to build the Hawaiki trans-Pacific cable became a reality earlier today. More >>
Surface Book underlines the problem with hybrids
Saturday, 19 November 2016, 2:22 pm | Digitl
Microsoft’s Surface Book is as good as it gets for hybrid devices . You can’t buy a better one, even if it still has a few irritating bugs. More >>
Power poles may carry fibre to bush
Monday, 14 November 2016, 3:00 pm | Digitl
While it’s not on their immediate agenda, Chorus and the other fibre companies would one day like to push their glass networks as far into the bush as possible. More >>
More copper criticism as Vodafone joins fixed 4G wireless pa
Monday, 14 November 2016, 2:57 pm | Digitl
Vodafone says it will start a nationwide fixed wireless broadband service in December. In its announcement the company took the opportunity to echo Spark’s criticism Chorus’ copper telephone network. More >>
