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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.
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Sony Extra Bass SRS-XB3 review
Sunday, 24 April 2016, 3:48 pm | Digitl
If you want to rock the house you need a big, heavy sub-woofer that moves a lot of air. The bad news is, car sound systems apart, it is hard to take big sub-woofers with you. More >>
Media should unfriend Facebook
Wednesday, 13 April 2016, 8:10 pm | Digitl
Scientists say a meteor hit the earth 66 million years ago and wiped out most dinosaurs. More >>
Xero woos small business with Microsoft Outlook link
Wednesday, 13 April 2016, 8:01 pm | Digitl
One of the advantages of cloud apps like Xero is that it is easy to link them. You do none of the hard work, that's all handled for you. Best of all, you don't need to buy fresh software or download and install patches. More >>
NZ Tech Podcast 278: Hawaiki, self-driving cars, Microsoft B
Wednesday, 13 April 2016, 7:57 pm | Digitl
I join Paul Spain ( @paulspain ) and Craig Young (TUANZ) on the NZ Tech Podcast to talk about Microsoft Build 2016, Hawaiki submarine cable , Pentagon hacking, wearable sensors coming to hospitals, Spark fixed wireless broadband , Huawei’s growth, ... More >>
Spark opens second fixed wireless broadband front
Sunday, 10 April 2016, 4:47 pm | Digitl
Three months after Spark subsidiary Skinny opened its fixed wireless broadband service, the parent company is getting in on the act. More >>
What Hawaiki cable green light means for New Zealand
Sunday, 10 April 2016, 4:09 pm | Digitl
Odd email appears in journalists’ inboxes on April 1. Here’s one: Please find attached a media release from Hawaiki announcing the coming into force of the Hawaiki cable. More >>
A week with the 9.7-inch iPad Pro
Sunday, 10 April 2016, 3:57 pm | Digitl
Apple’s latest iPad Pro packs the internals of the 13-inch model in the same space as the 9.7-inch iPad Air. More >>
An Apple iPhone SE review written using the phone
Monday, 4 April 2016, 6:30 pm | Digitl
You know how, as an adult, you visit the place you grew up and everything seems smaller than it did at the time? That’s what the iPhone SE feels like after 18 months with bigger iPhones. More >>
How New Zealanders get raw deal from international media
Monday, 4 April 2016, 6:22 pm | Digitl
When Apple’s iOS 9 landed, a new Newstand folder appeared on the first screen. Inside were four options: The New York Times, Businessweek, the Australian and the New Yorker. More >>
Spark winner as NZ mobile spectrum ownership shifts
Wednesday, 30 March 2016, 1:08 pm | Digitl
While it still owns the most spectrum, Vodafone’s lead is slipping. It may yet fall further. More >>
The second iPad Pro
Monday, 28 March 2016, 5:35 pm | Digitl
Apple’s pitch says you can dump your existing PCs and get an iPad Pro instead. More >>
Spark spectrum buy tilts broadband power balance
Sunday, 27 March 2016, 7:08 pm | Digitl
On Thursday the Commerce Commission gave Spark permission to buy 70 MHz of the 2300 MHz band from Craig Wireless and Whoosh. More >>
NZ, US Apple iPhone SE, iPad Pro prices compared
Wednesday, 23 March 2016, 5:30 pm | Digitl
In recent years Apple has done a better job than most rivals when it comes to reducing the gap between New Zealand and US prices. How do the Apple iPhone SE and 9.7-inch iPad Pro measure up? More >>
NZ fixed broadband speeds falls behind global pace
Wednesday, 23 March 2016, 5:24 pm | Digitl
According to the latest Akamai State of the Internet report New Zealand ranks number seven in the world for average peak mobile speed. More >>
Let's fix date to close copper network
Tuesday, 22 March 2016, 12:22 pm | Digitl
Portugal Telecom says it will start closing copper switches next year . By 2020 the nation's copper network will be history. More >>
Fixing Apple, Google, Facebook tax
Tuesday, 22 March 2016, 12:19 pm | Digitl
Writing at the New Zealand Herald Matt Nippert says Top multinationals pay almost no tax in New Zealand . A major Herald investigation has found the 20 multinational companies most aggressive in shifting profits out of New Zealand overall paid virtually ... More >>
This will be the year of 4.5G
Tuesday, 22 March 2016, 12:06 pm | Digitl
Fourth-generation cellular technology, better known as 4G, is still relatively young in New Zealand. More >>
Microsoft readies 22% NZ enterprise cloud price hike
Thursday, 17 March 2016, 1:55 pm | Digitl
Microsoft partners have warned enterprise cloud service customers to expect a 22 percent price increase from April 1 . More >>
Canon EOS 1300D: A real camera for beginners
Thursday, 17 March 2016, 1:54 pm | Digitl
From the marketing material looks like an ideal choice for people who have grown up with phone cameras and want to move to the next level without committing to expensive professional gear. It is a beginner’s camera. More >>
NZ data use doubled in 2015
Thursday, 17 March 2016, 1:49 pm | Digitl
It's called the Netflix effect and it is one reason why demand for UFB fibre services is running ahead of expectation. By one measure the number of people already connected to the part-built network has gone past the figure planners expected to see in 2020 ... More >>
