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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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Ross Patterson: Government-funded fibre makes sense
Thursday, 17 March 2016, 1:46 pm | Digitl
At the NBR former telecommunications commissioner Ross Patterson defends the case for the New Zealand government's investment in a fibre-to-the-premises network. More >>
Dick Smith spam abuse begins
Thursday, 17 March 2016, 1:43 pm | Digitl
You may think: "Nothing unusual there". After all, many people who subscribed to the Dick Smith mailing list will have had the same message. More >>
SenCbuds: Smart earphones that know when you're not listening
Thursday, 10 March 2016, 12:02 pm | Digitl
New Zealand-designed SenCbuds are smart earphones that detect when you stop listening. They know when you pull the earphones from your ear and pause whatever is playing. Put them back in and the audio starts again. More >>
Talking UFB on RNZ Nine to Noon
Thursday, 10 March 2016, 11:57 am | Digitl
This morning I was on Nine to Noon with Kathryn Ryan talking about possible problems with funding for residential fibre connections and other issues to do with the project. Fund running dry for non standard residential UFB connections More >>
Huawei Mate 8 pushes phone size, battery limits
Thursday, 10 March 2016, 11:54 am | Digitl
Huawei says it wants Samsung’s Android crown. The Mate 8 Android phone will win big screen fans, but it’ll do less to disrupt the Samsung Galaxy S7 than the more rounded Huawei-made Nexus 6P . More >>
An Android-eat-Android world
Thursday, 10 March 2016, 11:49 am | Digitl
Apple was the only big phone maker not at Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona. More >>
Android winners and losers
Thursday, 10 March 2016, 11:44 am | Digitl
A fascinating graph from Carolina Milanes i, chief of research at Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. The data is for the five largest European countries and it shows two brands not sold in New Zealand. Yet the big picture would be similar. More >>
Intellipath adds Australian scale with Nextgen deal
Thursday, 10 March 2016, 11:42 am | Digitl
A partnership with Australian national network provider Nextgen has expanded Intellipath’s reach creating what may be the region’s largest bandwidth-on-demand service. More >>
MacSparky on Apple Notes
Friday, 4 March 2016, 8:52 am | Digitl
David Sparks hits the spot with his post on Apple Notes : When I showed up at WWDC last year, Apple Notes was nothing more than a target for my derision. When they announced during the keynote that they had an "all-new" Apple Notes I chortled ... More >>
Premier League Pass: Miss you already
Friday, 4 March 2016, 8:42 am | Digitl
Chris Keall, writing at the NBR, reports Lightbox Sport, a joint venture between Coliseum Sports Media and Lightbox, has lost the New Zealand TV rights to English Premier League football . More >>
Delighted the data centre contract was awarded to a New Zeal
Friday, 4 March 2016, 8:35 am | Digitl
At Computerworld James Henderson reports: Spark seals $60 million IRD contract as Revera overhauls tax system . More >>
Copper price crimps Chorus profit, dividend returns
Friday, 4 March 2016, 8:27 am | Digitl
Chorus posted a lower profit for 2015. In a statement chief executive Mark Ratcliffe said the fall was due to the lower regulated copper price. More >>
Huawei reveals business class MateBook
Friday, 4 March 2016, 8:19 am | Digitl
Maybe not if you are Huawei, the world's biggest telecommunications hardware brand and the third largest phone maker. More >>
Mobile World Congress 2016: This year's devices
Thursday, 3 March 2016, 8:27 pm | Digitl
As the name says, the emphasis is on mobile technology. That's where you'll find today's action. Everyone from consumers to small businesses to corporations depends on devices you can carry. More >>
Mobile World Congress 2016: This year's devices
Thursday, 3 March 2016, 8:26 pm | Digitl
As the name says, the emphasis is on mobile technology. That's where you'll find today's action. Everyone from consumers to small businesses to corporations depends on devices you can carry. More >>
Huawei Matebook: A Surface for less
Thursday, 3 March 2016, 8:17 pm | Digitl
Microsoft’s Surface Pro has been the best Windows computer money can buy for over a year. Now it faces direct competition from an unexpected direction. More >>
2015: The year nothing big happened in technology
Thursday, 3 March 2016, 8:14 pm | Digitl
Most of the time it moves at a smooth pace. There is a constant stream of small, incremental updates, bug fixes and minor changes. Software version numbers tick over by decimal point or less. More >>
New Zealand among fastest fibre adopters
Thursday, 3 March 2016, 8:08 pm | Digitl
One in five New Zealand homes, schools and businesses on the UFB network has chosen fibre services. More >>
NZ Tech Podcast 271: Auckland IT blowout, UFB uptake, Holole
Thursday, 3 March 2016, 8:04 pm | Digitl
Join me, Paul Spain and Mark Iles to hear a first-hand report from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona including the focus on virtual reality and Gigabit plus 4.5G vs 5G mobile networks. We also discuss Google Loon, UFB hitting an important milestone, ... More >>
UFB customer numbers jump as build hits 60%
Wednesday, 17 February 2016, 3:32 pm | Digitl
Will nobody stop this constant flood of good news coming from New Zealand telecommunications sector? More >>
