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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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Microsoft now all about cloud
Monday, 8 February 2016, 5:24 pm | Digitl
Surface Pro tablets did well. Microsoft has strong orders for the Surface Book. Yet the big story is elsewhere. Investors are more interested in the cloud progress: Azure grew 140 percent last year. More >>
iPhone sales growth flattens – a perspective
Monday, 8 February 2016, 5:22 pm | Digitl
Last week Apple confirmed iPhone sales grew at their lowest-ever rate during the last quarter of 2015. Apple went on to say sales could fall in the current quarter, ending in March. More >>
Android fails to revive BlackBerry
Monday, 8 February 2016, 5:19 pm | Digitl
BlackBerry 's Android model, the Priv , failed to revive the company's phone sales. According to Juniper Research , BlackBerry only sold 734,000 phones in the last quarter of 2015 — a total of 3.7 million for the full year. More >>
Dell XPS 13 Touch review: Give my regards to Broadwell
Monday, 8 February 2016, 5:16 pm | Digitl
Not everyone wants to move on from Windows laptops . Dell makes a case for staying with the touch-screen XPS 13 Touch. More >>
Asia-Pacific Podcast Conference in Auckland this Friday, Sat
Monday, 8 February 2016, 5:09 pm | Digitl
If you want to learn more about podcasting the first Asia-Pacific Podcast Conference takes place in Auckland this Friday and Saturday. More >>
Android: Argumentum ad populum
Monday, 25 January 2016, 5:27 pm | Digitl
Argumentum ad populum is a fancy Latin term for a logical fallacy. It refers to an appeal to popular opinion to win an argument. More >>
Trans-Pacific submarine cable phoney war
Monday, 25 January 2016, 5:17 pm | Digitl
A new company plans to build a transpacific submarine cable. By now I have the hang of how this works: More >>
Skinny Broadband: Low-cost wireless alternative
Sunday, 24 January 2016, 6:00 pm | Digitl
Skinny Broadband is cost effective alternative to a copper or fibre internet connection. It is a fixed wireless broadband service piggybacking off the Spark 4G mobile data network. Sometimes this approach is known as BoLTE: broadband over LTE. More >>
Skinny Broadband undermines copper tax
Sunday, 24 January 2016, 4:02 pm | Digitl
Skinny Broadband is a solid, affordable low-end alternative to a copper or fibre internet connection. It suits many customers' needs . More >>
A month with the Microsoft Surface Pro 4
Sunday, 24 January 2016, 3:19 pm | Digitl
There are plenty of good options if you can afford a premium work computer. For most the best choices are something with MacBook in the name, an iPad Pro or a Surface Pro 4 1 . More >>
BrydgeAir iPad keyboard review
Sunday, 24 January 2016, 3:16 pm | Digitl
The BrydgeAir keyboard is a sturdy aluminium frame that clips to the iPad Air. More >>
Nexus 6P: Huawei and Google show Android potential
Wednesday, 23 December 2015, 5:55 pm | Digitl
Update: There's a minor edit in Premium Android, premium price to make the pricing clearer. More >>
Nexus 6P: Android thoughts
Wednesday, 23 December 2015, 12:00 pm | Digitl
For many that means it is the best phone full stop. Some people are only interested in Android. More >>
Huawei Watch
Wednesday, 23 December 2015, 11:40 am | Digitl
Huawei made two of 2015’s better Android phones. It also makes watches. Huawei’s first watch, the Talkband B2 was unlike any other wearable device before or after. More >>
How New Zealand reacted to Commerce Commission copper line p
Thursday, 17 December 2015, 6:49 pm | Digitl
There is no question as far as New Zealand media is concerned: Chorus won. The Commerce Commission final determination on regulated copper line charges means Chorus can charge $120 million a year more for customers to connect to its copper ... More >>
Why you shouldn’t skimp on technology
Tuesday, 8 December 2015, 7:52 am | Digitl
Technology is an important part of life. Most of us need it to earn a living. Many businesses can’t function without technology. Money spent on hardware, software and services as an investment, not a cost. More >>
More than a phone
Monday, 7 December 2015, 5:02 pm | Digitl
Apple’s iPhone has always been more than just a phone. From the outset it has also been a pocket computer. The same is true for many Android and Windows phones [1] . More >>
The time I should have had faith in the iPad Pro
Monday, 7 December 2015, 4:37 pm | Digitl
While Apple’s iPad Pro is enough computer for day-to-day journalism, there are times when things might get tricky. More >>
The time I should have had faith in the iPad Pro
Monday, 7 December 2015, 4:37 pm | Digitl
While Apple’s iPad Pro is enough computer for day-to-day journalism, there are times when things might get tricky. More >>
HP Spectre x2: like a Surface Pro, priced wrong for NZ
Monday, 7 December 2015, 3:19 pm | Digitl
Microsoft gave the mobile PC tree a good shake when it introduced the Surface. Its touch-screen PC-cum-tablet design is a fresh take on mobile computing. More >>
