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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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Bill Bennett - Latest News [Page 48]
Asus Transformer T300 Chi
Thursday, 26 March 2015, 5:41 pm | Digitl
Asus has worked hard to move upmarket. Making low-cost no-brand PCs is not good business. Today Asus wants to been seen as a maker of affordable, good-quality hardware. And Asus wants to be interesting. More >>
Six months with iPhone 6, 6 Plus
Sunday, 15 March 2015, 3:39 pm | Digitl
Apple’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus landed in New Zealand six months ago. At the time I posted my first impressions . Here’s a more reflective review of what the phones are like to use. More >>
Macbook more interesting than Apple Watch
Sunday, 15 March 2015, 3:01 pm | Digitl
The MacBook is thinner and lighter than the already skinny MacBook Air. It has a 12 inch display with the same high-resolution Retina display found on flagship MacBook Pros. More >>
How to spot a psychopath boss
Wednesday, 11 March 2015, 10:00 am | Digitl
“A psychopath is not a professional. You can't work with a psychopath, 'cause ya don't know what those sick assholes are gonna do next." More >>
Closing the copper network
Thursday, 5 March 2015, 5:33 pm | Digitl
A year ago I posted When should we rip out the copper network? It's too early to name a date today, but following this discussion on Linkedin , I predicted: As the law stands today, a street has copper even if only one house uses it. The price is ... More >>
How (and why) New Zealand bucks worldwide PC sales trend
Thursday, 5 March 2015, 5:21 pm | Digitl
New Zealand PC sales surged in 2014. IDC’s Asia/Pacific Quarterly PC Tracker unit reports sales grew almost 16 percent during the year. That total zoomed past IDC’s already bullish forecast. More >>
Google tweaks Google+ mix as Photos, Streams break away
Thursday, 5 March 2015, 5:17 pm | Digitl
Mike Murphy gets to the point for Quartz when he writes Google will strip Google+ for parts . More >>
Tackling data sovereignty
Thursday, 5 March 2015, 5:13 pm | Digitl
From a story I wrote for TechTarget's Storage ANZ eZine: Storage is a popular and fast-growing cloud service in Australia, but it comes with its challenges, not least local laws and latency Download the February ANZ Storage Management e-zine . There ... More >>
Broadband as part of the bigger infrastructure picture
Monday, 2 March 2015, 8:43 pm | Digitl
Yet the government-sponsored Ultrafast Broadband project and the Rural Broadband Initiative are just two of a series of major infrastructure projects transforming New Zealand cities. More >>
Samsung Galaxy S6: It all hinges on price
Monday, 2 March 2015, 8:39 pm | Digitl
Recent Samsung Galaxy phone launches have been a mixed bag. There were smartphones that are too plastic and phones with cheesy-looking exteriors. More >>
BlackBerry Classic: Steampunk smartphone
Friday, 27 February 2015, 3:08 pm | Digitl
BlackBerry Classic takes design back to a time the brand was still a name to conjure with. BB fans will love it, everyone else will ignore it. More >>
Broadband as part of the bigger infrastructure picture
Friday, 27 February 2015, 2:47 pm | Digitl
New Zealand's government sponsored fibre Ultrafast Broadband and the Rural Broadband Initiative are just two major infrastructure projects transforming the nation. More >>
JBL OnBeat Micro: iPhone speaker review
Friday, 20 February 2015, 1:32 pm | Digitl
JBL’s OnBeat Micro, NZ$120 , is a black pint-size iPhone or iPod speaker dock with a Lightning connector. More >>
Me-too Dick Smith sees NZ sales fall
Friday, 20 February 2015, 12:37 pm | Digitl
Dick Smith Holdings blames market competition and weak consumer sentiment for poor New Zealand sales. Businessdesk reports the result in Dick Smith’s NZ 1H sales fall in competitive market. More >>
Catalyst offer competitive open source cloud in New Zealand
Friday, 20 February 2015, 12:14 pm | Digitl
New Zealand open-source champion Catalyst has taken on the multinationals launching a locally-hosted automated cloud service. More >>
Questions as Vocus lifts Southern Cross capacity
Friday, 20 February 2015, 12:06 pm | Digitl
In a press release Vocus says it aims to lift its Southern Cross capacity by 10 times . Sydney-based Vocus entered into an agreement to buy extra capacity on the undersea link between New Zealand, Australia and the US over a six-year period, beginning ... More >>
Uber: The lost opportunity
Friday, 23 January 2015, 8:49 am | Digitl
At Whatisitwellington Ian Apperley says the fuss over Uber operating in New Zealand is a fight between dinosaurs and exciting new business models: The War on Uber in New Zealand: Dinosaur business models meet new tech . More >>
Fast broadband: How does New Zealand shape up internationall
Friday, 23 January 2015, 8:41 am | Digitl
[caption id="attachment_20665" align="alignnone" width="660"] World’s fastest broadband - click to expand chart[/caption] More >>
Looming customer service cuts at Vodafone
Friday, 23 January 2015, 8:36 am | Digitl
The New Zealand Herald reports Vodafone plans to trim staff numbers across the board and cut the customer service department by up to 100 jobs. . The proposal, outlined in an internal document obtained by the Herald, is part of a restructuring expected ... More >>
Credit where credit is due on NZ tech regulation
Friday, 23 January 2015, 8:32 am | Digitl
From Andrew Cushen at InternetNZ writing in Flexibility of regulation for technology .: ...the government moving relatively quickly to respond to technical innovation in a sensible, considered matter, and that seeks to accommodate that innovation rather ... More >>
