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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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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 >>
Wake up call from Trend Micro Internet Security for Mac 2015
Wednesday, 7 January 2015, 9:48 am | Digitl
They have a point. Malware writers go for big, easy targets. Windows is a big, easy target. OS X remains small by comparison. More >>
Apple productivity: 2015 edition
Wednesday, 7 January 2015, 9:44 am | Digitl
Apple is the only firm making its own version of all the productivity tools we use daily. More >>
NZ Herald's steampunk view of Xero
Wednesday, 7 January 2015, 9:37 am | Digitl
Read the headline on Hamish Fletcher 's High-flyer Xero crashes to worst spot and you might think the accounting software as a service company is in trouble. More >>
Vodafone's price rise
Wednesday, 7 January 2015, 9:26 am | Digitl
Vodafone will raise the price of most fixed line plans by $4 a month from next month. It says the price rise will affect about 300,000 customers. More >>
Kia Ora Netflix
Saturday, 13 December 2014, 7:57 am | Digitl
Netflix will launch in New Zealand in March. A press release from the online video service say it will soon begin operation in New Zealand and Australia. More >>
Microsoft disrupted
Saturday, 13 December 2014, 7:47 am | Digitl
Microsoft New Zealand chief marketing and operations officer Frazer Scott was a great person to interview for this week’s Microsoft after the iPhone for the NZ Herald. More >>
Chorus copper price ruling
Saturday, 13 December 2014, 7:44 am | Digitl
If telecommunications network wholesaler Chorus was an English Premier League football club, today's Commerce Commission revised copper access price ruling would be a nil-all draw. More >>
Microsoft hosting NZ Office 365 in Australia
Saturday, 13 December 2014, 7:24 am | Digitl
What are the implications for New Zealand as Microsoft opens Australian Azure data centres in Sydney and Melbourne? More >>
Behind the NZ broadband price rise
Friday, 12 December 2014, 7:30 pm | Digitl
New Zealand customers will pay more for broadband services delivered by the copper network. Spark, Vodafone and Callplus all say they will raise prices. Let’s look behind the headlines. More >>
Behind the NZ broadband price rise
Friday, 12 December 2014, 7:30 pm | Digitl
New Zealand customers will pay more for broadband services delivered by the copper network. Spark, Vodafone and Callplus all say they will raise prices. Let’s look behind the headlines. More >>
Behind the NZ broadband price rise
Friday, 12 December 2014, 7:29 pm | Digitl
New Zealand customers will pay more for broadband services delivered by the copper network. Spark, Vodafone and Callplus all say they will raise prices. Let’s look behind the headlines. More >>
New Zealand technology journalism: the twilight years
Monday, 24 November 2014, 7:51 am | Digitl
New Zealand has a vibrant and flourishing technology sector. Nobody would use those words to describe New Zealand technology journalism. More >>
Kia Ora Netflix
Monday, 24 November 2014, 7:47 am | Digitl
Netflix will launch in New Zealand in March. The online video service say it will soon begin operation in New Zealand and Australia. More >>
BlackBerry's hip square phone on TV3 Firstline
Friday, 14 November 2014, 5:00 pm | Digitl
On Monday I went on TV3 Firstline to talk about the BlackBerry Passport with Sacha McNeil and Michael Wilson . More >>
One rule for telecoms investors, another for Air NZ
Friday, 14 November 2014, 4:50 pm | Digitl
If there are good reasons for the rest of New Zealand to subsidise rural telecommunications, we should come clean and do it through the tax system More >>
How to decide between Apple iPhone 6, 6 Plus
Wednesday, 12 November 2014, 10:02 am | Digitl
Should you go for the bigger or the biggest iPhone? It's a trade-off between the trouble of carrying the extra size against the benefits of a bigger display. More >>
