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. If you want to support his work, you can make a donation to his PressPatron account.

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Bill Bennett - Latest News [Page 51]

HP split will change NZ PC market

Tuesday, 7 October 2014, 6:44 pm | Digitl

Hewlett-Packard says it will split in two. One part will offer high-end computer equipment and services to large companies. The other will make and sell PCs, printers and other devices. More >>

Samsung profits fall as iPhone trumps Galaxy

Tuesday, 7 October 2014, 6:39 pm | Digitl

Samsung makes beautiful hardware and sells more smartphones than any other company. All it needs to do now is to figure out how to make the business profitable. More >>

Asus pushes upmarket with Zenbook UX301

Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 3:48 pm | Digitl

Asus is best known for mid-price PCs and tablets in New Zealand. It aims to change that with the upmarket Zenbook UX301. More >>

On TV3 talking Muse brainwave sensing headband

Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 3:34 pm | Digitl

Muse is a brain wave sensing headband from Thought-Wired . It comes with software for computers and smartphones to help you manage stress, increase focus and enhance cognitive awareness. More >>

Five must have free business apps for any device

Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 3:27 pm | Digitl

Whether you use a smartphone, tablet, PC or all three here are five apps to give your business an immediate productivity boost. All are available for Windows, OS X, iOS and Android: More >>

Working with iPhone 6 Plus

Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 3:13 pm | Digitl

Apple's demonstrator laid an iPhone 6 and an iPhone 6 Plus side-by-side on the coffee table. He asked "which do you prefer?" My instinctive first answer was to pick the smaller iPhone 6. More >>

Microsoft Azure: Cloud for the rest of us

Wednesday, 17 September 2014, 2:10 pm | Digitl

Cloud computing is great. Yet anything beyond Dropbox, OneDrive or iCloud can be daunting for those of us who aren't IT professionals. While Amazon is the market leader at selling cloud services to business, you couldn't describe setting up a ... More >>

Touch Voicemail iPhone app makes smartphones smarter

Wednesday, 17 September 2014, 2:04 pm | Digitl

Modern cellphones are smart, but that’s not what it feels like when it comes to voicemail. Until now the only way to get at missed incoming messages is to call your phone network’s voicemail service, wade through clumsy prompts and listen to messages ... More >>

Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Note Edge

Saturday, 13 September 2014, 3:22 pm | Digitl

Samsung has something to prove. The company sells more smartphones than anyone else. It is the only Android hardware maker that matters. But it doesn’t have Apple’s brand power. Samsung isn’t cool. That’s why Samsung took pains getting its latest ... More >>

NZ broadband beats Australia again

Saturday, 13 September 2014, 3:12 pm | Digitl

More evidence that New Zealand's broadband is accelerating past Australia's network. Local web performance measuring company TrueNet compared the speed of downloading Australian and New Zealand websites from PCs in Australia and New Zealand . More >>

See you at ITx conference

Saturday, 13 September 2014, 3:07 pm | Digitl

Last year's IITP conference was a eye-opener with many great speakers. This year the conference has expanded to become ITx , it won't be New Zealand's biggest technology conference, Microsoft's Tech Ed is larger, but it is the most wide ranging vendor ... More >>

A challenge of smartphones, a desperation of smart watches

Saturday, 13 September 2014, 2:58 pm | Digitl

Everyone has heard of a school of fish . Most people know there's also murder of crows . More >>

Microsoft's cloud first, mobile first challenge

Saturday, 13 September 2014, 2:43 pm | Digitl

Microsoft shows a refreshing ability to reinvent itself. On his first day in the job incoming CEO Satya Nadella told employees: “Our job is to ensure that Microsoft thrives in a mobile and cloud-first world.” Those words, slightly rearranged as ... More >>

Apple's modest New Zealand iPhone 6 mark-up

Saturday, 13 September 2014, 2:34 pm | Digitl

From September 26 New Zealanders will able to buy a 16 GB Apple iPhone 6 for $999. That's what it costs to buy the phone outright. The US headline prices quoted in Apple's launch presentation were for people buying phones on mobile plans. The US ... More >>

Apple Watch: All fun and games until someone loses an eye

Saturday, 13 September 2014, 2:33 pm | Digitl

Seen from afar Apple's Watch looks better than any other attempt at creating a smart watch. It has a sharp design and a solid feature set. More >>

Another cable won't lower NZ internet costs

Saturday, 13 September 2014, 2:15 pm | Digitl

There is a good reason to build another submarine cable linking New Zealand to the world. Cheaper internet is not that reason. More >>

Big iPhone 6 good for business users

Saturday, 13 September 2014, 2:07 pm | Digitl

Not everyone loves having a large phone in their pocket. One of the beauties of older iPhones is most people can use them one-handed. On the other hand, there are plenty of compensations from moving to a 4.7 inch or 5.5 inch screen with the iPhone 6 models. ... More >>