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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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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 >>
New Zealand's affordable broadband
Saturday, 13 September 2014, 2:02 pm | Digitl
A short report from Jon Brewer at Telco2 provides some much-needed perspective on New Zealand broadband prices. More >>
Byword: A Mac writing tool focusing on words
Thursday, 4 September 2014, 1:33 pm | Digitl
Byword is the ideal Mac writing tool if you just want to focus on words. There are versions for OS X ( US$12.99 in the Mac app store ) and iOS ( US$4.99 in the iTunes app store ). This review looks at the Mac version. More >>
A better plan for 2degrees
Thursday, 4 September 2014, 1:29 pm | Digitl
A story in the NBR says Indonesia's PT Telekomunikasi may invest in 2degrees . It then reports Australian telecommunications analyst Paul Budde says it's only a matter of time before Spark buys 2degrees. More >>
Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Note Edge
Thursday, 4 September 2014, 1:27 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. More >>
Apple, Microsoft — two tablet visions
Sunday, 31 August 2014, 7:04 pm | Digitl
When Steve Jobs took the wraps off Apple's first iPad, he showed an entirely new class of device. The iPad was neither a new type of PC nor was it just a giant smartphone. It opened new territory. Apple sold the original iPad as a personal digital media ... More >>
Server sales tick up, more to come
Sunday, 31 August 2014, 7:02 pm | Digitl
Server revenues climbed 2.5 percent in the past year according to IDC’s quarterly worldwide server tracker. In the second quarter of 2014 sales totalled US$12.6 billion. Unit shipments grew 1.2 percent to 2.2 million. The standout segment was mid-range ... More >>
NZ$400 Surface 2 a bargain for Office fans
Sunday, 31 August 2014, 7:01 pm | Digitl
Microsoft's swanky new Surface Pro 3 went on sale in New Zealand earlier this week. It's a lovely device, but not cheap . Prices start at NZ$1200. For one-third of that you can buy a 32GB Surface 2 at Noel Leeming until September 7. Is it worth considering? ... More >>
