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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.
If you want to support his work, you can make a donation to his PressPatron account.
Bill Bennett - Latest News [Page 52]
Google unbundles iPad Docs
Saturday, 31 May 2014, 5:48 pm | Digitl
This has been a big year for iPad word processing. In March Microsoft delivered an iOS version of Word. April saw Apple update the iPad version of its Pages word processor and give the app away with new tablets. More >>
Mac Word, Windows Word and Parallels desktop
Saturday, 31 May 2014, 5:45 pm | Digitl
Microsoft says a new Mac version of Word is coming later this year. Hopefully it will be more like Windows Word 2013 than OS X Word: 2011. More >>
Toshiba readies low price Windows 8 tablets
Saturday, 31 May 2014, 5:44 pm | Digitl
The company plans a $US200 eight-inch tablet and a ten inch version that will sell for US$270. Going on past prices, New Zealanders can expect the models to sell here for a little over $300 and $400 respectively. More >>
Carriers jockey for mobile pole position as competition ramp
Saturday, 31 May 2014, 5:34 pm | Digitl
It's hard to remember a time when New Zealand's mobile sector was this competitive. More >>
Windows Phone's slowly growing footprint
Saturday, 31 May 2014, 5:25 pm | Digitl
So far it has failed to capture attention from high-end smartphone customers and is especially weak in the US — with all that implies for marker perception in the world's noisiest market. Among other things, it doesn't get as much support as its ... More >>
Cellphone cancer demon banished
Saturday, 31 May 2014, 5:22 pm | Digitl
Paul Brislen nails it nicely on what is most likely his last post on the Tuanz blog: Cellphones will not give you cancer . No equivocation, no weasel words, no pussyfooting around the subject. There is no link between using cellphones or living near cellphone ... More >>
BlackBerry 10.2: The big picture
Saturday, 31 May 2014, 5:14 pm | Digitl
BlackBerry 10.2 is the best smartphone operating system you've never used. Most likely it's also one you never considered. More >>
Fortress Google under siege
Monday, 26 May 2014, 8:14 am | Digitl
Wellington tech industry lawyer Michael Wigley hits the nail on the head writing about the European court decision in Another loss for Fortress Google on the Tuanz website. More >>
Google New Zealand's Orwellian, foreign blog
Monday, 26 May 2014, 8:10 am | Digitl
We've always been at war with Eastasia - 1984 Fortress Google under siege quotes Wellington technology industry lawyer Michael Wigley who mentions Google's " difficult communication channels". More >>
TradeMe investors bail, profits slip
Monday, 26 May 2014, 8:06 am | Digitl
NBR looks at TradeMe's recent performance in Trade Me sits at crossroads, testing investor patience — the story is only available to subscribers. More >>
Google gouges as Chromebox hits NZ
Saturday, 24 May 2014, 1:39 pm | Digitl
Google's Australian-written "New Zealand" blog gushes about the company's Chromebox for meetings which is officially on sale from today. More >>
Surface pro 3: less iPad more MacBook Air
Saturday, 24 May 2014, 1:35 pm | Digitl
Microsoft launched the Surface Pro 3 at an event in New York overnight New Zealand time. More >>
Telco levy shows competition creeping up
Saturday, 24 May 2014, 1:29 pm | Digitl
Nothing illustrates the shifting shape of New Zealand's telecommunications sector better than the Commerce Commission's latest stab at deciding who gets to pay what for the 2013 Telecommunications Development Levy. More >>
New Zealand's data security cultural cringe
Saturday, 24 May 2014, 1:21 pm | Digitl
A Unisys Security Index report shows New Zealanders have less faith in security when organisations store data in the country than when they store it overseas. More >>
NZ tech comes of age Xero tops Forbes list
Saturday, 24 May 2014, 11:45 am | Digitl
Forbes magazine named New Zealand's software-as-a-service champion Xero as the world's most innovative growth company. More >>
Dark days at HP with 16000 jobs on the line
Saturday, 24 May 2014, 11:40 am | Digitl
While Hewlett-Packard boss Meg Whitman is sticking to her line that the company's recovery remains on track, there's little sign of a turnaround in the company's second quarter result . More >>
BlackBerry Z30: End of the line?
Saturday, 24 May 2014, 11:38 am | Digitl
Things aren't going well for BlackBerry. Phones aren't selling. Carriers and consumers have lost interest in the brand. Even the corporations who loved BlackBerry's defences against mobile dark arts now look elsewhere for protection. More >>
Surface Pros, iPads, keyboards and tablets
Saturday, 24 May 2014, 11:27 am | Digitl
Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 launch has triggered discussion about the nature of tablets, laptops and what ever spaces exist between these categories. More >>
Auckland Transport's stingy Wi-Fi
Saturday, 24 May 2014, 10:26 am | Digitl
Two cheers for Auckland Transports plan for Wi-Fi on trains, at stations, bus terminals and ferry wharves. More >>
What cloud service companies don't tell you about hardware
Tuesday, 20 May 2014, 7:01 pm | Digitl
Some cloud company sales pitches imply the device you use is unimportant. Others fail to make any mention of the hardware needed. There's rarely discussion of the CPU, memory or graphics requirements. More >>
