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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.
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Bill Bennett - Latest News [Page 54]
CallPlus buys Orcon — deal makes sense
Monday, 23 June 2014, 10:27 am | Digitl
While CallPlus isn't saying how much it paid to buy Orcon. Assuming CallPlus paid the right price — which is a safe bet — the deal makes far more sense than any alternative mentioned in recent weeks . More >>
Secret trade agreement threatens NZ tech jobs
Monday, 23 June 2014, 10:25 am | Digitl
Among other things the Financial Services Annex of Secret Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) published this week by Wikileaks includes clauses which mean banks and other finance companies can quickly import overseas IT workers. More >>
Xero's $100 million milestone
Saturday, 21 June 2014, 4:21 pm | Digitl
New Zealand-based cloud software specialist Xero gets a sideways glance from some industry commentators because the company burns cash. More >>
The Mobile Mind Shift
Saturday, 21 June 2014, 4:16 pm | Digitl
Smartphones and tablets have changed the way many of us deal with the world. We now expect to find the things we want instantly at the moment we want them wherever we are. More >>
Low cost iMac uses Apple MacBook Air parts
Saturday, 21 June 2014, 4:13 pm | Digitl
Apple launched a low-price iMac using the dual core processor found in the MacBook Air. At NZ$1550, the 21.5 inch iMac is NZ$300 less than the previous cheapest model. More >>
Low cost iMac uses Apple MacBook Air parts
Saturday, 21 June 2014, 4:12 pm | Digitl
Apple launched a low-price iMac using the dual core processor found in the MacBook Air. At NZ$1550, the 21.5 inch iMac is NZ$300 less than the previous cheapest model. More >>
Amazon Fire Phone mess
Saturday, 21 June 2014, 4:09 pm | Digitl
At first sight Amazon's Fire Phone is a pricey 4.7 inch Android that looks like an iPhone. But wait, there's more… More >>
Oracle ends year on bum note
Saturday, 21 June 2014, 2:49 pm | Digitl
Oracle posted a fourth quarter result which missed market expectations on Thursday. Investors dumped the tech giant's stock on the news with the share price falling almost nine percent. More >>
Blackberry: I thought I heard a heartbeat
Saturday, 21 June 2014, 2:45 pm | Digitl
Troubled phone-maker BlackBerry reported a profit rise overnight. Quarterly sales revenue dropped one percent, but cost cutting meant the company turned in a rise in gross profit. More >>
CallPlus buys Orcon — deal makes sense
Saturday, 21 June 2014, 2:42 pm | Digitl
While CallPlus isn't saying how much it paid to buy Orcon. Assuming CallPlus paid the right price — which is a safe bet — the deal makes far more sense than any alternative mentioned in recent weeks . More >>
Picking a cloud accounting service
Thursday, 12 June 2014, 1:26 pm | Digitl
Xero is the biggest thing that's happened to small business accounting since the first personal computers made their way from geek bedrooms and into the office. More >>
Apple continuity, Microsoft convergence, Google service
Thursday, 12 June 2014, 1:21 pm | Digitl
Apple mapped the direction its technology stack will take at last week's World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC). More >>
The siren song of private clouds
Thursday, 12 June 2014, 1:18 pm | Digitl
Big companies — the computer industry calls them 'enterprises' probably after watching too much Star Trek — want cloud computing. More >>
NZ PC sales jump as global numbers fall
Thursday, 12 June 2014, 10:08 am | Digitl
IDC reports New Zealand's PC sales were 22 percent higher in the first quarter of 2014 than the same period a year earlier. This is in stark contrast to the rest of the world which continues to report falling PC sales. More >>
Comparing personal cloud storage plans
Thursday, 12 June 2014, 10:05 am | Digitl
Apple announced iCloud Drive at last week's Worldwide Developer Conference. The company also cut iCloud prices. More >>
Apple OS X Yosemite targets unified communications
Tuesday, 10 June 2014, 10:16 am | Digitl
From later this year Macs running Apple's updated OS X 10.10 Yosemite will be able to handle phone and text messages on desktop and laptop computers. More >>
Does Productivity Commission even get cloud computing?
Tuesday, 10 June 2014, 10:05 am | Digitl
Patrick Smellie at BusinessDesk says the productivity commission wants government to use offshore cloud providers : The government should lead the way to cheaper cloud computing services by using offshore providers rather than just New Zealand firms, ... More >>
New Zealand tech vacancies fall
Tuesday, 10 June 2014, 10:03 am | Digitl
Garry Roberton reports a fall in New Zealand tech job advertisements in his latest regular Trends update for the IITP Techblog . This comes at a time when the overall demand for tech skills remains strong. More >>
Paywave cards: Eftpos threatened
Tuesday, 10 June 2014, 10:02 am | Digitl
John Small provides background on Paywave cards in Trojans at the terminal . Bernard Hickey has a fresher story on the threat posed by contactless cards at the NZ Herald. More >>
Picking a cloud accounting service
Tuesday, 10 June 2014, 9:58 am | Digitl
Xero is the biggest thing that's happened to small business accounting since the first personal computers made their way from geek bedrooms and into the office. More >>
