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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 56]
Apple, Samsung monopolise smartphone profits
Monday, 17 February 2014, 10:21 am | Digitl
People, understandably, get hung up on Android's huge share of the total smartphone market. On raw unit numbers alone it often looks as if Google's phone software is eating Apple's lunch. Some commentators extrapolate from this point to say daft things ... More >>
Vodafone wins TrueNet 3G shootout
Monday, 17 February 2014, 10:18 am | Digitl
Mobile broadband downloads and uploads are now faster on Vodafone's 3 network than on Telecom or 2degrees. That's the verdict of the latest testing by Truenet which compared speeds at a series of locations in central Auckland and Wellington. More >>
Cloud is booming, spending up 20 percent
Monday, 17 February 2014, 10:10 am | Digitl
The story quotes researcher IHS Technology which says spending on cloud infrastructure and services will climb 20 percent in 2014 to US$174 billion. By 2017 spending will reach $235 billion - that's three times the amount spent in 2011. More >>
HP abandons New Zealand media
Wednesday, 12 February 2014, 11:37 am | Digitl
Here's the official company statement explaining the change. The fact that the statement is written in the worst kind of corporate-speak imaginable complete with the now-obligatory phrase "going forward" should have warned me about what was to come: HP ... More >>
Dimension Data sells Express Data distribution business
Wednesday, 12 February 2014, 8:07 am | Digitl
Dimension Data plans to sell its Express Data distribution business to Dicker Data, an ASX-listed hardware distributor. This includes Express Data and the Express Online operation. If approved by Dicker Data shareholders, the deal will be completed by ... More >>
MYOB aims to rekindle flame with cloud, price
Tuesday, 11 February 2014, 12:57 pm | Digitl
Australian-based accounting software firm MYOB aims to win back ground lost to Xero with an emphasis on its cloud credentials and by sharpening its pencil. More >>
Wellington start-up Appcessible brings smartphone apps to bl
Monday, 10 February 2014, 9:55 am | Digitl
Jonathan Mosen's Wellington-based start-up Appcessible helps mobile phone developers tweak their apps to make them useable for blind people. More >>
Grumpy Chorus investors warm to Commerce Commission UBA mov
Monday, 10 February 2014, 8:52 am | Digitl
On Friday after the Commerce Commission outlined the proposed process for pricing Chorus’ unbundled bitstream access (UBA) - the wholesale broadband service the company sells to retail service providers. More >>
Software piracy in Dunedin: Nothing to see, move along
Thursday, 6 February 2014, 9:17 am | Digitl
Clayton Noble, the company's Australian-based legal counsel, says that was a first for New Zealand. Usually the company's investigative sweeps find something. More >>
NZ lags global shift from fixed to mobile phone
Thursday, 6 February 2014, 9:16 am | Digitl
According to the 2013 census, an increasing number of New Zealanders have switched from fixed-line phones to mobile for everyday communications. More >>
Telecom adds gigawifi to hotspot network
Tuesday, 4 February 2014, 3:01 pm | Digitl
Telecom NZ is about to push the accelerator on its nationwide network of wi-fi hotspots . More >>
Can cloud computing revive IT dinosaurs?
Tuesday, 4 February 2014, 2:59 pm | Digitl
All are mature technology companies - the youngest is Dell formed in 1984 - and they all banking on cloud computing getting them out of the doldrums. More >>
BlackBerry updates OS with more security, FM radio
Monday, 3 February 2014, 11:03 am | Digitl
Blackberry's 2013 phone reboot failed to put the company back on track. While the one-time smartphone king is clearly down, it continues to plug away with software updates. More >>
Toshiba Chromebook lands in New Zealand at NZ$480
Monday, 3 February 2014, 10:58 am | Digitl
Chromebooks have only been around for a few months, but they are starting to multiply. Toshiba is the latest notable computer maker to join the Chrome OS party. The company is bringing its 13 inch Toshiba Chromebook to New Zealand where it will go on sale ... More >>
Motorola Moto G: best option low-cost smartphone by miles
Monday, 3 February 2014, 10:53 am | Digitl
Motorola's Moto G smartphone may have a low, low price, but there's nothing cheap or nasty about this device. More >>
OneNote improves for web users
Monday, 3 February 2014, 9:32 am | Digitl
Microsoft's OneNote is great for note-taking, storing and organising snippets of information. There are great apps for smartphones and a Windows-only that comes as part of Microsoft Office. More >>
Lenovo wants to own hardware market
Monday, 3 February 2014, 9:28 am | Digitl
IBM may be exiting the hardware business. Dell and HP would like to move their focus from shifting boxes to selling software and services. More >>
Labour revenue shadow doesn't 'like' Facebook tax share
Wednesday, 29 January 2014, 12:20 pm | Digitl
It's hard not to sympathise with David Clark. The Labour spokesperson for revenue wants Facebook to pay its fair share of tax in New Zealand. More >>
What's the real story with Windows Phone?
Tuesday, 28 January 2014, 12:35 pm | Digitl
In December Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows published Windows Phone Turned the Corner in 2013 . Thurrott is an influential US blogger and his story was picked up by other media. More >>
Mobile mail now dominant - at least for reading messages
Monday, 27 January 2014, 10:40 am | Digitl
Mobile now accounts for the majority of mail. Analysis from Litmus shows 51 percent of mail messages were opened on a mobile device. Desktops account for just 31 percent while webmail is 18 percent. More >>
