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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 59]
Apple users loyal but bigger screens tempt
Wednesday, 5 March 2014, 9:01 am | Digitl
Kantar Worldpanel reports : There are signs that Apple isn’t attracting and retaining as many early adopters as it once did, with larger screens seeming to drag a number of users away from the brand. But with industry-leading satisfaction and loyalty ... More >>
Microsoft New Zealand technology bazaar
Wednesday, 5 March 2014, 8:58 am | Digitl
One of my more enjoyable writing jobs is working on the The New Zealand Herald's annual Innovation report . It's a subject that's close to my heart and it means I get to talk to interesting people about fascinating ideas. More >>
When should we rip out the copper network?
Wednesday, 26 February 2014, 9:54 am | Digitl
Does it make sense to pull the plug on New Zealand's copper telephone network as fibre goes in? More >>
A good first quarter, but HP not out of the woods
Saturday, 22 February 2014, 7:09 pm | Digitl
Hewlett-Packard surprised analysts on Friday when it turned in a better than expected first quarter result . More >>
Is the enterprise hardware business doomed?
Friday, 21 February 2014, 1:01 pm | Digitl
Enterprise hardware has never been a tougher sell. Recent financial reports from the giant companies that once dominated enterprise computing, IBM, Oracle, HP among others, do not make for pretty reading. More >>
Telecom NZ rebrands as Spark
Friday, 21 February 2014, 9:40 am | Digitl
A media statement from CEO Simon Moutter says the new name "better reflects the company's new direction". He says: More >>
How does New Zealand UFB compare with Google fibre?
Thursday, 20 February 2014, 5:40 pm | Digitl
Search giant Google operates a fibre network in Kansas City. Yesterday the company said it plans to roll out fibre in an additional 34 US cities . More >>
Chorus: A tempting proposal, some merit, some flaws
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 9:02 am | Digitl
How much would it cost to build and run a copper telecommunications network if you were starting from scratch today? More >>
Microsoft Office on an iPad, why so slow?
Monday, 17 February 2014, 11:19 am | Digitl
Apple's iPad had its fourth birthday last month. The device changed the face of personal computing. It triggered a decline in PC sales that looks far from over. It's popular with corporations and consumers. More >>
Government fibre uptake builds as project reaches 25% milest
Monday, 17 February 2014, 10:25 am | Digitl
Communications and Information Technology Minister Amy Adams says the government’s Ultra-Fast Broadband project has passed the 25 percent milestone with more than 363,000 users able to connect to the network. More >>
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 >>
