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.

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Bill Bennett - Latest News [Page 60]

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 >>

Vodafone bumps cable speed - TrueNet

Friday, 24 January 2014, 8:33 am | Digitl

TrueNet broadband speed tests show Vodafone boosted its cable service in December . The broadband testing company reports peak speeds, DNS response time and page download speeds all showed significant improvements during the month. More >>

Vodafone VDSL brings speed at no extra cost

Friday, 24 January 2014, 8:30 am | Digitl

Vodafone launched its VDSL service with the lure of offering much faster copper broadband speeds at the same price as existing ADSL services. The company says VDSL users will pay the same as existing copper broadband users for the first 12 months of a contract. More >>

Stand by for ISP disruption as MyRepublic enters NZ

Thursday, 23 January 2014, 9:50 am | Digitl

Former New Zealand Regional Fibre Group CEO Vaughan Baker is heading MyRepublic, a new UFB-only ISP that expects to start operating by the middle of the year. More >>

Did Telecom NZ pay too much for 4G spectrum?

Wednesday, 22 January 2014, 5:28 pm | Digitl

Telecom NZ paid NZ$83 million dollars for the last slice of 700 MHz spectrum. The company beat Vodafone to secure the final 2 x 5 MHz block left on the table from the first round of bidding. More >>

What does Moody’s downgrade of Chorus mean?

Wednesday, 22 January 2014, 8:03 am | Digitl

Yesterday Chorus announced Moody’s Investors Service cut the company’s credit rating. It is now sitting at Baa3. Previously it was a Baa2. Moody's also said Chorus has a negative outlook. More >>

Why you can't judge a Chromebook by the cover

Tuesday, 21 January 2014, 7:34 am | Digitl

Just as tablet makers like Apple pack 80 percent of PC functionality into a slim new format, Chromebook makers bundle a different, but just as essential, subset of PC features, in a familiar-looking hardware package. More >>

IBM's late cloud play aims for Amazon catch up

Monday, 20 January 2014, 9:53 am | Digitl

IBM made headlines over the weekend when it said it will spend US$1.2 billion to expand its cloud computing business. The plan includes adding 15 new data centres on five continents to the 13 it already has. Eventually there will be 40 data centres. More >>