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 64]

Apple's flagship iPhone 5S delivers a few surprises

Monday, 18 November 2013, 2:27 pm | Digitl

Apple's flagship iPhone 5S may not be revolutionary, but it still manages to deliver a few surprises. More >>

I had trouble in getting to the Windows stack

Monday, 18 November 2013, 2:23 pm | Digitl

Switching overnight from the Apple stack to Windows proved to be more of a mission than I expected. More >>

Apple stack day six: Apple Maps in New Zealand

Saturday, 16 November 2013, 1:49 pm | Digitl

Apple's Maps got off to a shaky start when they first launched in September 2012. To say there were lots of errors is putting it mildly. At the time chief executive Tim Cook made a public apology. More >>

UFB subscription rate ticks up as big ISPs ramp sales

Friday, 15 November 2013, 4:00 pm | Digitl

Quarterly figures from Communications Minister Amy Adams show a sizeable jump in the numbers of people with faster, government sponsored broadband connections. More >>

Apple stack day five: iCloud, good up to a point

Friday, 15 November 2013, 2:20 pm | Digitl

Apples's iCloud does some things really well. It's the smoothest, smartest way of syncing contacts, notes, reminders and calendar items between Macs, iPads and iPhones. It can even do this with Windows devices. I find this works so well, you easily forget ... More >>

Briefly: Gen-i M2M; Voda expands 4G; EMC SSD

Friday, 15 November 2013, 7:20 am | Digitl

Machine-to-machine communication is running red hot and New Zealand full of things that need connecting to the internet. Which explains why Telecom NZ's Gen-i division has picked up M2M cloud technology from Jasper Wireless. More >>

The end of paidContent

Thursday, 14 November 2013, 1:07 pm | Digitl

It may not be at the top of everyone's reading lists, but journalists, editors and publishers found the site a must-read. More >>

Apple stack day four: iWorks hits limits

Thursday, 14 November 2013, 8:57 am | Digitl

Last month Apple rebooted the iWorks software. The headline news is that the apps are now free on iPhones, new iPads and OS X computers. More >>

Apple stack day three: Writing on the Mac and the iPad Air g

Wednesday, 13 November 2013, 7:29 pm | Digitl

Tuesday saw a press breakfast at Vodafone - with global innovation chief Juan-Jose Juan - and lots of writing. In the evening I went back into town to record this week's NZ Tech Podcast . More >>

Android hits 81% smartphone market share, Windows grows

Wednesday, 13 November 2013, 11:45 am | Digitl

IDC Research's latest smartphone market share figures make interesting reading. Android and Windows Phone are all up. While iOS, Blackberry and the rats and mice are down. Android continues to dominate with an 81 percent share of new phone shipments. ... More >>

iPad Mini with Retina display, New Zealand price details

Wednesday, 13 November 2013, 7:54 am | Digitl

Apple delivered on its promise of a mid-November launch for the iPad Mini with Retina display overnight. There was little razzamatazz, but the models are already on sale in Apple's New Zealand online store. More >>

Citylink brings world first SDN internet exchange to NZ

Tuesday, 12 November 2013, 4:30 pm | Digitl

Internet exchanges around New Zealand will be upgraded with software defined network equipment in a world first. More >>

Vodafone innovation chief: It's not about gadgets

Tuesday, 12 November 2013, 4:07 pm | Digitl

When it comes to defining innovation Vodafone global enterprise innovation leader Juan-Jose Juan puts improving the user experience in front of cutting-edge technologies. This means he sees his role as finding transformations that improve the ways individuals ... More >>

Apple stack day two: iPhone photography

Tuesday, 12 November 2013, 12:13 pm | Digitl

Monday morning got the working week off to a good start with an informal press event at Telecom NZ. I left the MacBook Air and iPad Air at home before heading into town with the iPhone 5S. More >>

Briefly: Quickflix on TiVo; Vodafone 4G on prepay

Tuesday, 12 November 2013, 7:23 am | Digitl

If you're a TiVo owner - apparently there are some - you probably wonder what to do with the box. The good news is that streaming TV and movie service Quickflix has added the TiVo to the list of devices its service is available on . There's no ... More >>