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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.
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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 >>
Telecom NZ 4G starts with 40,000 sim cards
Monday, 11 November 2013, 8:58 pm | Digitl
Telecom NZ's 4G network opens for business Tuesday morning with 40,000 sim cards already in circulation. The cards were sent to existing Telecom mobile customers who requested an upgrade ahead of the service launch. More >>
Apple stack: How I normally work
Monday, 11 November 2013, 5:57 pm | Digitl
This week I'm setting out to work the entire seven days in Apple's technology stack . Next week I'll repeat the experiment with Windows. All being well, I'll follow this with a Google week. More >>
Getting the ducks in line - Apple stack week day one
Monday, 11 November 2013, 2:43 pm | Digitl
On paper, the biggest challenge was switching to the iPhone 5S . I've used iPhones in the past, just not in the last two years and not with iOS 7. More >>
Little traction for 2degrees spectrum special pleading
Monday, 11 November 2013, 8:34 am | Digitl
On Friday mobile carrier 2degrees issue a press release complaining about Vodafone wanting to buy the unsold block of 700 MHz spectrum. More >>
NZ sees stop-start unified communications market
Monday, 11 November 2013, 8:09 am | Digitl
There are clear signs unified communications is gathering momentum in New Zealand. It was one of the most discussed topics at this year's Microsoft TechEd conference and stories about implementations and successes continue to arrive. More >>
Last week's top stories
Sunday, 10 November 2013, 5:24 pm | Digitl
It was a busy week with smartphone-related stories dominating the news agenda: Top billing goes to 2degrees gets the Google Nexus 5 . The carrier may not have a 4G network or HD Voice, but it does have what many are calling the best Android phone ... More >>
Apple stack: A week of working with iOS and OS X
Sunday, 10 November 2013, 3:12 pm | Digitl
For the next seven days I'm going to work only with Apple devices, software and services. Along the way I'll write regular updates on my progress. More >>
