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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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Telecom NZ hotspot network points to Wi-Fi future
Friday, 22 November 2013, 7:36 am | Digitl
here's likely to be a lot more Wi-Fi in your future. Telecom NZ's hotspot network is part of a global trend towards carriers adding Wi-Fi data capacity. More >>
Windows stack day four: Living in the future
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 12:15 pm | Digitl
After spending quality time with a Surface 2, it's obvious Microsoft has a vision of where personal technology is heading. It's one I think most of us would be happy to live with. More >>
Fibre to the node: Australia, New Zealand comparison
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 8:15 am | Digitl
With the recent change of Government in Australia, the NBN's Fibre to the Home (FTTH) rollout is now up for review. The discussion is focused on what the ideal infrastructure mix to deliver fast broadband across Australia should be. More >>
HP pulls overheating Chromebook 11
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 4:16 pm | Digitl
HP has pulled its Chromebook 11 from the market because of problems with overheating power supplies. Some reports say the micro-USB supply units were creating a fire hazard. HP's larger 14 inch Chromebook model is not affected. More >>
Windows stack day three: The joy of Surface
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 12:48 pm | Digitl
It costs just NZ$10 more than the $120 Microsoft Surface Touch Cover 2 keyboard. Yet when it comes to productivity, the $130 Type Cover 2 is streets ahead - at least for me. More >>
Place your bets for the Hawaiki handicap
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 8:52 am | Digitl
Writing at the Dominion-Post, Tom Pillar-Stretcher rates Hawaiki's chance of getting its planned submarine cable away at "better than 50:50". The NBR's Chris Keall puts the odds much higher. He says: " The blunt reality is that Hawaiki ... More >>
Government to sell left over 700 MHz spectrum
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 5:11 pm | Digitl
Telecom NZ and Vodafone have the opportunity to bid for the remaining 5 MHz paired block of the 700 MHz spectrum. More >>
Alcatel-Lucent questions FTTP goal, NZ next?
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 8:06 am | Digitl
CommsDay reports Alcatel-Lucent global fixed networks president Federico Guillen says his customers no longer see fibre-to-the-home as the broadband end goal. He says recent technological advancements mean the focus is shifted to vectoring. More >>
Chorus "withdrawing dividend guidance" in plain English
Monday, 18 November 2013, 9:35 pm | Digitl
There are strict rules about how listed companies like Chorus can communicate financial information to shareholders. And the people doing the communicating for these companies speak what at times sounds like a private language. More >>
Hawaiki goes the extra 4000 km
Monday, 18 November 2013, 8:49 pm | Digitl
Hawaiki Cable Limited says it now plans to land its 14,000 km trans-Pacific submarine cable in Oregon, USA. More >>
Windows stack day one: Clawing back lost productivity
Monday, 18 November 2013, 6:56 pm | Digitl
[caption id="attachment_1741" align="aligncenter" width="535"] The Surface 2 crashed with the screen breaking up three times today[/caption] More >>
Scoop TechLab: BlackBerry Z10 – a smartphone for business
Monday, 18 November 2013, 4:41 pm | Bill Bennett
Blackberry’s Z10 is the company’s come-back phone. It’s a solid, capable device. There’s much to like, but it may not be enough to revive the company’s fortunes. More >>
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 >>
Top stories this week on digitl
Sunday, 17 November 2013, 12:38 pm | Digitl
Vodafone executive Juan-Jose Juan was in New Zealand explaining how innovation is about more than just rolling out the latest gadgets. 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 >>
