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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.
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Mako Networks scores huge US deal with Sprint
Tuesday, 5 November 2013, 8:26 am | Digitl
Sprint, America's third-largest mobile carrier, is now selling Mako Networks security products in the US. More >>
Nexus 5: Possibly the best Android phone not available in Ne
Monday, 4 November 2013, 3:56 pm | Digitl
If Google's Nexus 5 is not the best Android phone you can buy, it's the best value Android phone. Or at least it would be if only you could buy it in New Zealand. At the time of writing you can't. The screenshot above shows what happens when you reach ... More >>
Rockstar sues Google and partners. What does it mean?
Monday, 4 November 2013, 10:28 am | Digitl
Last week Rockstar Bidco, a group of phone makers including Apple and Microsoft, filed a suit against Google and Android phone makers for infringing five of its patents. More >>
How Android disappoints
Monday, 4 November 2013, 8:14 am | Digitl
Although Android is the most popular smartphone or tablet operating system, it's the least useful and is an inferior experience to iOS or Windows. More >>
BBM: Finally BlackBerry has a hit product... maybe
Saturday, 2 November 2013, 6:40 pm | Digitl
Despite making the credible, if not exciting, Z10 smartphone and the last ditch Z30, former smartphone champion BlackBerry has failed to recover its former customers. At least for phone hardware. More >>
The week’s top stories on digitl
Saturday, 2 November 2013, 5:57 pm | Digitl
Seven things I learned at IITP 2013 . The summary of this year's Institute of IT Professionals’ 2013 Conference was first published last weekend and was popular enough to qualify for the previous week's top stories as well as heading this week's ... More >>
Amazon AWS unit targets NZ start-ups
Saturday, 2 November 2013, 1:40 pm | Digitl
Call it the Xero effect if you like. A tech boom is underway in New Zealand. The start-up scene has been active since Rod Drury and Xero showed it is possible to take on the world with a locally developed product. The NBR frets that we could ... More >>
Briefly: Galaxy Zoom; more 4G coverage, GeoOp lists
Friday, 1 November 2013, 8:43 am | Digitl
Suddenly whacking a whole load more camera features in to a smartphone is a trend. We've seen Nokia go down this path with the Lumia 1020 and Sony with its Xperia Z1 . More >>
Scoop Techlab: My Orange Lumia 625 - not just a day-glo case
Thursday, 31 October 2013, 11:58 am | Digitl
A Nokia Lumia 625 is sitting on my desk. You can't miss it. It’s bright orange. The kind of orange that would match a high visibility safety vest. It makes the phone hard to lose. More >>
Briefly: Telecomms Levy; Chorus AGM; IRD renews Unisys
Thursday, 31 October 2013, 8:17 am | Digitl
The Commerce Commission released its first estimate of the amount carriers will each pay for their share of the Telecommunications Development Levy for 2012-13. The $50 million levy is used to pay for public good telecommunications projects including ... More >>
Making sense of the 700 MHz spectrum auction
Wednesday, 30 October 2013, 6:19 pm | Digitl
New Zealand's 700 MHz spectrum auction went almost to plan. Two of the three bidders, Telecom NZ and Vodafone, walked away with three 5 MHz paired blocks. 2degrees picked up two 5 MHz paired blocks leaving one unsold block. More >>
NZ iPhone 5S plans compared
Wednesday, 30 October 2013, 3:57 pm | Digitl
Want a shiny new iPhone 5S without paying more than $1000 up front? The simple answer is to get the phone on a plan. Vodafone and Telecom NZ offer an array of plans. I've listed them below in an interactive spreadsheet so you can quickly get to the data ... More >>
Telecom NZ data use up and the case for trans-Tasman cable
Wednesday, 30 October 2013, 8:35 am | Digitl
Telecom NZ reports an 83 percent growth in data use on its mobile network in the past year. It says increasing smartphone ownership and video streaming applications are behind the surge. More >>
Briefly: Xero farm guide; Dell private at last; Nokia Lumia
Wednesday, 30 October 2013, 7:56 am | Digitl
Xero may be going global, but the company's New Zealand roots are clearly on show as the accounting-as-a-service company delivers a guide to integrating farm management with accounting software. More >>
New Zealand's 700 MHz auction starts today
Tuesday, 29 October 2013, 7:59 am | Digitl
New Zealand's 700 MHz spectrum auction is due to start today. The auction is for nine parcels of 5 MHz paired spectrum. Each parcel has a reserve price of $22 million. That's a total of $198 million. Few expect the auction to raise much more than that ... More >>
Briefly: Livescribe 3, WordPress 3.7, GeoOp lists
Tuesday, 29 October 2013, 7:40 am | Digitl
Touch screens, keyboards and styli have their place, but when it comes to quick and efficient note-taking, it's hard to beat an old-fashioned pen and paper. Which is why I like the look of the Livescribe 3 Smartpen announced yesterday. I've ... More >>
Top stories on digitl last week
Monday, 28 October 2013, 4:02 pm | Digitl
Two big themes dominated the week: Microsoft's Surface 2 launch and the IITP 2013 Conference in Tauranga. In both cases the stories about what I learned at the events were hits with readers. More >>
Seven things I learned at IITP 2013
Monday, 28 October 2013, 11:30 am | Digitl
1. A manufacturing revolution is coming. 3D printers are cool, but most do little more than make small plastic things. A printer making items out of metals like titanium is revolutionary. More >>
Pages update means better, free OS X writing tool
Sunday, 27 October 2013, 12:10 pm | Digitl
Apple dropped a minor bombshell by delivering free new versions of OS X and iWorks. Although everyone knew a new operating system was coming, there was little warning of changes to the productivity apps and even less warning they would be free. More >>
IITP2013: Ed Robinson on taking an NZ tech business global
Sunday, 27 October 2013, 10:07 am | Digitl
Apimize co-founder Ed Robinson says selling in a large market like the United States is not like selling in New Zealand. Sales people in Australia and New Zealand are generalists because our markets are small. More >>
