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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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Briefly: Microsoft re-Surfaces; BlackBerry bought; Oracle fa
Tuesday, 24 September 2013, 8:21 am | Digitl
There were no huge surprises when Microsoft took the wraps off its Surface 2 and Surface 2 Pro tablets in New York overnight. More >>
Hawaiki signs cable-laying contract
Monday, 23 September 2013, 10:34 pm | Digitl
Hawaiki's plan for a submarine cable linking Australia and New Zealand to Hawaii edges closer with the signing of a supply contract with TE SubCom. More >>
So much for the paperless office
Monday, 23 September 2013, 6:44 pm | Digitl
Squirting ink on to dead trees remains popular despite the rise of tablets, smartphones and other devices. More >>
Briefly: BlackBerry Messenger woes; RSA crypto warning; Touc
Monday, 23 September 2013, 3:05 pm | Digitl
Logistical problems halted the launch of BlackBerry's long awaited BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) apps for Android over the weekend. More >>
French expert: NZ Government drove too hard a UFB bargain
Monday, 23 September 2013, 10:38 am | Digitl
New Zealand’s government nailed its fibre network builders to the floor on price. This may turn out to be less clever than it looks. More >>
French expert says NZ Government drove too hard a bargain on
Monday, 23 September 2013, 10:36 am | Digitl
New Zealand’s government nailed its fibre network builders to the floor on price. This may turn out to be less clever than it looks. More >>
Most NZ wealth not in digital universe, digital divide appar
Sunday, 22 September 2013, 6:28 pm | Digitl
New Zealanders spent $5.4 billion online last financial year according to Roy Morgan Research's Digital Universe report . More >>
Top stories on digitl this week
Sunday, 22 September 2013, 2:52 pm | Digitl
Two themes dominate this week's New Zealand tech news: the growing political row over the government's treatment of Chorus and stories from Microsoft TechEd NZ. More >>
Briefly: BlackBerry red ink; Google, Yahoo make-overs
Sunday, 22 September 2013, 1:56 pm | Digitl
Just days after launching the Z30 smartphone Blackberry reveals it lost almost US$1 billion in the most recent quarter as the Z10 and Q10 failed to revive the company's fortunes. The company said it will lay off 4,500 workers around 40 percent of the ... More >>
Government tips $15 m into submarine cable
Friday, 20 September 2013, 10:49 am | Bill Bennett
Besieged by complaints about government favours to network company Chorus, Communications Minster Amy Adam found time for an announcement about government support for a trans-pacfic submarine cable. More >>
Big demand for Vocus AWS service
Friday, 20 September 2013, 10:47 am | Bill Bennett
Vocus NZ sales manager Steven Stanford says there is a high level of interest in his company’s Cloud Connect product which can link New Zealand companies directly to Amazon’s data centre in Australia. More >>
BlackBerry pitches smarter smartphone software
Friday, 20 September 2013, 9:46 am | Bill Bennett
As one door closes for BlackBerry, another one opens with the former smartphone giant aiming to become a smartphone business software giant. BlackBerry has at least one ace up its sleeve if the company’s impressive Z30 smartphone fails to rekindle ... More >>
Mac writing tools 2013 edition
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 11:37 am | Bill Bennett
There's no shortage of choice when it comes to writing tools for the Mac. Bill Bennett takes a personal look at some of the best known options he discovered after moving from Windows. More >>
Briefly: Yacht races test networks, Datacom result
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 11:19 am | Bill Bennett
Telecom NZ scored plenty of media coverage when it reported a huge surge in mobile data traffic as workers live stream America’s Cup yacht races on smartphones and tablets. The company said data traffic doubled during the races. More >>
Big screen BlackBerry Z30 means another roll of the dice
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 11:15 am | Bill Bennett
Earlier today I had a sneak preview of the BlackBerry Z30 smartphone. The BlackBerry Z30 has a large five inch display and a more powerful battery than the earlier Z10. It comes equipped with the latest 10.2 version of BlackBerry’s phone operating ... More >>
Briefly: Galaxy Gear lands in NZ, GreenButton, Bing
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 1:07 pm | Bill Bennett
Well-heeled gadget fans may be tempted by Samsung’s Galaxy Gear smartwatch. Telecom NZ says the device goes on sale here on October 3 with a hefty $450 price tag. Although that’s a lot of money for not much functionality, there are always those who feel ... More >>
Windows Phone NZ market share at 15%
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 6:01 pm | Bill Bennett
Confession time. I heard Microsoft New Zealand Paul Muckleston say Windows Phone’s market share hit 15 percent in July at a TechEd dinner function last week. The number is in my notebook along with comments about its relatively fast growth. More >>
How UFB and Chorus could turn opinion against the government
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 5:57 pm | Bill Bennett
Vodafone is not to be part of the Coalition for Fair Internet Pricing. Yet words in the telco’s submission to the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment on its review of the Telecommunications Act could come from the same song sheet. More >>
New Zealand, the view from Silicon Valley
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 12:22 pm | Bill Bennett
How is New Zealand’s technology start-up scene viewed in Silicon Valley? I asked San Francisco-based ex-pat New Zealander Sean Gourley after he gave the keynote address at this year’s Microsoft TechEd conference in Auckland. More >>
Briefly: New Chorus van; 256 GB compact flash; Dell
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 12:05 pm | Bill Bennett
Chorus uses vans to help company branding. Now it says it has a new van that can improve efficiency. The Chorus van comes with built-in communications technologies and a link to the cloud. More >>
