Macworld: New lenses for the iPhone

At Macworld, lens-maker, Schneider Optics has announced the addition of the new 2X Tele lens for its new iPro Lens System that enables professional quality photographic still and video imagery with the iPhone 4 and 4S.

Nokia Lumia arrives in SA

The first two Nokia smartphones based on Windows Phone were launched in South Africa last night, and will be in store from 7 February.

Spam declines, targeted threats up

In 2010, cybercrime took a turning point, spam levels declined and this trend continued throughout 2011. According to Cisco's Annual Security Report, this trend was explained by the takedown of numerous botnet networks, even though the number of smaller, more focused attacks was on the increase.

Hi-tech heritage for P-E

The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality, in conjunction with Aspire Solutions has started creating a map-based online register, including photography, location and rating of every heritage building in Port Elizabeth.

Macworld: Garmin to showcase new iOS app features

Garmin has announced that it will showcase its newest iOS application features at this year's Macworld. Among the newest features, Garmin will demo social search and check-in capabilities for the StreetPilot on Demand navigation app as well as as new functions for the Tracker app that allows users to share links to a live tracking map.

Macworld: Dragon speaks to the iPad

Nuance Communications has announced a new version of the Dragon PaperPort Notes app for the iPad, for the first time letting people create notes simply by speaking.

A bumper season for eBucks

Despite slow to steady retail sales forecasts for the 2011 festive season, eBucks saw the highest activity ever recorded, with members spending R140 million between October and December 2011, a growth of 60% on 2010.