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An App of the Year doesn't deserve the title until POTUS joins the fray. President Barack Obama, arguably the first Technophile in Chief, joined picture sharing social network Instagram the night of the Iowa Caucuses. The move signals Obama's continued reliance on social media to connect with younger voters who were integral in his 2008 electoral victory.

The French Hacker pod2g released an exciting news for those who are still envious of A4 iDevice owners as the latter have got their untethered jailbreak. Pod2g revealed his progress on A5 on Tuesday, and said the untethered jailbreak for the A5 powered iPad2 and iPhone 4S will come 'in a week'.

More than 10 million Facebook users play glitzy Diamond Dash each month, according to developer Wooga, making it one of the most popular games on the social networking site.

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Jailbreak developer Pod2g announced on Twitter that he has made significant progress on an untethered jailbreak for A5 devices and that a release could be expected within a week.

The iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak for A4 iDevices has become available with the iPhone Dev Team and Chronic Dev Team having released Corona 5.0.1 and Redsn0w 0.9.10b3. In this context one question that is asked is whether these are legal or not.

An unauthorized action figure of late Apple founder Steve Jobs has hit the Internet, courtesy of Chinese company In Icons. The miniature replica of the tech legend will be available in February unless Apple pulls the plug, but tech geeks are more excited about how unbelievably realistic the Jobs doll is. Check out photos of the action figure here.

For the 20th consecutive year, Intel was the world’s biggest chipmaker, with a commanding lead over No. 2 rival, Samsung Electronics, market research firm Gartner estimated.

Jailbreak fans has received iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak for A4 iDevices as new year's gift. The iPhone Dev Team and Chronic Dev Team released Corona 5.0.1 and Redsn0w 0.9.10b3, respectively, based on the work of the French hacker pod2g.Among the jailbreakers, there are two outstanding hackers, MuscleNerd and pod2g, but pod2g is the first to release the iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak. And now the hacker has also released the details on Corona.

Chronic Dev Team member pod2g has an interesting New Year gift for his fans - the French hacker has uploaded his blog with juicy details of Corona, the untethered jailbreak for non-A5 devices that are running on iOS 5.0.1, but many of his followers did not appreciate his hard work and criticized him instead for not releasing A5 jailbreak yet.

Pod2g, the French hacker of the Chronic Dev-team, who said he would be working full-time on the A5 jailbreak and transferred all the responsibilities of the A4 untethered jailbreak to the Chronic Dev-team, to help him focus on the declared task, recently updated his blog. Unfortunately, to the disappointment of A5 users, there is no mention of the new jailbreak in the post.

Other than the newly released iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak for A4 devices, another issue that is creating much buzz around the tech world these days is Apple's next generation iPad aka iPad 3. The device, which is highly expected to launch towards the end of this month, is rumored to arrive in two sizes and have a set of enhanced features.

The A4 device exclusive exploit has already been made public, but very few are aware about what really goes behind the entire process. In a blog post, Pod2g revealed key details related to the development of the untethered iOS 5.0.1 jailbreak and Corona.

A recent rumor has surfaced on the Internet that states Apple's iTV is on track to be released by the end of 2012. Apparently Samsung has begun making chips and Sharp the displays.

Apple iPhone 5 rumors have been continuously circulating on the Internet, with the most recent one, from Barclays Capital, stating the iPhone is Apple's largest and most profitable product line.

Samsung Galaxy S3, expected to be the next flagship smartphone from the South Korean electronics company, is rumored to have a 3D version besides the regular HD version.

According to the iPhone Dev Team, it has incorporated work by Pod2g in creating the first widely and freely available untethered jailbreak for devices powered by iOS 5.0.1 devices using Apple’s A4 processor.

2011 was not only a big year for news, it was also a big year for online leaks. Several celebrities fell victim to online hackers who posted their nude photos or alleged nude photos on the Internet. Similarly, footage from some of the biggest movies last year also found its way on the World Wide Web.

Apple's $99 set-top box, the Apple TV, has been coaxed into running full screen iOS apps by an enterprising hacker named Steve Troughton-Smith.

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If you are yet to decide how to use the new gadgets you've just received this Christmas, hold your breath as another set of minblowing tech bonanzas are ready to turn you around next week. This year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is scheduled to take place in Las Vegas from Jan. 10 to Jan. 13.