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On Tuesday, Fremont, Calif.-based Tactus Technology unveiled its solution to the touchscreen keyboard at SID Display Week 2012, showing off a prototype of an interface with appearing and disappearing keys that rise out of the touchscreen to provide a guide for your fingers and feedback to confirm the selection. A similar technology was reportedly being built for Apple's sixth-generation smartphone, presumably called the iPhone 5.

It's been almost eight months since Apple released iOS 5, the most comprehensive update to its mobile operating system for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Now, in the weeks leading up to Apple's 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), insiders believe Apple will again announce a major update to its mobile platform and unveil iOS 6.

Breaking the tough technical shackles, the much-anticipated untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 was finally made public by the Chronic Dev Team last week. Here's a list of a few of the gems available in Cydia store that would provide unique functionality for your jailbroken iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch running iOS 5.1.1.

As Apple prepares for WWDC in San Francisco, new parts and components for a sixth-generation iPhone have surfaced on the Internet, via Apple website 9 to 5 Mac. The images, which show the faceplates and backplates for a new black and white iPhone, appear to be legitimate. This could be the iPhone 5 we've all been waiting for.

Too many leaked parts. Too many missing phones. Whatever the real reason is, Apple CEO Tim Cook wants to double down on secrecy on products coming out of Cupertino. Cook's announcement at the D10: All Things D Conference would make Apple fans, as well as the late Apple founder Steve Jobs, very proud.

The Chronic Dev Team has pushed out yet another update of the Absinthe tool. The popular untethered jailbreak tool has been updated to version 2.0.4 that includes support for the previously left alone iPad 2,4.

Jailbreakers were warned to stay away from the new iOS 5.1.1 9B208 build for the fear of losing the current jailbreak. But that threat no longer exists now as both the Chronic Dev Team and iOS hacker iH8Sn0w have come up for rescue by releasing Absinthe 2.0.2 and Sn0wbreeze 2.9.5 respectively that add iOS 5.1.1 9B208 support for iPhone 4 GSM.

Groupon Inc. is testing a payment service that will allow merchants to accept credit cards using its infrastructure, media reports said, pushing the coupon company into a market space already occupied by PayPal and Square.

Rocky Racoon 5.1.1 Untether? Cydia Tweak is now available to convert iOS 5.1.1 tethered jailbreak to Untethered jailbreak on All devices except Apple TV3.

All those users of an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad running on Apple's iOS 5.1.1 firmware are now able to break the technical shackles on their devices, thanks to Absinthe 2.0. The latest untethered jailbreak tool covers the majority of iOS devices, except for the third generation Apple TV.

Interest in hurdler Lolo Jones, aka Lori Jones, has gone far beyond her track and field skills since she first tweeted that she was a virgin and later said on HBO's Real Sports show that she was in search of a husband.

Apple quietly tweaked its App Store platform for Mac computers and iOS devices, rebranding a few categories and adding new features. But while most users may not notice these subtle changes, it's possible that these moves are in fact a precursor to a larger, more wholesale redesign of the App Stores.

Six days after the company's IPO and two months after it acquired photo-sharing app company Instagram for $1 billion, Facebook debuted a photo app of its own on Thursday, called Facebook Camera. Here, we'll break down Facebook Camera, and evaluate whether or not the new app has added value over Instagram.

Apple's senior VP of industrial design Jonathan Jony Ive, who was also Apple founder Steve Jobs' closest friend and confidant, was asked by The Telegraph what project he would like to be remembered by. Even though Ive is behind some of Apple's most courageous product designs, the design guru actually said Apple's current project could be his finest hour.

Yahoo Axis is on a mission to redefine the way users search for information. Offered by a free download, Yahoo Axis takes four major Web browsers - Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari - and alters them to display search results in a more convenient and visual format.

On Thursday, pod2g announced the inclusion of the iPad 3,3 to the list of supported devices. With the new iPad now fully supported by the iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak, the only device left to be tested is iPad 2 Wi-Fi, R2 (iPad 2,4).

Oh, the horror!

iPhone 5 rumors are heating up if Apple hopes to release the smartphone between June and October. The latest report comes from 9 to 5 Mac, which says it has independently heard that Apple is testing multiple versions of its sixth-generation iPhone, but the displays are not only bigger, but sharper, too.

Pod2g announced has that the highly anticipated untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 is almost ready for public release and should available in the next few days. As per further revelation from xvolks, the new jailbreak took will indeed be called Absinthe 2.0. He also uploaded a video showing the tool in action on an iPhone 4 GSM running iOS 5.1.1.

Earlier this week, he listed out, via a blog post, the devices that would be supported by the upcoming untethered exploit. Now, he has come up with yet another update, adding two more devices to the list of the compatible ones - iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 3G.

Apple hopes to make all drivers safer with a new invention, which lets users wirelessly control the music playing in their car without ever taking their hands off the steering wheel. In a patent that was quietly granted on May 15, Apple describes a new remote control that can be clipped onto any car's steering wheel.