Rumors are a funny thing. In one instance they create a whole culture of fodder for bloggers and their readers. In another, they cause whole factories to produce cases for products that neither exist, nor have official specifications. Such was the story before the iPhone 4S release and has now returned as the rumored iPad …

The fight to jailbreak Apple’s A5-chip-powered devices, specifically the iPhone 4S and the iPad, is nearing its end. Hacker “pod2g” and his crew of iOS exploit seekers have released photos and videos of a jailbroken iPhone 4S and a jailbroken iPad 2, both running iOS 5.0.1. The most compelling proof that an A5 jailbreak is close comes in the form …

After iOS 5 was released alongside the iPhone 4S this past fall, Twitter accounts grew by more than 25 percent, largely because of its integrated place in Apple’s mobile operating system. Now, according to tech site iMore, iOS 5.1 could bring a similar integration for Facebook. Screenshot by iMore Not that Facebook really needs more users. But, it should come …

Apple has once again reached out to the greener side of our sympathies, this time by implementing its recycling program for iPads and iPhones in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. Screenshot by Joe Aimonetti The recycling program, extended to iPads and iPhones in the United States this summer, allows customers with older-model iOS devices to send them in to …

The promise is seductive. Two of the biggest technology companies on the planet are combining forces to give their adoring fans free iPads and iPhones? Yes! And all you have to do is give up all your personal information for that chance. That’s what spam scammers are hoping you will do once you see the quasi-personal letter from everyone’s favorite …

Last year Apple managed to get 676 patents awarded to it by the U.S. Patent Office, and 2012 is showing no signs of Apple slowing down. In its latest application, Apple is proposing technology that would control a 3D interface using touch-free motion-based gestures on your iOS device. Screenshot by Josh Lowensohn The concept of controlling a device with motion …

Reports that permeated the iPad 3 rumor mill this morning peg iPad 3 manufacturers Foxconn Electronics and Pegatron Technology as having begun iPad 3 production with a March launch on the horizon. Those reports cited earlier rumors that Sharp was a main manufacturer of the high-density displays used in the iPad 3, which have now been challenged by a new …

If you’ve been patiently waiting for a jailbreak solution for your A5-based device–in other words, your iPhone 4S or iPad 2–it should be exciting news that the jailbreak community has gotten its current program out of the sandbox stage, which generally signals an imminent release. Apple According to a tweet picked up by iDownloadBlog, hacker “planetbeing” has announced that the …

China is booming, and Apple knows it. While the only official iPhone carrier in China, China Unicom, is offering free iPhones with long-term contracts, a new competitor may be soon entering the market. Apple According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, China Telecom, the third largest wireless carrier in China may soon be offering the iPhone on its …

Pegatron Technology, one of the major manufacturers of Apple’s iPad, has already begun filling an order of iPad 3 units to be released in March, according to a report from industry Web site Digi Times. Apple The report also states that Pegatron will be producing between 7 million and 10 million iPad 4 units set to be released in October. …