Iphone 4s not recognized after ipod connected

I connected an ipod to itunes. Then I tried to connect my iphone 4s and my iphone is no longer recognized by itunes. I have tried rebooting my iphone - - deleting and reinstalling itunes, but nothing works.

Can anyone please help? This community is not like it used to be...
The worst part is, I cannot even do a restore since the device does not show in windows at all. I have even tried another computer and it is not showing up. At the very least, can someone tell me if they believe this is iPhone hardware related or iPhone software related?
As I said, the iPhone was syncing just fine after the dock connector replacement. It was only after updating from ios 7.0 to 7.1 that the problem arose.
Please any little bit of feedback is helpful.

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