If you’re looking for gift ideas for your tech loving friends & family for the 2011 holiday season, the SheBytes gadget guide has got you covered!  In ascending price order, here are our top 10 gift and stocking stuffer ideas:

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is dead; the news, which broke late yesterday evening, has left me deeply saddened.

We wrote about Steve Job’s resignation in late August, when he wrote “I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.” Steve has been battling cancer for many years; we knew he wasn’t well, but we had no idea his tragic end would come so soon.  His death came just a day after the first Apple release without him; the October 4th announcement of the iPhone 4S.

As Apple rolls out increasingly futuristic and advanced products, the accessory market is BOOMING!

One of our new favorites is the brand new iPad ClamCase, demonstrated in the video above. 

Similar to the Logitech design we featured a little while back, the ClamCase includes 360-degree hinge movement, is available in both black and white, and harbors an incredible 90 hours of battery life!

SheBytes is sharing a sneak peak at the new Rose Beck collection of Holiday Resort Wear for iPhones and iPads!   Themed for Spring / Summer 1960′s in Super Palm Beach style, this collection is ”T H E   I T” accessory for iPhones and iPads for Holiday, Resort and Spring 2012! 

Been looking for a replacement for your boring iPad case?  Look no further!

Carry your iPad in style with Diane Von Furstenberg’s Harper connect leather day bag.

DaaS (Desktop as a Service), what is it?  DaaS is a form of computing where your workstation is in the Cloud.  You connect to your virtual desktop, using any internet-connected device (even a thin-client, like a tablet or iPad).  What you see on your monitor is just a virtual image of the processing happening in a data center off-site.

Wondering how the app evolved?  There’s a process to the app evolution!  Mobile technology has forever revolutionized the way we compute, predominantly via apps.  Above is a nice infographic illustrating the history and evolution of mobile apps.  For instance, the iPhone App Store has generated over 4 billion downloads, totaling over $3 billion in revenue –WOW!

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Source: CNN

The U.S. Treasury reported on Wednesday that it has an operating cash balance of $73.8 billion.  On the other hand, Apple (AAPL), the largest technology conglomerate in the world, has $76.2 billion in cash and marketable securities as of the end of the 2nd quarter.

The difference here is pretty clear to me: unlike the Unites States Treasury, Apple makes more money than it spends.

Sounds to me like the U.S. government ought to start selling iPads. 

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The Dictionary.com app is our pick for best free reference app; it lets you carry around a nearly infinite supply of word definitions with you at all times!

WhatsApp is our pick for best app for messaging! An app that allows you to exchange messages without having to pay for SMS!