Source: CNET

Lose an iPhone?  According to CNET, an Apple employee left behind yet ANOTHER unreleased iPhone 5 prototype in a bar. The iPhone, which went missing in San Francisco’s Mission district in late July, led Apple on a wild goose chase to recover the device.

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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This one gets the best gaming app award — Cut the Rope is the only app in Apple App Store history that sold a million copies in only nine days!

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

Your iPad 2 or iPhone 4 device can type in multiple languages within the same “Note” email, or even text message! 

You can enable a character count on your iPad 2 or iPhone 4 to keep track of how long your text messages are!

Did you know your iPad 2 or iPhone 4 has a scientific calculator with a slew of extra features that can be accessed from your device’s regular calculator?

Using your iPad 2 or iPhone 4 Google Maps and wanted to zoom in to get a closer view of the map?

Did you know there’s a way to control the “iPod” features on the iPad 2 or iPhone 4, while the device is locked?