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iPad and iPhone Tips and Tricks

iPad and iPhone Tips and TricksBook Description

For iOS 5 on iPad 2 and iPhone 4/4s

Discover hundreds of tips and tricks you can use with your iPad or iPhone to maximize its functionality as you use your iOS 5 mobile device as a powerful communication, organization, and productivity tool, as well as a feature-packed entertainment device.

In addition to learning all about the apps that come preinstalled on your iPhone or iPad, you learn about some of the best third-party apps currently available and discover useful strategies for how to best utilize them.

Using an easy-to-understand, nontechnical approach, this book is ideal for absolute beginners, as well as more experienced iPad or iPhone users who want to discover how to use the iOS 5 operating system with iCloud and the latest versions of popular apps.

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Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 in 24 Hours

Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 in 24 HoursBook Description

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you’ll learn how to drive powerful business results with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011! Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll learn how to orchestrate successful CRM projects, automate processes, create more efficient workflows, optimize sales and marketing campaigns, and integrate with your other systems to do even more. One step at a time, you’ll master new features ranging from the new Ribbon interface to SharePoint integration. Each lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, helping you get the job done fast–and get it done right!

Step-by-step instructions walk you through common tasks.

Quizzes and exercises at the end of each chapter test your knowledge.

By the Way notes present information related to the discussion.

Did You Know? tips offer advice or show you easier ways to perform tasks.

Watch Out! cautions alert you to possible problems and give you advice on how to avoid them.

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Arduino and Kinect Projects

Arduino and Kinect ProjectsBook Description

If you’ve done some Arduino tinkering and wondered how you could incorporate the Kinect—or the other way around—then this book is for you. The authors of Arduino and Kinect Projects will show you how to create 10 amazing, creative projects, from simple to complex. You’ll also find out how to incorporate Processing in your project design—a language very similar to the Arduino language.

The ten projects are carefully designed to build on your skills at every step. Starting with the Arduino and Kinect equivalent of “Hello, World,” the authors will take you through a diverse range of projects that showcase the huge range of possibilities that open up when Kinect and Arduino are combined.

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The NOOK Book, 3rd Edition

The NOOK Book, 3rd EditionBook Description

Make the Most of Any B&N NOOK–Including NOOK Tablet, NOOK Color, or NOOK Simple Touch!

Read books, play media, get free content, uncover powerful, little-known features you’ll love!

Do all this, and much more…

  • Discover great web sources of free and low-cost ebooks
  • Sample B&N content for free before you buy it
  • Mark up your ebooks with highlights, annotations, and bookmarks
  • Stream Netflix, Hulu Plus, and other video on your NOOK Tablet or NOOK Color
  • Listen to music with Pandora, Rhapsody, MOG, and Grooveshark
  • Read full-color comics, graphic novels, and magazines
  • Lend and borrow books with B&N’s LendMe
  • Read your ebooks anywhere–even if you’ve left your NOOK at home
  • Master NOOK’s built-in chess, crosswords, and Sudoku
  • “Root” your NOOK to run standard Android apps
  • Use NOOK Friends to share your reading status, recommendations, and ratings on Facebook, Twitter, or BN.com
  • Manage your content with My NOOK Library or powerful third-party Calibre software
  • Create personal NOOK wallpapers and screensavers
  • Browse the web more efficiently with your NOOK Tablet or NOOK Color
  • Customize NOOK children’s ebooks to read themselves aloud–in your own voice!
  • Use PubIt!M to publish and sell your own ebook at BN.com

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My Xbox

My XboxBook Description

Covers Xbox 360, Kinect, and Xbox LIVE

Step-by-step instructions with callouts to Xbox photos that show you exactly what to do

Help when you run into problems with Xbox 360, Kinect, or Xbox LIVE

Tips and Notes  to help you get the most from your Xbox 360 system

Full-color, step-by-step tasks show you how to have maximum fun with Xbox 360, Kinect, and Xbox LIVE! Learn how to:

  • Quickly set up your Xbox 360, Kinect sensor, controllers, headset, and storage
  • Network your Xbox using wireless or wired connections
  • Join Xbox LIVE and start competing against gamers worldwide
  • Create your avatar and personalize your entire Xbox experience
  • Get great new content on Microsoft’s Game, Video, and Music Marketplaces
  • Find, contact, and team up with friends on Xbox LIVE
  • Protect your kids from inappropriate content
  • Post on Facebook and Twitter from your Xbox
  • Discover how Kinect is the future of motion control–now!
  • Get great performance from your Kinect sensor
  • Troubleshoot Xbox problems fast, so you can get back to having fun!

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XPages Portable Command Guide

XPages Portable Command GuideBook Description

A Practical Primer for XPages Application Development, Debugging, and Performance

Using XPages, Lotus® Notes® and Domino® developers can quickly create state-of-the-art web, mobile, and Notes client business applications using standard technologies like HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and XML. Now, there’s a perfect portable XPages quick reference for every working developer. Straight from the experts at IBM®, XPages Portable Command Guide offers fast access to working code, tested solutions, expert tips, and example-driven best practices. Drawing on their unsurpassed experience as IBM XPages lead developers and customer consultants, the authors explore many lesser known facets of the XPages runtime, illuminating these capabilities with dozens of examples that solve specific XPages development problems. Using their easy-to-adapt code examples, you can develop XPages solutions with outstanding performance, scalability, flexibility, efficiency, reliability, and value.

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