Slate-style computers have been around for a few years, but it took
Apple to make them catch on with the general public in a big way when
it introduced the iPad. This small, less than a pound-and-a-half wonder has
sold millions of units in its first year for good reason: It’s well designed,
feature rich, and opens up a world of...
PHP has changed the world: no other language has influenced and spurred web development
so strongly. From simple home pages to social software and business applications
to the largest global websites, PHP has played a leading role for years. Simultaneously,
Microsoft and its Windows operating system has made computers available to all...
Ever since I spotted and started reading my first computer book in 1981, I knew Information
Technology (IT) was going to be an important part of my life. I feel privileged to have been able to
make a career out of something I enjoy, and the fact that it changes on what seems to be a
monthly basis means it never gets boring. It still...
You can use the Drupal 7 content management framework to build a small business
website rapidly. You may add blogs; images and image galleries; maps, e-commerce
and shopping carts; social application integration including Twitter and Flickr,
and more to your site to connect with your customers and make more money
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I’ve been working with web-based APIs since 1999, building SOAP-based web services for internal IT applications and helping thousands of developers using Google’s RESTbased APIs for Google Calendar, Picasa Web Albums, YouTube, and more. Each of these APIs has required authorization from users to act on their behalf. Developers...
Taking Your iPad to the Max, iOS 5 Edition is written so that anyone can quickly get up to speed on Apple’s latest hit. As bloggers at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW.com), the authors have the happy privilege of working with Apple products every day, and they'll guide you through all of the perks of being an iPad owner...
The iPad is a unique and totally revolutionary device in many ways. The iPad is a tablet computer featuring multi-touch interaction with print, video, photo, and audio multimedia, internet browsing, and runs most iPhone OS apps. The device has an LED-backlit 9.7-inch (25 cm) color LCD display and uses a virtual keyboard...
Take advantage of Drupal’s vast collection of community-contributed modules and discover how they make this web framework unique and valuable. With this guide, you’ll learn how to combine modules in interesting ways (with minimal code-wrangling) to develop several community-driven websites— including a job posting...
iOS 5 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach is your guide to developing solutions on iPad, iPhone, and other iOS 5 devices and platforms. This book provides in-depth code samples and discussions for scenarios that developers face every day. You'll find numerous examples of real-world cases that will enable you to build...
People often ask me if I think Apple is a company that knows how to make a good
server. My answer is usually a little longer than what those people probably had in
mind. Tim Berners-Lee wrote the first web server in 1989 on a computer running the
NeXTSTEP operating system. At the time, NeXTSTEP was a fledgling,...
Unlock the potential of Samsung's Galaxy S II with this jargon-free guide from technology guru Preston Gralla. You’ll quickly learn how to shoot high-res photos and HD video, keep your schedule, stay in touch, and enjoy your favorite media. Every page is packed with illustrations and valuable advice to help you get the most...
Ready to move to the Mac? This incomparable guide helps you make a smooth transition. New York Times columnist and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue gets you past three challenges: transferring your stuff, assembling Mac programs so you can do what you did with Windows, and learning your way around OS X.
