This book is about writing real-world applications for the Android platform primarily using the Python
language and a little bit of JavaScript. While there is nothing wrong with Java, it really is overkill when all
you need to do is turn on or off a handful of settings on your Android device. The Scripting Layer for
Android (SL4A)...
Do you want to get started building apps for Android, today’s number one mobile platform? Are you already building Android apps but want to get better at it? The Android™ Developer’s Cookbook, Second Edition, brings together all the expert guidance and code you’ll need.
This volume offers a critique of the nexus between ICT and its impact on society, individuals and educational institutions. One of the most significant dimensions of globalisation has been the rapid development of information and communications technologies (ICTs). Our lives have been changed by ICTs in numerous ways and the implications for...
Microsoft® Dynamics CRM 2011 Unleashed presents start-to-finish guidance for planning, customizing, deploying, integrating, managing, and securing the newest version of Dynamics CRM. Authored by three leading Microsoft Dynamics implementers, it illuminates new opportunities to deploy CRM as a hosted service (SaaS), integrate with...
The way electronic measurement instruments are built is making an evolutionary leap to a new method of design called synthetic instruments. This promises to be the most significant advance in electronic test and instrumentation since the introduction of automated test equipment (ATE). The switch to synthetic instruments is beginning now, and it...
This thesis is an attempt to address the spontaneous, often unpredictable uses of technology that can foster feelings of social participation. A key idea is that social processes and dynamics advance technological design. Consider the most recent applications that are primarily focused on social interaction: social software (Allen, 2004),...
This book is intended for developers wishing to utilize Asterisk, system administrators wishing to gain better control over their Asterisk installation, and telephony service providers wishing to deploy Asterisk-based solutions to their infrastructure. You are expected to have some...
I FIRST STARTED PLAYING WITH THE ANDROID SDK before it was offi cially released as a 1.0 release.
Back then, the tools were unpolished, the APIs in the SDK were unstable, and the documentation
was sparse. Fast forward two and a half years, Android is now a formidable mobile operating
system, with a following no less impressive that the...
Beginning iOS Apps with Facebook and Twitter APIs shows you how to add the power of social networking to your mobile apps on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. With this book as your guide, you can write apps that connect to Facebook and Twitter quickly, securely, and discreetly. Instead of starting from scratch, you will build on the...
Marketers are always looking to make their communications more personal, more targeted, and more relevant. Mobile is arguably the most personal, targeted, and relevant marketing channel available.
Mobile devices provide individuals with almost instant access to friends and family, location-based information, productivity tools,...
Beginning Android Tablet Programming starts off by showing how to get your system ready for Android tablet programming. You won't need any previous Android experience, because you'll learn all about the basic structure of an Android program and how the Android operating system works—and then you'll learn how to...
It would be an understatement to say that a book on fixed-mobile convergence is very he was convinced that mobile phones work off the satellites up in the sky—how an educated person in our enlightened times can be so technically unaware! We then kept him amused for about 15 minutes with a description of a highly developed terrestrial...
