OS X was first released to the public over a decade ago as Mac
OS X Beta (code-named Kodiak). The decade after that saw
Mac OS X go from an interesting oddity unsuited to daily work
to a usable operating system with little third-party support to
everything most people want out of an operating system and a...
What gives you access to the world’s greatest literature, today’s bestsellers,
tomorrow’s up-and-coming authors, the world’s top newspapers and magazines,
TV shows and movies, great games, email, and more?
It’s the NOOK Tablet—a great combo eReader and Android...
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS JAVASCRIPT has undergone a remarkable transformation. Where
once it was a “toy” language relegated to secondary status it’s now one of the most important
programming languages in the world. With the ongoing importance of Ajax-based development and
the rise of full-featured JavaScript...
Over the past three years, I have witnessed something
remarkable as iPhone and iPad developers have created
and posted apps to Apple’s App Store at a breathtaking
pace. The App Store has swelled to more than 400,000
apps and still shows no signs of abating. The gold rush to
sell iPhone and...
This book serves two goals: introducing new developers to iOS development, and educating
experienced developers about the tools and technologies available in iOS 5. We will
examine a wide range of subjects—some new and some old—covering everything from
building an initial iOS project to submitting your app to the iTunes...
When people speak of Ruby web development, it has historically been in reference to
the opinionated juggernaut that is Rails. This is certainly not an unfounded association;
Hulu, Yellow Pages, Twitter, and countless others have relied on Rails to power their
(often massive) web presences, and Rails facilitates that process with zeal....
Social media can be an incredibly powerful marketing tool that brings a company or organization huge rewards. But for beginners in this new world, the potential risks are also high. Consumers are particularly passionate in the online world; the most active social networkers are poised to be your brand's gushing fans—or your most...
From its beginnings, the Internet has fostered communication, collaboration and
networking between users. However, the first boom at the turn of the millennium
was mainly driven by a rather one-sided interaction: e-commerce, portal sites and
the broadcast models of mainstream media were introduced to theWeb. Over the
last six or seven...
Ajax is the necessary paradigm in Web 2.0 sites. Most Web 2.0 sites are built with PHP and Ajax. Extending Ajax is about delivering front-end services for accessing back-end services in PHP in a quick and easy manner. With this book in hand, you will learn how to use the necessary tools for Ajaxification of websites and iPhones.
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
from your...
Chances are you’re one of the 750 million or so users of
Facebook, or maybe you’ve tried Twitter or another
social network. Google has responded to the lively interest
in social networking with one of its own called Google+ (also
known as “Google Plus” or even just “g+”), and Google+ is...
iPhone Location Aware Apps Beginner's Guide is probably the first book from any technical publisher that teaches you to build real world applications (five of them). That's a bold step from PacktPub - by undertaking more lively practical examples, rather than 400 pages of text! The book lays emphasis on location services, due to the...
