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Beginning Programming with C++ For Dummies

Stephen R. Davis · For Dummies; 2 edition
Format: Print book

Learn to program with C quickly with this helpful For Dummies guide Beginning Programming with C For Dummies, 2nd Edition gives you plain-English explanations of the fundamental principles of C, arming you with the skills and know-how to expertly use one of the worlds most popular programming...
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Successful Business Intelligence: Unlock the Value of BI & Big Data

Cindi Howson · Mcgraw-Hill Osborne Media; 2 edition
Format: Book

Revised to cover new advances in business intelligence—big data, cloud, mobile, and more—this fully updated bestseller reveals the latest techniques to exploit BI for the highest ROI. “Cindi has created, with her typical attention to details that matter, a contemporary...
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Art with an iPhone: A Photographer's Guide to Creating Altered Realities

KAT SLOMA · Amherst Media
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

iPhone boasts a powerful and highly capable camera that is always at the ready, allowing you to document the people, places, and things that surround you. Kat Sloma teaches you how to harness natural light, both indoors and out, to create high-quality images -- and then she details some...
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Pogue's Basics: Essential Tips and Shortcuts

David Pogue · St Martin's Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

New York Times BestsellerDid you know that can you scroll a Web page just by tapping the space bar? How do you recover photos you've deleted by accident? What can you do if your cell phone's battery is dead by dinnertime each day? When it comes to technology, there's no driver's ed class...
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Future Crimes: Everything Is Connected, Everyone Is Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It

Marc Goodman · Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES and WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLEROne of the world's leading authorities on global security, Marc Goodman takes readers deep into the digital underground to expose the alarming ways criminals, corporations, and even countries are using new and emerging technologies against...
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Short Circuits: Crafting e-Puppets with DIY Electronics

Kylie A Peppler · The MIT Press,
Pages: 347
Format: Print book

Short Circuits offers students opportunities to undertake physical computing projects, providing tools and methods for creating electronic puppets. Students learn how to incorporate microprocessors into everyday materials and use them to enhance...
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Make Great Art on Your iPad

ALISON JARDINE · Ilex Press
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Explore your creative talents and produce amazing artworks on your iPad. You don't have to be an artist to achieve great results on your iPad, and this refreshingly accessible book is perfect for skilled artists and creative wannabes alike. Alongside the step- by-step projects that teach...
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iMac For Dummies

Mark L Chambers · John Wiley & Sons
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

Take a bite out of your iMac with this bestselling guide Even if you're already in love with your iMac, it helps to have a little guidance to really get the most out of this ultimate all-in-one computer. With loads of updated and brand new content, this new edition of iMac For Dummies...
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iPhone: The Missing Manual

David Pogue · O'Reilly Media; 8 edition
Format: Print book

With the iOS 8.1 software and the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, Apple has taken its flagship products into new realms of power and beauty. The modern iPhone comes with everything—camera, music player, Internet, flashlight—except a printed manual. Fortunately, David Pogue is back with this...
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The End of Absence: Reclaiming What We’ve Lost in a World of Constant Connection

Michael Harris · Current
Format: Hardcover

Soon enough nobody will remember life before the Internet What does this unavoidable fact mean For future generations it wont mean anything very obvious They will be so immersed in online life that questions about the Internets basic purpose or meaning will vanish But those of us who have...
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Java: The Complete Reference, Ninth Edition

Herbert Schildt · McGraw-Hill/Osborne
Pages: 1312
Format:  Book : English : Ninth edition

The Definitive Java Programming Guide Fully updated for Java SE 8, Java: The Complete Reference, Ninth Edition explains how to develop, compile, debug, and run Java programs. Bestselling programming author Herb Schildt covers the entire Java language, including its syntax, keywords, and fundamental...
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Facebook For Dummies

Andreas Scha?fer · For Dummies
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

Take control of your Facebook profileWhen you join Facebook, you're joining a community with over two billion other people spread around the globe. It helps to have the insight on not only how to set up your profile and add content, but also how to make sure you control who sees and doesn't...
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The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters

Tom Nichols · Oxford University Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

People are now exposed to more information than ever before, provided both by technology and by increasing access to every level of education. These societal gains, however, have also helped fuel a surge in narcissistic and misguided intellectual egalitarianism that has crippled informed...
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Hadoop For Dummies

Dirk deRoos · For Dummies; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Let Hadoop For Dummies help harness the power of your data and rein in the information overloadBig data has become big business, and companies and organizations of all sizes are struggling to find ways to retrieve valuable information from their massive data sets with becoming overwhelmed....
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