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Book SynopsisA guide for age appropriate use of digital media by children and adolescents for the support of parents, schools and other people affected, with particular attention to the developmental phases of childhood.

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Book Synopsis This bestselling guide, iPad for Seniors in easy steps, 12th edition, is updated to cover iPadOS 16. Written in larger type, it'll help senior folks learn how to use and enjoy myriad iPad features with ease:Choose the right model for you, master Multitasking Gestures, and customize the iPad for your needs. Use your iPad to keep in touch with family and friends. Make video calls and send messages for free; take and share photos.Shop and order food and more online; take a virtual tour of your favorite art galleries and museums; plan and book your trips. Explore the new and enhanced features in iPadOS 16, and make the most of your new device! You don't have to ask the kids anymore!

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Book SynopsisGet more out of your coding with GitHub For today's coders, GitHub is a must. The world's largest software development platform, GitHub helps developers store, track, and collaborate on software projects. In this easy-to-follow Dummies guide, you'll find insight into creating repositories, establishing projects, collaborating, incorporating open-source resources, and establishing yourself as a valued member of the GitHub community. With a working knowledge of GitHub, you'll be a better, more employable programmer. The simple instructions and interactive examples in this book will get you there quickly. Get the instructions you need for using GitHub to collaborate on software projectsBecome more attractive to employers with knowledge and experience in the largest development platformSet up GitHub Desktop, create a repository, and launch your first projectUse GitHub Skills courses to learn new tricks, for beginners to prosYou've learned how to write a little codenow learn how to share itTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part 1: Getting Started with GitHub.com 5 Chapter 1: Understanding the Git in GitHub 7 Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Collaborative Coding Environment 25 Part 2: Starting Your First Solo Project 35 Chapter 3: Introducing GitHub Repositories 37 Chapter 4: Setting Up a GitHub Website Repo 57 Chapter 5: Creating a Website with GitHub Pages 73 Part 3: Contributing to Your First Project 91 Chapter 6: Forking GitHub Repositories 93 Chapter 7: Writing and Committing Code 109 Chapter 8: Working with Pull Requests 129 Part 4: Managing and Contributing to Large Projects 149 Chapter 9: Exploring and Contributing to OSS 151 Chapter 10: Starting Your Own OSS 165 Chapter 11: Inner-Source Your Code on GitHub 185 Part 5: Making GitHub Work for You 203 Chapter 12: Collaborating Outside of GitHub 205 Chapter 13: GitHub Workflow Integrations 219 Chapter 14: Personalizing GitHub 233 Part 6: The GitHub Ecosystem 247 Chapter 15: Exploring the GitHub Marketplace 249 Chapter 16: GitHub and You 259 Chapter 17: Attending Events 267 Part 7: The Part of Tens 277 Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Level Up on GitHub 279 Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Improve Your Development Workflow 291 Chapter 20: Ten Tips for Being an Effective Community Member 299 Index 307

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Book SynopsisAll the info you want about Apple Watch, and none of the fluff you don't Apple Watch For Seniors For Dummies helps you get the most out of your smart device. Start with the very basics if you're an Apple Watch newbie, or, if you're upgrading, check out the no-nonsense coverage of the latest bells and whistles. The upgraded Sleep app, Afib monitoring that you can share with your doctor, the new Medications app for logging prescriptions, and, of course, all the texting, weather, and fitness features Apple users love. This book is packed with all the information you need to get up to speed on the latest versions of the Apple Watch and watchOS 9. For users in the 60+ crowd, this For Seniors guide uses a larger font for text and a larger size for figures to make the book as easy to read as possible. You'll also find Tips, Warnings, and Notes to help you stay safe while you make the most out of your watch and avoid common mistakes. Yep, it's a computer for your wrist. Let this friendly guideTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part 1: Getting to Know Your Apple Watch 5 Chapter 1: Buying Your Apple Watch 7 Chapter 2: Setting Up 21 Chapter 3: Getting Going 45 Chapter 4: Making Your Apple Watch Accessible 69 Part 2: Digging Deeper into Your Apple Watch 89 Chapter 5: What Time Is It? 91 Chapter 6: Communicating with Apple Watch 109 Chapter 7: Staying on Top of Things 133 Chapter 8: Meeting Siri 155 Chapter 9: It’s a Wallet, Too? 169 Part 3: Just for the Health of It 181 Chapter 10: Tracking Your Health 183 Chapter 11: Get Moving! 211 Part 4: A Media Extravaganza 229 Chapter 12: Shutterbugging 231 Chapter 13: Reading Listening to Books 243 Chapter 14: Groovin’ on a Sunday (or Any Other) Afternoon 259 Chapter 15: Getting Things Under Control 279 Index 289

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Book SynopsisThis bestselling guide, iPad for Seniors in easy steps, 13th edition, is updated to cover iPadOS 17. Written in larger type, it'll help senior folks learn how to use and enjoy myriad iPad features with ease:Choose the right model for you, master Multitasking Gestures, and customize the iPad for your needs.Use your iPad to keep in touch with family and friends. Make video calls; send fun messages; take and share photos. Shop and order food and more online; take a virtual tour of your favorite art galleries and museums; plan and book your trips. Explore the new and enhanced features in iPadOS 17, such as the Health app, and make the most of your new device! Written in large type, in full color, and using non-technical language, iPad for Seniors in easy steps 13th edition will help you get much more out of your iPad so you don''t have to ask the kids!

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Book SynopsisAcclaimed artist and educator Lisa Bardot gives you all the tools you need to approach creating art and illustration on your iPad, using Procreate and other popular drawing apps.- Explore the core technical aspects of your chosen app, including layers, masks, alpha lock, and brushes.- Learn how to draw plants, flowers, and animals, then move on to drawing people and more complicated scenes.- Step-by-step exercises lead you through each new topic, with plenty of tips, tricks and techniques.- An ideal starting point for newcomers to digital art, but with plenty of original inspiration and advice for more advanced artists.

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Book SynopsisCovers all iPad models that run iOS 10My iPad offers a full-color, fully illustrated, step-by-step resource to using your iPad. Each task has corresponding visuals that are numbered to match the step they are referring to. Sidebars give additional insight into using the iPad without requiring you to sort through paragraphs of text to find the information you want. Tasks are clearly titled to help you quickly and easily find things you want to accomplish on your iPad. Everything from setup and configuration to using apps like Pages and Maps is clearly illustrated and easy to follow.   Step-by-step instructions with callouts to iPad photos that show you exactly what to do.Help when you run into iPad problems or limitations.Tips and Notes to help you get the most from your iPad. Connect your iPad to your Wi-Fi and your mobile carrier Learn how to use the on

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Book SynopsisRob de Winter is an Adobe Certified Instructor, author, designer and photographer based in The Netherlands. Rob loves to share his passion for design and Adobe technology in energetic and passionate training sessions and has trained thousands of graphic designers both with his training company DWM Trainingen and on his YouTube channel. He's been a featured speaker at the world's largest design conferences, like Adobe MAX and CreativePro Week.Table of ContentsThe Start—Which Apps, Which iPad, and Other Questions Photoshop Basics—Photoshop on the iPad—Interface and Basics Ted Chin Photo Composition Russell Brown Retouching Frankie Cihi Social Media Magdiel Lopez

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Book SynopsisThe iPad is a tablet computer that is stylish, versatile and easy to use, and now is one of the most popular tablets used by all ages. The range of models has been expanded over the years so that there are now different sizes to cover all mobile computing requirements.iPad for Seniors in easy steps, 6th edition, gives you all the essential information you need to know to make the most out of your iPad: Choose the right model for you Navigate around with Multi-Touch gestures Master Settings and apps to stay organized Find, download and explore exciting apps Use your iPad to make travelling stress-free Email, share photos and video chat for free Access and share your music, books and videos Locate family members and stay in touch Access your documents from anywhere A handy guide for any Senior new to the iPad, covering iOS 10, presented in larger type for easier reading. For all iPads with iOS 10, including iPad Mini and iPad Pro.

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Book SynopsisThe essential beginner's guide to the UK's most popular new tablet Hudl For Dummies is the indispensible guide to Tesco's highly successful Android tablet.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Chapter 1: Finding Your Way Around the Hudl 5 Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Hudl 17 Chapter 3: Exploring the Hudl 31 Chapter 4: Connecting the Hudl 53 Chapter 5: Staying in Touch 71 Chapter 6: Taking Photographs 91 Chapter 7: Watching TV and Films 111 Chapter 8: Listening to Music 123 Chapter 9: Discovering Books and Magazines 137 Chapter 10: Games and Entertainment 153 Chapter 11: Using Your Hudl to Get Organised 167 Chapter 12: Shopping on Your Hudl 183 Chapter 13: Ten Troubleshooting Tips 193 Chapter 14: Ten Ways to Customise Your Hudl 203 Index 213

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Book SynopsisA no-nonsense, practical guide to current and future processor and computer architectures that enables you to design computer systems and develop better software applications across a variety of domainsKey Features Understand digital circuitry through the study of transistors, logic gates, and sequential logic Learn the architecture of x86, x64, ARM, and RISC-V processors, iPhones, and high-performance gaming PCs Study the design principles underlying the domains of cybersecurity, bitcoin, and self-driving cars Book DescriptionAre you a software developer, systems designer, or computer architecture student looking for a methodical introduction to digital device architectures, but are overwhelmed by the complexity of modern systems? This step-by-step guide will teach you how modern computer systems work with the help of practical examples and exercises. You'll gain insights into the internal behavior of processors down to the circuit level and will understand how the hardware executes code developed in high-level languages.This book will teach you the fundamentals of computer systems including transistors, logic gates, sequential logic, and instruction pipelines. You will learn details of modern processor architectures and instruction sets including x86, x64, ARM, and RISC-V. You will see how to implement a RISC-V processor in a low-cost FPGA board and write a quantum computing program and run it on an actual quantum computer.This edition has been updated to cover the architecture and design principles underlying the important domains of cybersecurity, blockchain and bitcoin mining, and self-driving vehicles.By the end of this book, you will have a thorough understanding of modern processors and computer architecture and the future directions these technologies are likely to take.What you will learn Understand the fundamentals of transistor technology and digital circuits Explore the concepts underlying pipelining and superscalar processing Implement a complete RISC-V processor in a low-cost FPGA Understand the technology used to implement virtual machines Learn about security-critical computing applications like financial transaction processing Get up to speed with blockchain and the hardware architectures used in bitcoin mining Explore the capabilities of self-navigating vehicle computing architectures Write a quantum computing program and run it on a real quantum computer Who this book is forThis book is for software developers, computer engineering students, system designers, reverse engineers, and anyone looking to understand the architecture and design principles underlying modern computer systems: ranging from tiny, embedded devices to warehouse-size cloud server farms. A general understanding of computer processors is helpful but not required.Table of ContentsTable of Contents Introducing Computer Architecture Digital Logic Processor Elements Computer System Components Hardware-Software Interface Specialized Computing Domains Processor and Memory Architectures Performance-Enhancing Techniques Specialized Processor Extensions Modern Processor Architectures and Instruction Sets The RISC-V Architecture and Instruction Set Processor Virtualization Domain-Specific Computer Architectures Cybersecurity and Confidential Computing Architectures Blockchain and Bitcoin Mining Architectures Self-Driving Vehicle Architectures Quantum Computing and Other Future Directions in Computer Architectures Appendix

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