Hiển thị các bài đăng có nhãn iPad. Hiển thị tất cả bài đăng
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My iPad for Kids

Posted by Unknown On 6/9/12

Book Description

Step-by-step instructions and corresponding step number callouts on photos show you exactly what to do
Help when you run into problems or limitations of your iPad or its apps and you need to figure out what to do
Tips and Notes to help you get the most out of your iPad and its apps Costello
Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through learning how to use your iPad for home, school, and just for fun!
Learn how to:
  • Safely surf the Internet on the iPad to do research for school and find interesting facts.
  • Use email, texting, and chatting apps to stay in touch with friends, family, and teachers.
  • Have fun (or do group projects for school) using FaceTime and Skype video chatting.
  • Use the iPad in school and for homework. Four chapters of suggestions for grade-specific apps (4th through 7th grade) to help you excel in the classroom.
  • Use the built-in Music app so you can rock out to your favorite tunes.
  • Watch movies and TV shows from iTunes and videos on YouTube (only when homework is done, of course).
  • Use iPad’s built-in cameras to take photos and video of you and your friends. Use the Photo Booth app to make them even more interesting (or a little crazy!).
  • Set new high scores playing the tens of thousands of great games available at the App Store.
  • Discover great apps for school or just for fun through recommendations in nearly every chapter.
  • Parents can feel more secure thanks to special tips that help kids use the Internet safely and responsibly.
  • Become your own tech support team by learning to maintain and solve problems with your iPad, including tips on restarting, backing up, and cleaning the iPad.
  • Includes coverage of the latest iPad technologies, including iOS 5.1 and 4G LTE.

About The Author

Sam Costello is a writer and web marketer living in Providence, Rhode Island. He has written about technology,movies, books, comics, food, and more for magazines and websites large and small, including PC World, CNN.com, Rue Morgue, Cape Cod Magazine, and InfoWorld. His writing has been published on five continents.
Sam has been the About.com Guide to iPhone and iPod since 2007. At that site—http://ipod.about.com—he writes reviews, how-to’s, and tech support articles about the iPhone, iPod, iTunes, and other Apple technologies.
In addition to nonfiction writing, he also writes comics and short stories.
By day, Sam is a technology manager at the Boston office of Digitas, a leading digital marketing agency.
Sam lives with his girlfriend Jenn and their two cats, Oni and Clarence. He holds a Media Studies degree from Ithaca College.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Que; 1 edition (June 11, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0789749513
  • ISBN-13: 978-0789749512
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches

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Learn GameSalad for iOS: Game Development for iPhone, iPad, and HTML5 (Learn Apress)

Posted by Unknown On 23/8/12

Book Description

So you have a great idea for an iPhone or iPad game, but you've never programmed before. Where to start? Here! With GameSalad, you can design, build, and publish a 2D game in the App Store using an easy-to-use, no-programming-required game creation tool.
Learn GameSalad for iOS shows you how to set up your development environment and how to create a variety of simple 2D games from a breakout-style game to an arcade shooter to a maze game. You'll also learn how to use GameSalad to create a non-game app as well. This book also takes you beyond game development into getting your game into the App Store, using iAd, and marketing your game. 
  • A clear, step-by-step approach to GameSalad for the complete beginner
  • Create fun, complete, and fully functional game projects
  • An idea to App Store publishing guide
What you’ll learn
  • How to set up your game design environment
  • How to design a complete game from idea to publication with GameSalad
  • The basics, but also some of the more advanced functions of GameSalad 
  • How to submit your game on the App Store
  • How to start promoting your game
Who this book is for
If you have web development experience or no programming experience at all, you'll be able to design, build and publish a game with the help of Learn GameSalad for iOS.
Table of Contents
  1. Preparing Your Design Environment
  2. Your First Game from Scratch: The Pong Game
  3. Finishing Pong: Scoring and Game Interaction
  4. Break a Wall: Implementing Comments, Accelerometer Movements, LifeManagement, and Pause
  5. Making a Shoot 'Em Up Game: Carrot Invader
  6. Learning Gravity, Basic Physics and Camera Controls: An Angry Birds-like Game, Part I
  7. Creating a Game Menu and a Particles Effect: An Angry Birds-like Game, Part II
  8. Graphics and Sound Effects: Labyrinth 
  9. Bonuses, Game Center, and iAd: Break a Wall
  10. Device Internal Clock and Cyclic Movement: Non-Game Apps
  11. Submitting Your Game to the App Store
  12. Introduction to Game Promotion

Product Details

  • Paperback: 420 pages
  • Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (June 27, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1430243562
  • ISBN-13: 978-1430243564
  • Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 0.9 x 9.3 inches

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Learn HTML5 and JavaScript for iOS: Web Standards-based Apps for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch (Learn Apress)

Posted by Unknown On 15/7/12

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