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21.
The 10 Key Improvements to the iPhone 4S Camera
By Dan Marcolina
Nov 9, 2011
Dan Marcolina, author of iPhone Obsessed, shares the ten hardware and software improvements to the iPhone 4S that will let you take photos better and faster than ever before.
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Getting the Most out of Your iPhone 4 Video Camera
By Joanna Silber
Nov 8, 2011
Joanna Silber explains what you can—and can't—expect from your iPhone 4 video camera.
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Snap!: The Xoom's Cameras
By Bart G. Farkas
Sep 14, 2011
The dual cameras on the Motorola Xoom let you use the Xoom as a video recorder, a still camera, and a webcam. In this chapter, Bart G. Farkas looks at the Xoom’s cameras and their built-in software.
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(Serious) Fun with Web, Mobile, and Dreamweaver CS5.5
By David Powers
Aug 30, 2011
With the rapid spread of smartphones and tablets, responsive web design has become the order of the day. No problem, argues David Powers, author of Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.5 Studio Techniques: Designing and Developing for Mobile with jQuery, HTML5, and CSS3. Dreamweaver CS5.5 puts the necessary tools at your disposal, and formerly dreaded chores, like rounding corners on elements, or adding drop shadows and transparent backgrounds, have become a real pleasure.
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The Lonely Adventurer: Concentration and Never Lingering in Your Comfort Zone
By Steve Simon
Aug 16, 2011
Steve Simon provides tips and techniques to help photographers get into the "photographic zone" before shooting.
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The PayPal Official Insider Guide to Growing Your Business: Getting Paid
By Michael Miller, PayPal Press
Jul 27, 2011
Michael Miller discusses how shopping carts work, configuring the PayPal shopping cart, dealing with foreign currency transactions, recurring payments, and creating and sending invoices.
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Digital Estate Planning for Designers, Photographers and Developers
By Evan Carroll
Jul 18, 2011
As a creative professional, your client projects, personal projects and everything else you do add up to gigabytes of digital information. What's going to happen to it after you die? Evan Carroll explains why you need a digital estate plan and walks you through how to put a plan together.
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iPhone Obsessed: A Video Interview with Dan Marcolina
By Peachpit Editorial Team, Dan Marcolina
Apr 21, 2011
Peachpit interviews Dan Marcolina about his book, iPhone Obsessed, tips for improving your iPhone photography, and what fuels his love of image making.
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The Droid Pocket Guide: Droid Hardware
By Jason D. O'Grady
Apr 14, 2011
In this chapter, Jason D. O'Grady digs into a few of the Droid's key hardware features, including the keyboard, battery, memory card, and radios.
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Facebook Me! Privacy and Security Guide
By Dave Awl
Mar 7, 2011
In this chapter, Dave Awl gives you tips on how to balance self-expression with discretion on Facebook. He explains the settings that Facebook provides to help you protect your privacy and talks about the one you bring to the party yourself: your common sense.
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Building a WordPress Blog People Want to Read: The Dashboard
By Scott McNulty
Jan 11, 2011
In this chapter, Scott McNulty takes a look at the anatomy of the Dashboard. Along the way, he points out what you can change.
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Your Digital Afterlife: The Artifacts of Your Life
By Evan Carroll, John Romano
Jan 3, 2011
Your digital things are more than just computer data, it’s a set of artifacts that has the potential to chronicle your life. Throughout this chapter, envision yourself at the center of a digital universe of content. You’ll explore each part of it, how much you have, and where it’s stored.
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The App Holiday Survival Guide
By Glenn Fleishman
Dec 22, 2010
Glenn Fleishman, author of Five-Star Apps: The Best iPhone and iPad Apps for Work and Play, shares some of his favorite useful, mind-bending, or just plain fun apps for the iPad, iPod touch, and iPhone.
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Your Digital Afterlife: An Interview with John Romano and Evan Carroll
By Evan Carroll, John Romano
Dec 7, 2010
What happens to your digital possessions—photos, blogs, videos, and social sites—after you die? In this interview, the authors of Your Digital Afterlife: When Facebook, Flickr and Twitter Are Your Estate, What's Your Legacy? talk about how they got interested in the subject of the digital afterlife and what you can do to make sure you are in control of your digital legacy.
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Connecting Your TV to the Internet: Peachpit's Guide to Set-Top Boxes
By Ryan Faas
Nov 29, 2010
Apple TV? Google TV? Roku? Ryan Faas examines the top options that should be on your list of possibilities for streaming audio and video to your home TV, pointing out the pros and cons of each system.
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Peachpit's Thanksgiving Photo Recipe: How to Shoot a Turkey
By Ralph A. Clevenger
Nov 16, 2010
You don't need to cook your holiday turkey to enjoy it — all you need is one good shot, and this photography recipe will show you how to get it.
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App Anthem: Using iPhone Apps & the App Store
By Scott Kelby, Terry White
Oct 14, 2010
Scott Kelby and Terry White show you how to get apps from the iTunes and iPhone App store, update, delete, and organize your apps, and find the very coolest apps for your iPhone.
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The iPhone Pocket Guide: Mail and Calendar
By Christopher Breen
Sep 29, 2010
Seeking a less-immediate way to communicate than the phone or messaging? Can't figure out how to receive documents that you can view on your iPhone? Or is your life so tied to email that you can't stand to be away from your computer for more than a couple of hours? If so, you and the iPhone's Mail application are about to become best friends.
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Building a TypePad Blog People Want to Read: Managing Blogs from the Dashboard
By Scott McNulty
Aug 19, 2010
The TypePad Dashboard is command central. From this vantage point, you can see your blog stats at a glance, look at what the people you follow on TypePad are up to, and see whether anyone left a comment or trackback on your blog. You can even post right from the Dashboard. Scott McNulty shows you how.
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The Nexus One Pocket Guide: Phone, Contacts, and Calendar
By Jason D. O'Grady
Jun 2, 2010
In this chapter, Jason D. O'Grady starts with the basics of using the phone, contacts, and calendar on the Nexus One and shows you a few tips along the way that will improve your productivity and hone your skills.

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