New Releases by Preston Gralla

Looks at the features and functions of the Amazon Fire Phone, covering such topics as making phone calls, using Firefly, texting, downloading and using apps, playing music, watching videos, and syncing with the Amazon Cloud.

Unleash the powers of the Amazon Fire phone with help from technology guru Preston Gralla. Through clear instructions and savvy advice, this fast-paced, engaging guide shows you how to make the most of Fire phone’s innovative features—including Firefly, Dynamic Perspective, one-handed gestures, and integration with Amazon Prime. The important stuff you need to know: Gain control with Dynamic Perspective. Tilt your phone to scroll, move your head to play games, and explore maps in 3D. Take pictures further. Capture high-res, panoramic, and moving (lenticular) photos. Shoot HD video, too. Shop with ease. Use Firefly to identify music, videos, and other items, and go straight to the product’s Amazon page. Get the apps you want. Load up on games and apps for productivity, health and fitness, and social networking from Amazon’s Appstore. Solve problems right away. Get live tech support from Amazon via video chat with the Mayday help feature. Carry the Cloud in your hand. Access Prime Instant Video, your Kindle library, and your uploaded photos and videos.

Get the most out of Samsung’s Galaxy S5 smartphone right from the start. With clear instructions from technology expert Preston Gralla, this Missing Manual gives you a guided tour of Samsung''s new flagship phone, including great new features such as the fingerprint scanner, heart rate sensor, and Download Booster. You’ll get expert tips and tricks for playing music, calling and texting, shooting photos and videos, and even getting some work done. The important stuff you need to know: Get connected. Browse the Web, manage email, and download apps from Google Play through WiFi or 3G/4G network. Keep in touch. Call, text, chat, videochat, conduct conference calls, and reach out with Facebook and Twitter. Capture and display images. Shoot, edit, show, and share photos, slideshows, and high-definition videos. Play and manage your music. Buy music from Google Play or Amazon and listen to it with Galaxy S5’s Music app. Work anywhere. Access your files, company network, calendar, and contacts—and work with Google Docs. Connect to Google Maps. Use geolocation and turn-by-turn drive directions to find your way. Stay fit with S Health. Use this built-in app to keep track of fitness goals, walking, heart rate, blood pressure, and more.

Ju? na pierwszy rzut oka Windows 8 zdecydowanie ro?ni si? od swoich poprzednikow. Te ro?nice wci wzbudzaj? emocje, a u?ytkownikow wp?dzaj? w zak?opotanie. Jednak pewna rzecz nie uleg?a zmianie - Windows 8 to wci system operacyjny, ktory mo?na zmodyfikowa? na wiele sposobow tak, aby dopasowa? go idealnie do swoich potrzeb. Dzi?ki tej ksi ce poznasz tajniki systemu Windows 8 i dowiesz si?, jak usprawni? Twoj system. Je?li post?pisz zgodnie z zawartymi tu wskazowkami, zauwa?ysz, ?e system szybciej si? uruchamia. Ponadto dowiesz si?, jak uruchomi? Windows 8 na komputerach spod znaku ugryzionego jab?ka oraz jak b?yskawicznie dosta? si? do najcz ciej u?ywanych folderow. Twoj? ciekawo na pewno wzbudz? wskazowki po?wi?cone pracy w chmurze. Integracja z us?ug? SkyDrive to tylko jeden z punktow. Na koniec przekonasz si?, ?e Windows 8 mo?e by? jeszcze lepszym partnerem w zakresie sk?adowania i odtwarzania plikow multimedialnych oraz zarz?dzania tymi plikami. Jest to obowi?zkowa lektura dla ka?dego nowego u?ytkownika systemu Windows 8. Si?gnij po t? ksi k? i: poznaj zalety systemu Windows 8przekonaj si?, jak ?atwo mo?esz zwi?kszy? wydajno Twojego systemuzintegruj system z us?ugami w chmurzewykorzystaj potencja? systemu Windows 8! Poznaj moc ukryt? pod mask? Windows 8!

Now that you have a new NOOK HD Tablet, all you need is the know-how to take full advantage of its features. With this book, technology expert Preston Gralla provides clear instructions, full-color illustrations, and savvy advice to help you get up to speed on the new video and family-friendly features, as well as manage WiFi access, web browsing, email, and apps. Make the most out of your sleek device with the best NOOK guide you’ll find anywhere. The important stuff you need to know: Relax with a book. Load your NOOK library with ebooks, comics, and interactive books for kids. Play with apps. Enjoy the games and apps everyone’s talking about. Go online. Browse the Web and check your email with built-in WiFi. Spread the word. Share books and recommendations with your NOOK Friends and Facebook and Twitter contacts. Take in a show. Watch movies and TV series, and listen to your favorite music anywhere. Read all about it. Subscribe to a variety of magazines and newspapers.

First edition published and revised in 2012.

Combine a world-class e-reader with a top-notch tablet—then add know-how from technology guru Preston Gralla—and you have the perfect recipe for portable entertainment. Packed with clear instructions and helpful illustrations, this book gets you up to speed on the NOOK Tablet so you can enjoy ebooks, magazines, games, apps, TV shows, and movies right away. The important stuff you need to know: Relax with a book. Load your NOOK library with ebooks, comics, and interactive books for kids. Play with apps. Enjoy the games and apps everyone’s talking about. Go online. Browse the Web and check your email with built-in WiFi. Be social. Share books and recommendations with your NOOK Friends and Facebook and Twitter contacts. Take in a show. Watch movies and TV series, and listen to your favorite music anywhere. Read all about it. Subscribe to a variety of magazines and newspapers.

When you open the box for your brand-new NOOK Tablet, you''ll find Barnes & Noble''s latest 7-inch media device to hit the market, a USB cable, power adapter, and a "Quick Start Guide" that tells you how to turn it on. But to really take advantage of all the content and features the device has to offer, you''ll need a little more. NOOK Tablet: Out of the Box gets you up and running beyond the first "Slide to unlock" screen to unlock all of your media from the cloud in the palm of your hand. The new NOOK Tablet gives you immediate access to online music, movies, and the best of HD entertainment, wherever you are, as long as you know where to find it and how to consume it. With NOOK Tablet: Out of the Box, you''ll jump right in to reading full-color magazines, newspapers, comics, interactive NOOK Kids books, beautiful PagePerfect titles, and your entire personal B&N library in the NOOK Reading App. Then, go beyond your own media to experience integrated email, games, Android apps, and lightning-fast web browsing. This intuitive, easy-to-follow ebook opens the world of possibilities made possible by the NOOK Tablet, right out of the box.

Looks at the features and functions of the Motorola Xoom, covering such topics as accessing the Internet, setting up an email account, using apps, playing games, playing and managing music, watching videos, and more.

Packed with full-color illustrations, this engaging book covers everything--from shopping for an Android phone and getting started to advanced features and troubleshooting.

System Windows. Najlepsze rozwiszania Jak dopasowa? Windows do swoich potrzeb? Jak optymalnie zabezpieczy? komputer?Jak zwi?kszy? wydajno systemu Windows?Jak zbudowa? domowe centrum rozrywki? Systemu Windows nie trzeba nikomu przedstawia?. Warto jednak zobaczy?, jak mo?na go udoskonali? i dostosowa? do swoich potrzeb. Dzi?ki tej ksis?ce poznasz szerokie spektrum oprogramowania -- zarowno wbudowanego, jak i zewn?trznego, wraz z instrukcjami u?ycia -- przeznaczonego do modyfikacji oraz personalizacji obecnie u?ywanych systemow Windows. Ksis?ka "System Windows. Najlepsze rozwiszania" nie jest skierowana do tych, ktorzy oczekujs zwyk?ych porad i wskazowek mowiscych, gdzie nale?y klikns?, gdzie przecisgns? myszs i jakie polecenia wpisa?. To propozycja kreatywnych rozwisza?, dzi?ki ktorym ka?dy u?ytkownik b?dzie mog? dostosowa? ten system operacyjny i wszystkie aplikacje oraz sprz?t, na ktorym dzia?ajs, w celu podniesienia komfortu i wydajno?ci swojej pracy. Po przeczytaniu tej ksis?ki samodzielnie skonfigurujesz interfejs Aero w systemie Vista i utworzysz w?asne gad?ety paska bocznego, po czym uruchomisz je z nap?du USB. Dzi?ki szczego?owym instrukcjom i wskazowkom krok po kroku zastosujesz przedstawione tu sposoby na optymalizacj? pracy z Windows. Znajdziesz tu rownie? porady dotyczsce przeglsdarki Internet Explorer i pakietu biurowego Office 2007 oraz sprz?tu, takiego jak Zune czy router bezprzewodowy. W ksis?ce znajdziesz sposoby m. in. na: szybsze uruchamianie i zamykanie systemu, wyszukiwanie i zarzsdzanie plikami w Eksploratorze Windows, rozwiszywanie problemow z Internet Explorerem, k?opoty z siecis, optymalizacj? poczty elektronicznej, zapewnianie bezpiecze?stwa i kontroli kont u?ytkownikow, wykorzystanie grafiki i multimediow, podnoszenie wydajno?ci systemu.Uwolnij ca?y potencja? drzemiscy w systemie Windows!

Windows Vista Pocket Reference is the ideal guide to setting up and navigating the basics of this new operating system, from the new user interface to networking, multimedia, security, and mobility. This pocket reference offers four sections that will familiarize readers with Vista quickly: Getting Started gives a crash course in using Windows Vista, including the user interface, handling files, folders, drives and search, and working with hardware. Networking, the Internet and Wireless offers a tour of Internet Explorer 7, a wireless networking guide, and how to set up and maintain home networks. Multimedia shows how to use the Media Center, Windows Media Player, and how to handle graphics and photos, podcasts and MP3 players. Security, Mobility, and Troubleshooting visits the security features, shows how to tune up Vista, troubleshoot problems, and use Vista with mobile devices.

This useful book gives Windows power users everything they need to get the most out of their operating system, its related applications, and its hardware.

Un interesante viaje por el mundo de las comunicaciones inalámbricas. Las tecnologías inalámbricas o Wireless están revolucionando la forma de trabajar, las comunicaciones y los hábitos de ocio. Ello, gracias a Wireless Fidelity , un protocolo de comunicación inalámbrica de área local. Para usarlo sólo debe conectar un router e instalar al ordenador una tarjeta de recepción WI-FI. Con este libro obtendrá una visión interna de cómo funcionan las Wireless, desde las redes WiFi a los puntos de acceso inalámbricos, pasando por la navegación Web y los teléfonos móviles.

These days, nobody really wants to learn everything there is about a product like Google Tools. And even if you did, who has the time to endlessly tinker and play with it until you figure everything out? You just want a book that will quickly show you how to do things with Google Tools, like perform power searches, find pictures with Google Images, find online bargains with Froogle, use the Google Toolbar, and discover the world with Google Earth. Google Search and Tools in a Snap does just that. Organized into a series of well-organized, bite-sized, quickly accomplished tasks, the book lets you zero right in on the one particular task you want to accomplish, quickly figure out what to do, do it, and then get back to using the plethora of Google Tools.

The book's appendixes offer information on installation, keyboard shortcuts, common filename extensions, and more. Windows Vista in a Nutshell is your one-stop source for everything you need from Microsoft's latest operating system.

In the past few years, eBay has become a household name. Even if you''ve never traded on eBay yourself, chances are you know someone who has. Now is your turn to get in on the action! eBay In a Snap, Second Edition is a hands-on, task-based guide that will let you zero right in on the thing you most want to know about eBay, and then quickly apply it to your own trade. Easy-to-follow, step-by-step directions will show you how to: Power search for the best items Win auctions with power bidding Sell your items Start an eBay business Use PayPal to send or receive money Participate in special eBay auctions Written by a well-known expert on Internet shopping, bargain-hunting, and auctions, eBay In a Snap reveals the best tips, tricks, and techniques for everything eBay, from enhancing a listing with HTML and multimedia, to buying and selling a car.

Solutions and examples for power users and administrators.

Windows XP can be a great tool, but it is all too easy to trip over Windows XP''s annoying traits more often than you leverage its productivity. Windows XP power-users troll online resources, documentation, and the expertise (or lucky finds) of friends for valuable tips and tricks--a keyboard shortcut here, an undocumented double-click there--to eliminate annoyances, save time, and take control of their Windows XP. But what if there was an easier way?This new book presents literally hundreds of problems and solutions, amazing power tips, cool tricks, and clever workarounds in one clearly organized, easy to use, and portable resource. Truly insightful and amusing, Windows XP Power Hound gives Windows XP users practical hints for everything from the desktop to Office programs to the registry, and includes documented (but little-known) tips as well as previously undocumented tricks. Windows XP Power Hound moves far beyond mere productivity and explores what''s possible with Windows XP--including cool things you probably never thought of doing.An understanding of Windows XP basics will get the job done. But discovering the most useful I didn''t know that! tips and shortcuts will make using Windows XP a far richer and less frustrating experience. The practical, concise format of Windows XP Power Hound makes it easy to dip into for a quick tip from time to time; the warm, jargon-free tone makes it easy to read cover to cover.Anyone who wants to smooth out Windows XP''s speed bumps and get some serious speed to accelerate through the bottlenecks will find that even a handful of these useful, to-the-point tips will make Windows XP Power Hound worth its weight in chocolate.

Provides a series of lessons on Microsoft Windows XP, covering such topics as customizing the desktop, Windows Explorer, networking, wireless computing, firewalls, Outlook Express, and Windows Media Player.

How to Expand and Upgrade PCs is a richly illustrated, full-color book focusing on upgrades and add-ons that any consumer level user can make to their PC. Instead of simply reading like a manual, this book brings together all of the pre-purchase, installation, and usage issues a user faces. Each chapter looks at determining the type of upgrade needed, the tools and other requirements for installation, and using the hardware once it''s installed.. Coverage includes DVDs, digital cameras, scanners, removable drives, USB scanners, firewall devices, palmtop devices, home wireless networks and more.

How Wireless Works explains every aspect of wireless communications, from the remote control on your coffee table to the most sophisticated wireless Internet networks in full page, four-color, step-by-step illustrations.

Surf your way to fun-filled adventure and school success incyberspace! Want to join in the search for real-life aliens, take a virtualtrip into the eye of a hurricane, and learn magic as you mastermathematics? With Online Activities for Kids, the fun never stopsand the learning just comes naturally. Where else can you buildresearch skills while creating a family Web page, or learn aboutworld geography while going on an Internet treasure hunt? Take ajourney on the Underground Railroad. Turn your room into aworld-class art museum. Build a dinosaur from fossils. Thiseasy-to-use, step-by-step guide is bursting with imaginativeprojects like these and many more, including: * Design your own roller coaster * Relive a day in the life of a Civil War soldier * Write a letter in a language you don't even speak * Find out how much you'd weigh on Jupiter * Write haiku poetry * And much, much more . . . With Online Activities for Kids, you'll have a great time exploringthe Internet, and you'll amaze everyone with your fabulous projectsand super cybersurfing skills.

Learn how to search the web for best possible prices, on everything.

This guide equips adults with the knowledge to understand, prevent and solve issues regarding online safety and security when it comes to their children and family, yet allowing them to enjoy benefits the Internet offers. Topics include parental controls, filtering software, kid-friendly web sites and privacy issues.

Understand how your PC works with clear, rich illustrations.

Explains how to use the PalmPilot for organizing schedules, keeping track of contacts, and connecting to e-mail and the Internet, and includes a section of troubleshooting tips