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Pogue's basics : essential tips and shortcuts (that no one bothers to tell you) for simplifying the technology in your life
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- ISBN: 9781250053480 (paperback)
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Physical Description:
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357 pages : colour illustrations ; 21 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Flatiron Books, 2014.
- Copyright: ©2014.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Your gadgets. Phones ; Tablets ; Cameras ; Everything else with a plug -- The computer. Computers ; The Mac ; Windows ; Word processing, number crunching, slideshowing ; What not to do -- The internet. E-mail ; Web browsers ; Google ; Videos online ; Free services you'll adore ; Fantastic phone apps to install right now -- Social networks. Facebook ; Twitter. |
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| Subject: | Technology -- Miscellanea Computer science -- Miscellanea Internet -- Miscellana Online social networks -- Miscellanea Electronic apparatus and appliances -- Miscellanea |
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- Baker & Taylor
The popular Yahoo Tech columnist shares 200 tips for making the most of technological devices, revealing such tricks as using bowls of uncooked rice to dry out a wet cell phone and using Google to gain essential updates about a flight's status. Original. - Baker & Taylor
"Did you know that you can dry out your wet cell phone by putting its parts in separate bowls of uncooked rice? That you can scroll through a website using only your spacebar? That if you type your airline and flight number in to Google, it tells you where your flight is, the gate, terminal, and how long until it lands? When David Pogue gave this kind of advice in the New York Times, his columns were consistently the most e-mailed of the week. When he gave a TED Talk of his tips, 1.3 million people watched it in the first 90 days. Pogue's tips have earned him 1.5 million followers on Twitter. And now that he writes his columns for Yahoo Tech, the audience for this advice has grown by millions more. Here at last is the book all these fans have been waiting for: a book of 200 tips that will change your relationship to your phone, computer, tablet, camera--all of the technology in your life. A layflat format makes this the perfect reference book that you can turn to time and time again to pick up more helpful cheats for all your devices. At last, you can lose the nagging, insecure feeling that you're not the master of your own gadgets; the tech tips in Pogue's Basics are all you need to get by...the shortcuts to a happier technological life"-- - Baker & Taylor
Presents a compilation of 225 shortcuts to improving the use of such electronic devices as computers, cell phones, cameras, and tablets, along with strategies for navigating the Internet and the networks of social media. - McMillan Palgrave
New York Times Bestseller
Did 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 or government-issued pamphlet covering the essentials. Somehow, you're just supposed to know how to use your phone, tablet, computer, camera, Web browser, e-mail, and social networks. Luckily, award-winning tech expert David Pogue comes to the rescue with Pogue's Basics, a book that will change your relationship with all of the technology in your life.
With wit and authority, Pogue's Basics collects every essential technique for making your gadgets seem easier, faster, and less of a hassle. Crystal-clear illustrations accompany these 225 easy-to-follow tips.
Tips include:
Make the type bigger on your screen · Bring a wet phone back from the dead · The fastest way to charge an iPad · The 10 best apps to put on your phone · How to type symbols · Bypass annoyingly long voice mail instructions · Use map apps on your phone without an Internet connection · Sign a contract electronically · See what's in a file without opening it · The 12 best free services on the Web · Turn off automatic bullets, lists, and links in Word · Protect yourself from online scams and viruses · Set up an automatic backup system on your computer · What to do about junk e-mail · Send photos so that they don't bounce back · Print or email articles without ads · How to get money for your used electronics · Rename a bunch of files in one fell swoop · Make YouTube videos sharper · and much more.
At last, you can lose that nagging, insecure feeling that you're not the master of your own gadgets. The tech tips in Pogue's Basics are all you needâthe shortcuts to a happier technological life.
