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Full-color, step-by-step tasks–in legible print–walk you through how to keep your personal information and content secure on computers and mobile devices. Learn how to:
- Strengthen your web browser’s privacy in just a few steps
- Make it harder to track and target you with personalized ads
- Protect against dangerous fake emails and ransomware
- Securely bank and shop online
- Control who sees your Facebook or Instagram posts and photos you share
- Securely use cloud services for backups or shared projects
- Protect private data on your mobile device, even if it’s stolen
- Block most unwanted calls on your smartphone
- Improve your home’s Internet security quickly and inexpensively
- Get straight answers to online privacy questions–in steps that are simple to follow and easy to understand
You don’t have to avoid today’s amazing digital world: you can enrich your life, deepen your connections, and still keep yourself safe.
The perfect book to help anyone 50+ learn digital photography – in full color!
My Digital Photography for Seniors is an exceptionally easy and complete full-color tutorial on digital photography, visual storytelling, and image sharing. No ordinary "beginner's book," it approaches every topic using meaningful examples, step-by-step tasks, large text, close-up screen shots, and a custom full-color interior designed for comfortable reading.
Professional photographer and top-selling author Jason R. Rich covers all you need to know to take great photos with your smartphone or tablet, manage and organize your digital photo library, safely exchange your images with family and friends, tell compelling stories and chronicle your memories with digital images, and share your creations in print and online. Rich helps you:
- Take amazing pictures with your Apple or Android smartphone or tablet
- Become a better photographer, one easy technique at a time
- Master easy tools for viewing, organizing, editing, and sharing photos
- Create a digital diary that tells an unforgettable story
- Safely exchange photos on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram
- Make prints for framing, scrapbooks, or photo albums
- Create bound photo books to chronicle important events and memories
- Combine your photos and thoughts in a digital journal
- Securely store copies of your photos online
- Share images through email, iCloud, Shutterfly, Flickr, OneDrive, Google Drive, or Dropbox
- View digital slide shows on your TV or mobile device
- Automatically “geo-tag” new photos with their location
BONUS MATERIAL
Two additional chapters, bonus articles, and a Glossary are available to you at www.quepublishing.com/title/9780789755605. Click the Downloads tab to access the links to download the PDF files.
Learn On-Demand TV, DVRs, Music, Games, Books, and More!
With My Digital Entertainment for Seniors, you’ll discover easy ways to access and experience entertainment using today’s technology, without getting confused or bogged down with techno-babble—and without spending a fortune. This easy-to-follow guide covers all aspects of entertainment—movies, TV shows, radio, music, newspapers and magazines, books, and more—whether you’re using a computer, mobile device, or other technology.
Specifically, you'll:
- Get acquainted with all forms of digital entertainment that are available in everyday life, including on-demand TV shows, movies, music and radio programming, podcasts, eBooks and audiobooks, digital editions of newspapers and magazines, YouTube videos, and interactive games.Discover the difference between streaming and downloading content from the Internet to your computer or mobile device.
- Learn what equipment you’ll need and how to use this equipment, no matter how tech-savvy you are—or aren’t.
- Find out how to watch, listen to, and read what you want, when you want it, on your TV, desktop computer, notebook computer, smartphone, tablet, eBook reader, or gaming console.
- Learn what types of entertainment are available to use on eBook readers, digital video recorders, digital music players, high-definition television sets, cable/satellite TV service providers, what types of entertainment are readily available via the Internet, and how to use your computer, smartphone or tablet as an entertainment device.
- Find ways to stay safe and protect yourself from identity theft or online crime when surfing the Internet, shopping online, playing games, doing online banking, and handling other Internet-related tasks.
Step-by-step instructions with callouts to the GoPro HERO5 Black, HERO5 Session™, or HERO Session™ camera. Photos and sample images show you exactly what to do.
Help when you run into problems or limitations with your GoPro camera in specific shooting situations.
Tips and Notes to help you get the most from your GoPro camera when taking pictures or shooting HD video in a wide range of shooting situations.
Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through getting and keeping your GoPro camera working just the way you want in order to shoot the absolute best photos and videos possible. Learn how to:
- Set up your GoPro camera and prepare for any type of shooting situation
- Take awesome first- or third-person videos just about anywhere, including underwater or in low-light situations
- Select and use the best camera housing, mount, and accessories to capture the perfect shots
- Take detailed and vibrant high-resolution, digital images with your GoPro camera
- Shoot stunning HD video using your GoPro camera
- Record high-quality audio in conjunction with your videos
- Choose the best resolution and camera settings for each shooting situation you encounter
- Wirelessly transfer your digital content from your camera to your smartphone or tablet using the GoPro Capture™ mobile app
- Transfer content from your camera to your computer to view, edit, enhance, archive, and share it using photo editing software or the GoPro QUIK Desktop™ and GoPro Studio™ video editing software
- Learn strategies used by the pros to achieve your own professional results
Step-by-step instructions with callouts to GoPro Hero camera photos and sample images that show you exactly what to do.
Help when you run into problems or limitations with your GoPro Hero camera in specific shooting situations.
Tips and Notes to help you get the most from your GoPro Hero camera when taking pictures or shooting HD video in a wide range of shooting situations.
Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through getting and keeping your GoPro Hero camera working just the way you want in order to shoot the absolute best photos and videos possible. Learn how to:
* Set up your GoPro Hero camera and prepare for any type of shooting situation
* Take awesome first- or third-person videos just about anywhere, including underwater or in low-light situations
* Select and use the best camera housing, mount, and accessories to capture the perfect shots
* Take detailed and vibrant high-resolution, digital images with your GoPro Hero camera
* Shoot stunning HD video using your GoPro Hero camera
* Record high-quality audio in conjunction with your videos
* Choose the best resolution and camera settings for each shooting situation you encounter
* Wirelessly transfer your digital content from your camera to your smartphone or tablet using the GoPro App
* Transfer content from your camera to your computer to view, edit, enhance, archive, and share your content using photo editing software or the GoPro Studio video editing software
* Learn strategies used by the pros to achieve your own professional results
Register Your Book at www.quepublishing.com/register to access additional tasks, videos, and other helpful information.
My Digital Travel for Seniors
Easy, clear, readable, and focused on what you want to do.
Step-by-step instructions for the tasks you care about most
Large, full-color, close-up photos show you exactly what to do
Common-sense help whenever you run into problems
Tips and notes to help you along the way
Take advantage of proven strategies that make travel more affordable, less stressful, and easier to manage with the use of technology that's readily available to you.
* Learn how to use the discounts you're entitled to from AARP, AAA, and other organizations when booking any type of travel using your Internet-connected computer, smartphone, or tablet.
* Find and book the lowest airfares using popular travel-related websites and mobile apps.
* Book the best possible accommodations, at the lowest available prices.
* Learn tips for saving money when renting a car, plus how to use other ground transportation options whenever you travel.
* Find and book vacation packages, travel bundles, or all-inclusive vacations without overpaying.
* Book and plan cruise vacations and discounted shore excursions using your computer or mobile device.
* Find low-cost options to accessing the Internet and making calls while traveling abroad, without paying overpriced international roaming charges.