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In this talk, Aaron Hillegass duscusses how mobile technology is the next natural step in the increasing ubiquity of computers and networks. The talkaddresses such questions as "When does technology empower the individual and when does it empower our corporate overlords?" "Why should everyone learn to code?" "When is progress not progress?" Conference attendees said this about the session: Hugely inspirational from someone in our industry who's "seen it all". Live...

"A must read for all developers that want to begin serious Android development."-Justin Anderson, Freelance Android Developer "From start to finish, this book contains a variety of great tips and insight into the most important attributes of Android design. This book will definitely be required reading for any of our future Android engineers."-Cameron Banga, Cofounder, 9magnets, LLC There's a downside to Android's amazing openness and versatility: it's easy for developers to write code that'...

Begin your iOS 12 app development journey with this practical guideKey FeaturesKick-start your iOS programming career and have fun building iOS apps of your choiceGet to grips with Xcode 10 and Swift 4.2, the building blocks of iOS developmentDiscover the latest features of iOS 12 - SiriKit, notifications, and much moreBook DescriptionWant to build iOS 12 applications from scratch with the latest Swift 4.2 language and Xcode 10 by your side? Forget sifting through tutorials and blog posts; this...

So many apps and so little time. How do you get to the best with a minimum of fuss? The Rough Guide to the Best Android Apps solves the problem. It reveals the 400 best free and paid for applications for smartphones and tablets in all categories. Whether its navigation or news, photography or productivity, games or utilities this book highlights the best Android apps available from the marquee names to the hidden gems. Discover now the 400 apps your Android device should be using.

Ocean covers 70.8% of the Earth’s surface, and it plays an important role in supporting all life on Earth. Nonetheless, more than 80% of the ocean’s volume remains unmapped, unobserved and unexplored. In this regard, Underwater Sensor Networks (USNs), which offer ubiquitous computation, efficient communication and reliable control, are emerging as a promising solution to understand and explore the ocean. In order to support the application of USNs, accurate position information from sensor nodes...

iBeacon is popping up everywhere, from grocery stores to airports to cool venues like SXSW. There are over two million iBeacons in the wild in the form of iPhones, and even some Android phones support it. It's transforming location-based services, retail, and commerce, and if you're a developer, you need to know how it works, how to develop for iBeacon, and preferably, how to develop iBeacon apps using the new Swift programming language. Learn iBeacon for iOS Development is a quick, no-frills i...

Move into iOS development by getting a firm grasp of its fundamentals, including the Xcode 9 IDE, Cocoa Touch, and the latest version of Apple’s acclaimed programming language, Swift 4. With this thoroughly updated guide, you’ll learn the Swift language, understand Apple’s Xcode development tools, and discover the Cocoa framework. Explore Swift’s object-oriented concepts Become familiar with built-in Swift types Dive deep into Swift objects, protocols, and generics Tour the lifecycle of an...

Take advantage of this comprehensive reference to solving common problems when developing with Flutter. Along with an introduction to the basic concepts of Flutter development, the recipes in this book cover all important aspects of this emerging technology, including development, testing, debugging, performance tuning, app publishing, and continuous integration.  Although Flutter presents a rich, cross-platform mobile development framework, helpful documentation is not easily found. Here you’l...

GUI Design for Android Apps is the perfect—and concise—introduction for mobile app developers and designers. Through easy-to-follow tutorials, code samples, and case studies, the book shows the must-know principles for user-interface design for Android apps running on the Intel platform, including smartphones, tablets and embedded devices.This book is jointly developed for individual learning by Intel Software College and China Shanghai JiaoTong University, and is excerpted from Android Applicat...

The primary purpose of this book is to present the state-of-the-art of mobile cloud computing and applications with an emphasis on energy-efficiency. The future research directions are also highlighted in this book to enrich the global market-place of mobile cloud computing services facilitating the scientific, industrial, business, and consumer applications. We expect that the book will serve as a reference to a large number of readers including researchers, system architects, practitioners, an...

The professional programmer’s Deitel ® guide to smartphone and tablet app development using Android 4.3 and 4.4, the Eclipse-based Android Development Tools and the new Android Studio   Billions of apps have been downloaded from Google Play™! This book gives you everything you’ll need to start developing great Android apps quickly and getting them published on Google Play™. The book uses an app-driven approach—each new technology is discussed in the context of seven fully tested Android apps,...

Covers iOS 6, Xcode 4.5+, iPhone, iPad, and More!Figures and code appear as they do in Xcode 4.5+In just 24 sessions of one hour each, learn how to build powerful applications for today’s hottest handheld devices: the iPhone and iPad! Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll master every skill and technology you need, from setting up your iOS development environment to building great responsive user interfaces, from sensing motion to writing multitasking applications. Eac...

Create Breakthrough Apple Watch Apps with the WatchKit Framework   With its Apple Watch and WatchKit framework, Apple is challenging developers to build exciting and innovative apps for Apple Watch. iOS developers who master Apple Watch programming now will have the same huge “early mover” advantage that early iPhone developers enjoyed. Learning WatchKit Programming is a complete, hands-on tutorial for all iOS developers who are ready to design and build tomorrow’s hottest new wearable apps.   L...

Understand and develop immersive animations along with animated stickers for Telegram using Bodymovin, After Effects and LottieFiles and integrate them in your React Native apps using this color guide to UI animations Key Features Explore key principles of storytelling, 2D digital animation, and design thinking Create animations in After Effects, learn how to export them with both Bodymovin and LottieFiles plugins, and tweak them using the LottieFiles platform Understand how to implement Lotti...

Discover how to build, scale, and debug native iOS and Android applications from a single codebase using the Dart programming language – a hands-on approachKey FeaturesWork through practical recipes for building mobile applications with FlutterQuickly build and iterate on your user interface (UI) with hot reloadFix bugs and prevent them from reappearing using Flutter's developer tools and test suitesBook Description“Anyone interested in developing Flutter applications for Android or iOS should h...

The confluence of decades of computer science and computer engineering research in multimodal interaction (e.g., speech and gesture recognition), machine learning (e.g., classification and feature extraction), software (e.g., web browsers, distributed agents), electronics (e.g., energy-efficient microprocessors, head-mounted displays), design methodology in user-centered design, and rapid prototyping have enabled a new class of computers-wearable computers. The lecture takes the viewpoint of a p...

This book features high-quality research papers presented at the 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Advances in Communication (ICAC 2019), held at Siksha 'O' Anusandhan Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, in November 2019. Covering a wide variety of topics, including management of clean and smart energy systems and environmental challenges, it is a valuable resource for researchers and practicing engineers working in various fields of renewable energy gene...

Want to know what it's like to write for a theme park attraction? Or an interactive toy? Or for a virtual reality game? Wait - those tell stories? And there are jobs for people to write them?? Thanks to technology, interactive products and live experiences can now engage us with memorable characters and exciting adventures that were once only destined for the film screen. Storytelling for New Technologies and Platforms is a practical guide for writers, students, producers, career changers, early...