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Today’s leading SEO Book, SEO Made Simple: Search Engine Optimization Strategies for Dominating the World’s Leading Search Engine, 2nd Edition, is a tell-all search engine optimization guide for anyone trying to reach the highly coveted #1 ranking on Google for their website or blog. Updated and expanded with the latest information on search engine optimization (SEO) and including more than 20 new pages of proven search engine optimization techniques. SEO Made Simple is today’s top-selling search engine optimization guide. Learn from leading Webmaster, Michael H. Fleischner, the specific SEO techniques that deliver top rankings in less than 30 days.

Whether you’re a search engine optimization expert or new to website rankings, the techniques revealed in SEO Made Simple will give you everything you need to dominate Google and other leading search engines. Generate tons of traffic to your website absolutely FREE with top search engine placement on Google, Yahoo! and Bing. SEO Made Simple has helped more individuals than another other search engine optimization guide ever printed to achieve top rankings for even the most competitive keywords. This guide has been updated with the latest SEO advice on social media, Google Places, and even a step-by-step link building process that has already produced top results for some of the most sought after keywords. If you are looking for a guide that provides the information you need to achieve top rankings, without all of the useless fluff, this is it. SEO Made Simple is the only resource on search engine optimization that you’ll ever need. Learn the techniques that have a direct and significant impact on your website’s ranking. This book is ranked #1 for a reason. Download Now »

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Beginning Android 4 Games Development offers everything you need to join the ranks of successful Android game developers. You’ll start with game design fundamentals and programming basics, and then progress toward creating your own basic game engine and playable game that works on Android 4.0 and earlier devices. This will give you everything you need to branch out and write your own Android games.

The potential user base and the wide array of available high-performance devices makes Android an attractive target for aspiring game developers. Do you have an awesome idea for the next break-through mobile gaming title? Beginning Android 4 Games Development will help you kick-start your project.

The book will guide you through the process of making several example games for the Android platform, and involves a wide range of topics:

• The fundamentals of Android game development targeting Android 1.5-4.0+ devices
• The Android platform basics to apply those fundamentals in the context of making a game
• The design of 2D and 3D games and their successful implementation on the Android platform

What you’ll learn

• How to set up and use the development tools for developing your first Android 4 or earlier version game app
• The fundamentals of game programming in the context of the Android platform Download Now »

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Practical Android 4 Games Development continues your journey to becoming a hands-on Android game apps developer. This title guides you through the process of designing and developing game apps that work on both smartphones and tablets, thanks to the new Android SDK 4.0 which merges the User Interface and Experience APIs and more.

The author, J.F. DiMarzio, has written eight books, including Android: A Programmer’s Guide—the first Android book approved by Google—recently updated and translated for sale in Japan. He has an easy-to-read, concise, and logical writing style that is well suited for teaching complex technologies like the Java-based Android.

From 2D-based casual games to 3D OpenGL-based first-person shooters, you find that learning how to create games on the fastest growing mobile platform has never been easier.

• Create 2D and 3D games for Android 4.0 phones and tablets such and the Motorola Xoom
• Build your own reusable “black box” for game development
• Easy-to-follow examples make creating the sample games a hands-on experience

What you’ll learn

• How to design and develop compelling 2D and 3D games
• How to create rich environments and characters
• How to do collision detection Download Now »

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If you want to gain more control over your social networking activities with Google+, this jargon-free guide helps you quickly master the ins and outs of the site. Learn how to organize your contacts, hold video chats with as many as ten people, and determine exactly who may learn what about you. With this book, you’ll navigate Google+ with ease.

The important stuff you need to know

• Massage your profile. Control what the public, specific groups, or certain individuals can see about you.
• Move in the right circles. Assign folks to different groups and share the right stuff with the right people.
• Jump into streams. Get all the updates, pictures, and links from people you know.
• Host hangouts. Organize and attend group video chats.
• View and share photos. Make them available to whomever you like—whether or not they’re Google+ members.
• Get notifications. Monitor what others do (and share about you) on Google+.
• Go mobile. Use Google+ on your Android, iPhone, or mobile web browser.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Getting Started
Chapter 2. Managing Contacts with Circles
Chapter 3. Streams, Sharing, and Privacy
Chapter 4. Notifications Download Now »

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With the Android platform fast becoming a target of malicious hackers, application security is crucial. This concise book provides the knowledge you need to design and implement robust, rugged, and secure apps for any Android device. You’ll learn how to identify and manage the risks inherent in your design, and work to minimize a hacker’s opportunity to compromise your app and steal user data.

How is the Android platform structured to handle security? What services and tools are available to help you protect data? Up until now, no single resource has provided this vital information. With this guide, you’ll learn how to address real threats to your app, whether or not you have previous experience with security issues.

• Examine Android’s architecture and security model, and how it isolates the filesystem and database
• Learn how to use Android permissions and restricted system APIs
• Explore Android component types, and learn how to secure communications in a multi-tier app
• Use cryptographic tools to protect data stored on an Android device
• Secure the data transmitted from the device to other parties, including the servers that interact with your app

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Android Architecture
Chapter 3. Application Permissions Download Now »

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Android in Action, Third Edition is a comprehensive tutorial for Android developers. This fast-paced book puts you in the driver’s seat — you’ll master the SDK, build WebKit apps using HTML 5, and even learn to extend or replace Android’s built-in features by building useful and intriguing examples.

When it comes to mobile apps, Android can do almost anything, and with this book, so can you! Android, Google’s popular mobile operating system and SDK for tablets and smart phones, is the broadest mobile platform available. It is Java-based, HTML5-aware, and loaded with the features today’s mobile users demand.

Android in Action, Third Edition takes you far beyond “Hello Android.” You’ll master the SDK, build WebKit apps using HTML 5, and even learn to extend or replace Android’s built-in features. You’ll find interesting examples on every page as you explore cross-platform graphics with RenderScript, the updated notification system, and the Native Development Kit. This book also introduces important tablet concepts like drag-and-drop, fragments, and the Action Bar, all new in Android 3.

What’s Inside

• Covers Android 3.x
• SDK and WebKit development from the ground up
• Driving a robot with Bluetooth and sensors
• Image processing with Native C code

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