Flash Platform Collection of eBooks 2011

Flash Platform eBooks Collection 2011
English | 19 eBooks | Collection | PDF | 270.80 MB

A collection of eBooks related to Design/Animation/Scripting & Development using Flash Professional and Flash Builder to create content for Desktop and Mobile (iOS, Android, Blackberry Tablet).

Here is a list of the books included:
Addison Wesley Developing Flex 4 Components – a great guide to understanding and creating Spark components
Animation with Scripting for Adobe Flash Professional CS5 – a neat set of design/animation solutions from Flash veteran Chris Georgenes with very useful tips on scripting Flash Professional for automation from Justin Putney
Developing Android Applications with Flex 4.5 – A book on Android development using AIR and the Flex Framework and Flash Builder 4.5.
Blackberry Tablet Applications with Flex 4.5 – A book on Blackberry Tablet development using AIR and the Flex Framework and Flash Builder 4.5.
Flash Professional CS5 Visual Quickstart – a title suited for beginners who aim to master the Flash Professional authoring environment.
Flash Development for Android Cookbook – Over 90 recipies for Android apps using Flash,Flex and AIR
Flex 4 Fun – an easy to read collection of Flex 4 solutions.
Flash Mobile Developing Android and iOS Applications – titles says it all
Oreilly ActionScript Developers Guide to Robotlegs (Aug. 2011) – The 1st book to cover the Robotlegs micro framework, now standard in most digital agencies that use actionscript.
Oreilly Developing Android Applications with Adobe AIR – Probably the best pure ActionScript guide to Android Development from ITP NYU lecturer Veronique Brossier
Away3D 3.6 Essentials – a great starting point for developers interested in 3D development in actionscript.
Away3D 3.6 Cookbook – a useful collection of solutions for common problems in software 3D development using the Away3D engine
Flash Game Development by Example – suitable for programming beginners focused on casual games development using ActionScript
iOS Development With Flash – an easy to read guide to iOS Development using Flash
haXe 2 Beginners Guide – haXe is an amazing language allowing developers to target ActionScript,JS, PHP and C++. If you’re interested in a language that will allow your work to be published to Flash Player, JS (HTML5 Canvas and WebGL) and Mobile (Android and iOS through C++ targetting), then haXe is for you.
Pro Android Flash – yet another ActionScript/AIR/Android title, this time from Apress
ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University 2nd Edition – The revised version of a brilliant title on ActionScript game development
Real-World Flash Game Development 2nd Edition – Probably the best book on ActionScript Game Development as it includes a lot of concepts and insights from first hand experience.

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Facebook will be organising friends in 'Smart Lists' very soon

It's a modern-day dilemma: You really want your Facebook friends to see that wild party photo of you wearing bunny ears. But you're not so keen on explaining it to your mother-in-law.
Well, Facebook aims to make life easier.
Beginning Wednesday, the social network will make it easier to share photos, posts and links with smaller, isolated groups of people. While the site has allowed users to separate their friends into lists since 2007, this option took quite a bit of work and only a small fraction of Facebook users took advantage of it.

Facebook

Now, Facebook will automatically group your friends based on whether they live near you, went to your school or work with you. You can read posts or share updates with specific groups instead of dozens, or hundreds, of "friends" at a time. Facebook will use the colleges, workplaces and geographic locations that users share on the site to organize people into groups. Called "smart lists," the feature is optional to use, and the lists are customisable.
"Users don't really want to spend a lot of time creating and maintaining friend lists," said Naomi Gleit, the director of product at Facebook who worked on the feature.
In addition, you can create your own friend groups with as few or as many as you would like, based around hobbies, work projects or relatives, for example.
Listing people as "close friends," meanwhile, will ensure that you will see the posts and photos from the dozen or so friends you care about the most. Updates from these people will feature more prominently in your news feed and you can opt to receive email notifications every time they post something on Facebook, Gleit said.
Conversely, those categorised as "acquaintances" will feature less prominently on your Facebook page, and you will see just big news, such as marriages and new babies.
Facebook's latest move takes a page from Google Plus, the fledgling social network launched this summer by the online search leader. Google's service so far has not threatened to unseat Facebook as the world's biggest online social network. But its sleek design and innovative, privacy-focused features piqued the interest of many Facebook users and critics, helping to foster healthy competition among these Silicon Valley neighbours.

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Microsoft give away aims to stir Windows-8 interests

Microsoft Corp handed out sleek new tablet computers with a test version of Windows 8 at its annual developer conference, to spark excitement over its new operating system.

The devices are the first chance for people outside Microsoft to play with Windows 8, the temporary code name for its next system that includes features tailored specifically for touch screens and tablets. The company is betting the new system will stem the tide of consumers switching to Apple Inc's iPad.

Microsoft, whose software still runs more than 90 per cent of personal computers, needs the new system to appeal to developers in the hope they will create thousands of applications to attract users.

Microsoft

At the same time, it needs to lure a younger, tech-savvy audience and halt the march of Apple devices into Microsoft's business market, analysts said.

"Kids today are seeing more Apple logos than Microsoft logos, and Microsoft needs to change that if they are going to continue being the force that they have been," said Michael Silver, an analyst at tech research firm Gartner, attending the developer conference.

"If you look at where Apple is successful, it's from consumers who have more power to bring in what they use at home to the business," said Silver. "That's important for Microsoft to go after, to get this fixed."

Tablet makers are expected to start selling products with Windows 8 in the middle of next year at the earliest.

Fast and slick

The new system boots up in seconds and features a home page filled with colourful tiles taking the user directly into applications such as Facebook, messaging or news feeds. It is less likely to appeal to business users, analysts said, given that many companies are still working their way toward switching to Windows 7, released in 2009.

Microsoft has sold almost 450 million Windows 7 licenses in two years since it was introduced, but the newest version still accounts for less than a third of global Windows users, many of whom are clinging to older versions.

The new system is the first to be compatible with low-power chips designed by ARM Holdings, which have become the standard for mobile devices.

Windows unit chief Steven Sinofsky stressed the new operating system is the first to focus on applications - it will contain an online app store for the first time - reflecting the way people now use computers, tablets and smartphones.

He said tablets running Windows 8 will be able to connect easily to printers, cameras and other devices. Windows 8 will also work on PCs with regular mouse and keyboard commands.

Sinofsky - who called the free tablet distributed at the conference "not an iPad" - emphasised it was a development machine only, and will not appear in stores. It features about 30 different apps written over the summer by Microsoft interns.

Analysts said Microsoft wants to get Windows 8 devices in stores for the "back to school" season next year, starting around July, or the holiday shopping season at the latest. Microsoft itself has not set a schedule publicly for release of Windows 8.

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Unfold Your Himalaya Shampoo Contest

Play the "Unfold Your Himalaya Shampoo contest" and win exciting prizes.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
1. Click here to go facebook page and like it
2. Click start now button
3. Allow Himalaya shampoo to get access
4. simply click on the numbers made on the canvas, answer the questions which follow and when all the boxes have been clicked on by answering the questions correctly, Himalaya Shampoo bottle will uncover and the participant will be the winner
Note:- This contest is only for girls and valid till 3 Sep 2011

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Free PVR Cinema tickets for your Brothers and Sisters on Rakhi

Get FREE PVR TICKETS for your brother or sister & you to watch an upcoming bollywood Movie ‘‘Aarakshan‘ on Rakhi,  in any PVR of your choice in Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad & Gurgaon Only. So if You are From Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad or Gurgaon then Get Ready for Your Aarakshan for upcoming Movie ‘Aarakshan'. Over 1000 Free Tickets to be given.

How to Get free PVR Cinemas Tickets:
1. Visit Cadbury Celebration Facebook Fan page
2. Choose the Free movie tickets tab from the right menu
3. Fill up the simple form by giving your contact details and complete the sentence : My brother/sister is the most shararati because…..

There are only 1000 PVR available under this campaign and in case there are no tickets available for the PVR Cinemas you have selected, the tickets will be given for the PVR Cinemas which is nearest to the one selected.

Note: This offer is valid for 5 days effective from 6th August 2011.

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How to add hosting nameservers in GoDaddy

• Login your GoDaddy account and go to domain manager
• Here click on your desired domain

• Now on Domain options panel you will observe the option “set name servers”

• Click on this option and in the popup option box you can enter the hosting name server as shown in figure

How to setup Hosting nameservers in 1and1.com

• Login you 1and1 account
• Now select the option “Domain and Web Space”

• Here select the domain name you want to setup for a web host
• Select option tab “DNS” and select option “edit DNS from dropdown menu”

• Here select general setting “DNS” instead of “CNAME” and select nameserver as “My Nameserver”
• Below in advanced DNS settings you can add your hosting nameservers

How to setup nameservers in NameCheap

• Login your namecheap.com account and go to domain panel
• Select your domain for action

• In left option bar select “Domain name server setup”

• On the next screen you have to add nameservers as shown in figure

 

• Still if you are facing problems then feel free to post your problem in comments.

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