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Covers Xbox 360, Kinect, and Xbox LIVE

Step-by-step instructions with callouts to Xbox photos that show you exactly what to do

Help when you run into problems with Xbox 360, Kinect, or Xbox LIVE

Tips and Notes  to help you get the most from your Xbox 360 system

Full-color, step-by-step tasks show you how to have maximum fun with Xbox 360, Kinect, and Xbox LIVE! Learn how to:

• Quickly set up your Xbox 360, Kinect sensor, controllers, headset, and storage
• Network your Xbox using wireless or wired connections
• Join Xbox LIVE and start competing against gamers worldwide
• Create your avatar and personalize your entire Xbox experience
• Get great new content on Microsoft’s Game, Video, and Music Marketplaces
• Find, contact, and team up with friends on Xbox LIVE
• Protect your kids from inappropriate content
• Post on Facebook and Twitter from your Xbox
• Discover how Kinect is the future of motion control–now!
• Get great performance from your Kinect sensor
• Troubleshoot Xbox problems fast, so you can get back to having fun! Download Now »

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Make the Most of Any B&N NOOK–Including NOOK Tablet, NOOK Color, or NOOK Simple Touch!

Read books, play media, get free content, uncover powerful, little-known features you’ll love!

Do all this, and much more…

• Discover great web sources of free and low-cost ebooks
• Sample B&N content for free before you buy it
• Mark up your ebooks with highlights, annotations, and bookmarks
• Stream Netflix, Hulu Plus, and other video on your NOOK Tablet or NOOK Color
• Listen to music with Pandora, Rhapsody, MOG, and Grooveshark
• Read full-color comics, graphic novels, and magazines
• Lend and borrow books with B&N’s LendMe
• Read your ebooks anywhere–even if you’ve left your NOOK at home
• Master NOOK’s built-in chess, crosswords, and Sudoku
• “Root” your NOOK to run standard Android apps
• Use NOOK Friends to share your reading status, recommendations, and ratings on Facebook, Twitter, or BN.com
• Manage your content with My NOOK Library or powerful third-party Calibre software
• Create personal NOOK wallpapers and screensavers Download Now »

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Facebook started out as a social network for high school and college kids. But now grown-ups like you are getting connected, too — even if you use Facebook much differently than your kids do. If you’re a grown-up looking to join the Facebook bandwagon, Facebook for Grown-Ups is just the guide you need. You’ll learn how to use Facebook to reconnect with  old friends and family members and keep them up-to-date on what’s happening in your life.

Facebook for Grown-Ups shows you how to open a Facebook account, find new friends, post status updates, and share family photos and videos. You’ll learn how to become a fan of your favorite performers, join a business network, and create your own topic-specific groups. And if you’re worried about privacy, Facebook for Grown-Ups shows you how to keep your personal information from becoming public knowledge. You’ll even learn how to keep track of what your kids are doing on Facebook — without them knowing it.

This revised and updated edition shows you how to best use Facebook’s new Timeline profile page. You’ll learn how to customize your Timeline, edit and highlight events, and add your own personal cover image.

Table of Contents
Part I: Getting Started with Facebook
Chapter 1. Welcome to Facebook—It’s Not Just for Kids Anymore
Chapter 2. Signing Up and Getting Started Download Now »

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The Easy, Step-by-Step Guide to Facebook Marketing—100% Updated for Facebook’s Newest Features & Best Practices

Your best customers and prospects are on Facebook: more than 800,000,000 of them. Your business needs to be there, too: not just with a generic “page,” but with a smart, low-cost marketing program that works. Facebook Marketing, Third Edition will help you plan that program, execute it, measure it, and optimize it. Two world-class social media marketers show you how to make the most of Facebook’s most valuable new business features—including Facebook Messages, Deals, Places, Credits, Connect, mobile apps, and much more. This completely revamped new edition offers dozens of new tips and best practices for everything from advertising and analytics to promotion and privacy. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, marketer, or PR pro, it will help you find and profit from your customers where they are right now: on Facebook!

You’ll Learn How To:

• Get started fast with Facebook, even if you’re new to it
• Develop winning Facebook marketing strategies
• Master new best practices for creating “best in class” Facebook pages
• Design Facebook ads that drive more clickthroughs at lower cost
• Reach customers outside Facebook with Facebook Connect and social plugins
• Use images and other media to personalize your presence and engage visitors Download Now »

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Step-by-step instructions with callouts to Windows Phone 7 photos so that you can see exactly what to do

Help when you run into Windows Phone 7 problems or limitations

Tips and Notes to help you get the most from your Windows Phone 7 device

Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through getting and keeping your Windows Phone 7 working just the way you want. Learn how to:

• Get started fast! Covers Windows Phone 7.5 Mango release.
• Master Windows Phone 7’s elegant interface and powerful shortcuts
• Quickly set up ringtones, voicemail, Airplane Mode, wallpaper, accessibility, and more
• Connect to the Internet, Wi-Fi networks, and Bluetooth devices
• Get and send messages easily via Outlook, Windows Live, and Google accounts
• Find almost anything with content search, contact search, and Bing web search
• Work seamlessly with OneNote, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and SharePoint documents
• Use Zune and Marketplace to import media content and download applications
• Discover your phone’s built-in apps, and easily pin them to your Start screen
• Store content in the cloud, with Microsoft SkyDrive
• Reach your destination faster with Maps, GPS, and turn-by-turn voice directions
• Use Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn social networking via the People Hub Download Now »

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Here’s your complete, start-to-finish plan for making money on Facebook! Brian Carter offers step-by-step techniques and practical lessons drawn from his 11 years of experience helping companies double and triple their revenue online. This revenue-focused book is packed with up-to-date ideas and proven solutionswith all the details you need to execute crisply, avoid costly mistakes, and reap big profits. You’ll learn how to identify your best Facebook profit opportunities…craft Facebook programs that reflect your unique offerings, brands,  and customers…use Facebook to supercharge your existing marketing programs…attract super-affordable targeted clicks and fans with Facebook ads…repel negative “brand-bashers.”…increase visibility…deepen your customer interactions…translate “community” into cash!

Your customers aren’t just “on” Facebook: Nowadays, that’s where they’re most engaged. That’s where you need to reach them. Marketing on Facebook is no longer optional—but the field is cluttered with hype, foolishness, and “fake” solutions that don’t deliver results. This book gives you what you really need: a complete, proven, step-by-step plan for maximizing your ROI on Facebook. Building on techniques he’s used to help dozens of companies supercharge their online revenues, Brian Carter delivers up-to-the minute, ground-level solutions that work. The devil’s in the details, so Carter gives you all the specifics you need to implement these strategies quickly and cost-effectively. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, marketer, or social marketing specialist, this book will help you attract more visitors and fans at lower cost…convert more visitors into profitable buyers…repel “brand-bashers” and encourage positive Download Now »