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Learn to write apps for some of today's hottest technologies, including the iPhone and iPad (using iOS), as well as the Mac (using OS X).

If you want to develop efficient, smooth-running applications, controlling concurrency and memory are vital.

Beginning iOS Cloud and Database Development gets you started with building apps that use Apple's iCloud.

Taking Your iPad to the Max, iOS 5 Edition is written so that anyone can quickly get up to speed on Apple's latest hit.

You have a great idea for a simple mobile web app.

The Unreal UDK features Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine 3, used to create bestselling games such as Infinity Blade for iOS, and popular console games like Borderlands and Bioshock.

iOS 5 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach is your guide to developing solutions on iPad, iPhone, and other iOS 5 devices and platforms.

Augmented reality takes the real world and through the use of graphics, sound and other effects allows you to enhance the environment.

With the millions of apps in the crowded Apple iTunes App Store, it can be difficult to get your apps noticed.

In Pro OpenGL ES for iOS, you'll find out how to harness the full power of OpenGL ES, and design your own 3D applications by building a fully-functional 3D solar system model using Open GL ES!

Create compelling 2D games with Learn cocos2d Game Development with iOS 5.

Interested in iPhone and iPad apps development?

So you have your brand new Mac, or perhaps you've upgraded to Lion on an existing desktop or laptop.

You're smart and savvy, but you're also busy.

Unleash your iPod touch and take it to the limit using secret tips and techniques.

Apache Tomcat is the most popular open-source de-facto Java Web application server, standard for today's Web developers using JSP/Servlets.

With the Mac App Store launch in early 2011, a new age in Mac development began.

Today's iPhone and iPad apps developers are often running into the need to refine, improve and optimize their apps performances.

The new iOS 5-driven iPod touch devices are much more than just music.

Game apps on iPhone and now iPad remain one of the most popular type of apps in the Apple iTunes App Store.

The Mac has come a long way, and OS X Lion is the best version yet of Apple's desktop and laptop operating system.

Fully updated for Xcode 4.

You have a great idea for an app, but where do you begin?

Are you new to the Macintosh experience and iLife?

This sixth edition of Beginning Ubuntu Linux introduces all of us-newbies, power users and system administrators-to the Natty Narwhal Ubuntu release.

Building on your knowledge of how to write basic applications, Pro iOS 5 Tools: Xcode, Instruments and Build Tools shows how to take your apps from promising to real, and from good to great, by using numerous performance and debugging techniques and tools found in Xcode, Apple's Integrated Development Environment (IDE), Interface Builder and more.

The iPhone is the hottest gadget of our generation, and much of its success has been fueled by the App Store, Apple's online marketplace for iPhone applications.

The team that brought you the bestselling Beginning iPhone 4 Development is back again for Beginning iOS 5 Development, bringing this definitive guide up-to-date with Apple's latest and greatest iOS SDK, as well as with the latest version of Xcode.

Congratulations-you've purchased the new iPhone 4S, the coolest smartphone on the market.

Unleash the power of your new iPhone 4S or other iOS 5-driven iPhone and take it to the limit using powerful tips and techniques from the Apple experts at TUAW, Erica Sadun, Steve Sande, and Michael Grothaus.

Taking Your iPhoto '11 to the Max walks users through Apple's most popular software application in the iLife suite-iPhoto.

Beginning iOS Apps with Facebook and Twitter APIs shows you how to add the power of social networking to your mobile apps on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

iPad 2: It looks different.

OS X and iOS Kernel Programming combines essential operating system and kernel architecture knowledge with a highly practical approach that will help you write effective kernel-level code.

Beginning iOS Game Center and Game Kit shows you how to use Game Center and Game Kit to create fun and polished games that use advanced features such as social networking and voice over IP (VoIP).

Microsoft Excel 2011 for Mac OS X is a powerful application, but many of its most impressive features can be difficult to find.

The iPad 2 is thinner, more powerful, intuitive and very fun for users of all ages.

The power of Core Data allows iOS developers to efficiently store and retrieve application data using familiar object-oriented paradigms.

If you’re an iOS app developer, chances are you’ll be using table views in your development projects.

iOS Forensic Analysis provides an in-depth look at investigative processes for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad devices.

Want to learn how to program on your Mac?

Office for Mac remains the leading productivity suite for Mac, with Apple's iWork and the free OpenOffice.

It's time to capitalize on your mastery of Cocoa with Pro Objective-C Design Patterns for iOS.

Learn iPhone and iPad cocos2D Game Development provides a rock-solid introduction to the cocos2d iPhone game engine and related tools.

The phenomenal success of the iPhone, iPad and the iPod touch has ushered in a “gold rush” for developers, but with well over 300,000 apps in the highly competitive App Store, it has become increasingly difficult for new apps to stand out in the crowd.

Unleash your iPhone and take it to the limit using secret tips and techniques from gadget hacker Erica Sadun.

Unleash your iPhone and take it to the limit using powerful tips and techniques from tech consultant Steve Sande and gadget hacker Erica Sadun.

With Pro iOS Web Design and Development, you'll design websites and develop web applications for iPhone and iPad using web standards deployed with Apple's Safari browser.

The iPod touch is much more than just music.

Congratulations you ve purchased an iPhone 4, arguably the coolest smartphone on the market.