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 Sherman Library  T49 .P645 2015    AVAILABLE  
Author Pogue, David, 1963- author.
Title Pogue's basics : essential tips and shortcuts (that no one bothers to tell you) for simplifying the technology in your life / David Pogue.
Edition First edition.
OCLC 890107178
ISBN 9781250053480
125005348X
Publisher New York, N.Y. : Flatiron Books, 2015.
©2014.
Description 357 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
LC Subject heading/s Technology -- Miscellanea.
Computer science -- Miscellanea.
Internet -- Miscellanea.
Online social networks -- Miscellanea.
Electronic apparatus and appliances -- Miscellanea.
Contents A therapy session about tech -- Your gadgets. Phones ; Tablets ; Cameras ; Everything else with a plug -- The computer. Computers ; The Mac ; Windows ; Word processing, number crunching, slideshowing ; What not to do -- The Internet. E-mail ; Web browsers ; Google ; Videos online ; 12 free services you'll adore ; 10 fantastic phone apps to install right now -- Social networks. Facebook ; Twitter.
Summary "Did you know that you can dry out your wet cell phone by putting its parts in separate bowls of uncooked rice? That you can scroll through a website using only your spacebar? That if you type your airline and flight number in to Google, it tells you where your flight is, the gate, terminal, and how long until it lands? ... Pogue's tips have earned him 1.5 million followers on Twitter. And now that he writes his columns for Yahoo Tech, the audience for this advice has grown by millions more. Here at last is the book all these fans have been waiting for: a book of 200 tips that will change your relationship to your phone, computer, tablet, camera--all of the technology in your life"-- Provided by publisher.
When it comes to technology, there's no class covering the essentials. And who bothers to read those boring manuals? Pogue has set out to change your relationship with all of the technology in your life, by collecting essential techniques for making your gadgets seem easier, faster, and less of a hassle.
General note Includes index.
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