“iCulture is voor mij al sinds en jaar dag DE bron voor nieuws maar ook zeker handige tips voor het gebruik van m’n iPhone. Zelfs de meest doorgewinterde Apple-fan haalt door dit boek nog meer uit zijn of haar iPhone!"

- Michiel Veenstra, Program Director KINK.NL en verstokt iPhone-gebruiker.

Je iPhone is een technisch hoogstandje… maar zeg nu eerlijk: haal je wel alles eruit wat erin zit? Natuurlijk: foto’s en video’s maken, bellen, whatsappen en spelletjes spelen doen we bijna all...

Access control entered the world of security around 1970, but in the last five years there has been a major technological evolution. This is material to provide clarity about this evolution. The work addresses new technologies such as Bluetooth and QR codes, but also GDPR, sustainability and good craftsmanship.

User experience design is the discipline of creating a useful and usable Web site or application that's easily navigated and meets the needs of the site owner and its users. There's a lot more to successful UX design than knowing the latest Web technologies or design trends: It takes diplomacy, management skills, and business savvy. That's where the updated edition of this important book comes in.

With new information on design principles, mobile and gestural interactions, content strategy, r...

A dazzling look at modern videogame worlds seen through an architectural lens, utilizing maps, diagrams and graphic illustrations to offer new perspectives on the art of virtual world building.

Videogame Atlas presents a journey through twelve well-known videogame worlds via panoramic maps, intricate exploded diagrams and detailed illustrations. The book offers a playful new way of seeing these beloved virtual worlds using the practices and academic rigour that underpins real-world...

Calculations in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Third Edition, helps researchers utilizing molecular biology and biotechnology techniques-from student to professional-understand which type of calculation to use and why. Research in biotechnology and molecular biology requires a vast amount of calculations. Results of one data set become the basis of the next.

An error of choosing the wrong type of equation can turn what would have been a successful research project or weeks of labor and ...

User interface (UI) design rules and guidelines, developed by early HCI gurus and recognized throughout the field, were based on cognitive psychology (study of mental processes such as problem solving, memory, and language), and early practitioners were well informed of its tenets. But today practitioners with backgrounds in cognitive psychology are a minority, as user interface designers and developers enter the field from a wide array of disciplines. HCI practitioners today have enough expe...

Since it was first published in 2000, hundreds of thousands of Web designers and developers have relied on usability guru Steve Krug's guide to understand the principles of intuitive navigation and information design. Witty, commonsensical, and eminently practical, it's one of the best loved and most recommended books on the subject. It's a core foundational book that every Web designer must internalise to make their designs truly effective.

In this substantially revised edition, St...

AI for Learners examines how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can, and should, impact positively on human learning, whether it be in formal or informal educational and training contexts. The book considers the different supporting roles that can help a learner - from AI as a peer to AI as a tutor and AI as an assessor, among other things.

Artificial Intelligence has a real impact on our lives and on our environment, and the Sustainable Development Goals enable us to evaluate these impacts in a systematic manner. AI for the Sustainable Development Goals shows how AI potentially affects all SDGs. Positively, but also negatively.

Uncover the fundamental concepts of cloud computing and harness the skills you need for a successful career in this fast-growing sector.