Techniques and Applications for Mobile Commerce: Proceedings of TAMoCo 2008 - Volume 169 Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications/by C. Branki (Author), B. Cross (Author), G. D?­az (Author), P. Langend?¶rfer (Author), F. Laux (Author), G. Ortiz (Author), M. Randles (Author), A. Taleb-Bendiab (Author), F. Teuteberg (Author), R. Unland (Author), G. Wanner (Author)
Description:
Mobile Commerce (M-Commerce) comprises applications and services that are accessible from Internet-enabled mobile devices. It involves new technologies, services and business models. While it is different from traditional e-Commerce it can also be seen as an extension of e-Commerce in the sense that it, among others, makes e-Commerce available in a modern way to new application areas and to a new set of customers. The Internet is on its way to leave traces in all aspects of our life independently of where we are. Already today, mobile phones and PDAs are an indispensable part of our life as a source for all kinds of information and services and, especially, as our permanently available interface to our environment. Very soon they will turn into widespread intelligent assistants capable of anticipating many of our wishes and needs, but, for all these changes to happen, key issues of interoperability, usability, security and privacy still need to be addressed.

Focal Encyclopedia of Photography (Fourth Edition) : Digital Imaging, Theory and Applications, History, and Science/by Michael Peres (Editor)
Description:
The role and value of the picture cannot be matched for accuracy or impact. This comprehensive treatise, featuring the history and historical processes of photography, contemporary applications, and the new and evolving digital technologies, will provide the most accurate technical synopsis of the current, as well as early worlds of photography ever compiled. This Encyclopedia, produced by a team of world renown practicing experts, shares in highly detailed descriptions, the core concepts and facts relative to anything photographic. This Fourth edition of the Focal Encyclopedia serves as the definitive reference for students and practitioners of photography worldwide, expanding on the award winning 3rd edition.

Professional techniques for the wedding photographer/by George Schaub (Author)
Description:
This book covers all the main topics of wedding photography for the beginner. Not too much detail on camera settings; the focus is more on things you want to be aware when photographing the different parts of the wedding from before the wedding until after the reception. Pictures are great as examples and text is easy to read and understand.

The Book of Photography/by John Hedgecoe (Author)
Description
With over a half million copies sold worldwide of the original edition, The Book of Photography is the ultimate book for learning simple techniques for taking better pictures. Revised and updated with 24 new pages that deal with digital photography for the first time and expands on all of Hedgecoe's expert guidance, this book is packed with practical advice from one of the best photographers on the last 30 years.
From the Inside Flap
Combines detailed, specific instructions for getting the most out of your camera technically, with practical advice about developing a personal style. Leads the beginner and accomplished amateur to expertise. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

The Digital Photography Book/by Scott Kelby (Author)
Description
Scott Kelby, the man who changed the "digital darkroom" forever with his groundbreaking, #1 bestselling, award-winning book The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers, now tackles the most important side of digital photography--how to take pro-quality shots using the same tricks today's top digital pros use (and it's easier than you'd think).
This entire book is written with a brilliant premise, and here’s how Scott describes it: "If you and I were out on a shoot, and you asked me, 'Hey, how do I get this flower to be in focus, but I want the background out of focus?' I wouldn't stand there and give you a lecture about aperture, exposure, and depth of field. In real life, I'd just say, 'Get out your telephoto lens, set your f/stop to f/2.8, focus on the flower, and fire away.' You d say, 'OK,' and you'd get the shot. That's what this book is all about. A book of you and I shooting, and I answer the questions, give you advice, and share the secrets I've learned just like I would with a friend, without all the technical explanations and without all the techno-photo-speak."
This isn't a book of theory—it isn't full of confusing jargon and detailed concepts: this is a book of which button to push, which setting to use, when to use them, and nearly two hundred of the most closely guarded photographic "tricks of the trade" to get you shooting dramatically better-looking, sharper, more colorful, more professional-looking photos with your digital camera every time you press the shutter button.
Here's another thing that makes this book different: each page covers just one trick, just one single concept that makes your photography better. Every time you turn the page, you'll learn another pro setting, another pro tool, another pro trick to transform your work from snapshots into gallery prints. There's never been a book like it, and if you're tired of taking shots that look "OK," and if you’re tired of looking in photography magazines and thinking, "Why don't my shots look like that?" then this is the book for you.