Edward C. Baig - iPad mini For Dummies

iPad mini For Dummies

by Edward C. Baig and Bob Dr. Mac LeVitus

iPad mini For Dummies

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About the Authors

Edward C. Baig writes the weekly Personal Technology column in USA TODAY and is a regular on USA TODAY s Talking Tech podcasts. Ed is also the author of Macs For Dummies, 11th Edition (John Wiley & Sons), and the cowriter of iPhone For Dummies. Before joining USA TODAY as a columnist and reporter in 1999, Ed spent six years at Business Week, where he wrote and edited stories about consumer tech, personal finance, collectibles, travel, and wine tasting, among other topics. He received the Medill School of Journalism 1999 Financial Writers and Editors Award for contributions to the Business Week Investor Guide to Online Investing. That followed a three-year stint at U.S. News & World Report, where Ed was the lead tech writer for the News You Can Use section but also dabbled in numerous other subjects.

Ed began his journalist career at Fortune magazine, gaining the best basic training imaginable during his early years as a fact checker and contributor to the Fortune 500. Through the dozen years he worked at the magazine, Ed covered leisure-time industries, penned features on the lucrative dating market and the effect of religion on corporate managers, and was heavily involved in the Most Admired Companies project. Ed also started up Fortunes Products to Watch column, a venue for low- and high-tech items.

Bob LeVitus, often referred to as Dr. Mac, has written or co-written over 65 popular computer books, with millions of copies in print. His titles include OS X Mountain Lion For Dummies, iPhone For Dummies, Incredible iPad Apps For Dummies, and Microsoft Office 2011 For Mac For Dummies for John Wiley & Sons; Stupid Mac Tricks and Dr. Macintosh for Addison-Wesley; and The Little iTunes Book, 3rd Edition, and The Little iDVD Book, 2nd Edition, for Peachpit Press.

Bob has also penned the popular Dr. Mac column for the Houston Chronicle for more than 15 years and has been published in pretty much every magazine that ever used the word Mac in its title. His achievements have been documented in major media around the world. (Yes, that was him juggling a keyboard in USA TODAY a few years back!)

Bob is known for his expertise, trademark humorous style, and ability to translate techie jargon into usable and fun advice for regular folks. Bob is also a prolific public speaker, presenting more than 100 Macworld Expo training sessions in the United States and abroad, keynote addresses in three countries, and Macintosh training seminars in many U.S. cities.

Dedications

I dedicate this book to my beautiful wife, Janie, for inspiring me in myriad ways every day I am with her. And to my incredible kids: my adorable little girl, Sydney (one of her first words was iPod); my little boy, Sammy (who is all smiles from the moment he wakes up in the morning); and my canine puppy daughter, Sadie (who thankfully hasnt chewed on the iPad yet). My kids are already hooked on the iPad its only a matter of time for the mini. This book is also dedicated to the memory of my canine son, Eddie Jr. I am madly in love with you all. Ed Baig

Every book Ive ever written and every book I will ever write is book is dedicated to my wife, Lisa, who taught me almost everything I know about almost everything I know except technology. Theyre also dedicated to my kids, Allison and Jacob, who love iPhones and iPads almost as much as I love them (my kids, not my gadgets). This book, however, is dedicated to my mom, Rhoda, who received her first iPad (an iPad mini, of course) for Chanukah and who will need this book a lot more than my wife or kids. Love ya, mom! Bob LeVitus

Authors Acknowledgments