In Tubes, journalist Andrew Blum goes inside the Internet's physical infrastructure and flips on the lights, revealing an utterly fresh look at the online world we think we know. It is a shockingly tactile realm of unmarked compounds,...
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Author:Blum, AndrewSummary: - Author:Morozov, EvgenySummary:
In the very near future, “smart” technologies and “big data” will allow us to make large-scale and sophisticated interventions in politics, culture, and everyday life. Technology will allow us to solve problems in highly original ways...
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Author:Ramo, Joshua CooperSummary:If you find yourself longing for a world where information is not always at your fingertips, you may be as useful as the carriage maker post–Henry Ford. Is it possible to not become hopelessly tangled with technology? Joshua Cooper Ramo...
- Author:Sherrard, ValerieSummary:
Derek didn’t mean to become popular. His accidental photo bomb — the one that made him internet-famous — took him from invisibility to middle-school fame overnight. And you know what? He’s not sure if he likes it. But his best friend...
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Author:Taylor, AstraSummary:From a cutting-edge cultural commentator, a bold and brilliant challenge to cherished notions of the Internet as the great leveler of our age
The Internet has been hailed as an unprecedented democratizing force, a place where...
- Author:Crook, ChristinaSummary:
The author examines how the new technological world impacts our lives.
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Author:Isaacson, WalterSummary:Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The Innovators is Walter Isaacson's revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet. It is destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution and an...
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Author:Rayner, Mark A.Summary:"With plenty of humor and much more, The Fridgularity is an exciting, sci-fi view askew, highly recommended." ~Midwest Book Review "If you're looking for a combination of humor, romance and a power hungry refrigerator, look no further...
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Author:Bartlett, JamieSummary:In this important and revealing book, Jamie Bartlett takes us deep into the digital underworld and presents an extraordinary look at the internet we don't know. Beginning with the rise of the internet and the conflicts and battles that...
- Author:Saltzberg, BarneySummary:
Spending time with Grandpa is always fun. Singling, laughing, eating, and playing. And when it's time to say goodbye, It won't be for long because He's never too far away to have tea. In this sweetly simple, rhyming picture book by...
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Author:Doctorow, CorySummary:Alan is an entrepreneur in Toronto who decides to involve himself in a visionary scheme to blanket Toronto with free wireless Internet connectivity, a conspiracy spearheaded by a brilliant technopunk who builds miracles of hardware from...
- Author:Schorr, Melissa, Scheff, SueSummary:
In today's digitally-driven world, countless people are being electronically embarrassed every day, whether it's from trolling, cyber-slamming, revenge porn, sexting, doxing, hacking, or other malicious virtual takedowns. This...
- Author:Miller, Derek B.Summary:
When Lilly was first Chief Engineer at The Commonwealth, nearly fifty years ago, the Central Archive wasn't yet the greatest repository of knowledge in the known world, protected by scribes copying every piece of found material - books...
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Author:Gookin, DanSummary:Get the latest edition of the bestselling PC book on the planet! What better way to make friends with your new PC than with this new edition of the bestselling PC book in the world? PCs For Dummies, Windows 7 Edition explains the latest...
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Author:Roberts, JillianSummary:Using illustrations, full-color photographs and straightforward text, this nonfiction picture book introduces the topic of online safety.
- Author:Brooking, Emerson T., Singer, P. W.Summary:
Social media has been weaponized, as state hackers and rogue terrorists have seized upon Twitter and Facebook to create chaos and destruction. This urgent report is required reading, from defense expert P.W. Singer and Council on...
- Author:Gosselin, NadiaSummary:
Ils se sont connus par la toile de l’Internet. Ils ne se sont jamais vus. Elle l’a imaginé comme un homme mature, un grand sage romantique aux mots troublants qui ont éveillé en elle des désirs insoupçonnés. Il la voit comme une jeune...
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Author:Benski, TovaSummary:Nothing seems more far removed from the visceral, bodily experience of emotions than the cold, rational technology of the Internet. But as this collection shows, the internet and emotions intersect in interesting and surprising ways....
- Author:Doctorow, CorySummary:
Cory Doctorow takes on the state of copyright and creative success in the digital age. This is an essential read for anyone with a stake in the future of the arts.
- Author:Andrews, Lori B.Summary:
Social networks are the defining cultural movement of our time, but they have also greatly accelerated the erosion of our personal privacy rights. Social network and privacy expert Lori Andrews here proposes a plan to protect the future...
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