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Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren’t the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room

David Weinberger · Basic Books

We used to know how to know. We got our answers from books or experts. Wed nail down the facts and move on. But in the Internet age, knowledge has moved onto networks. Theres more knowledge than ever, of course, but its different. Topics have no boundaries, and nobody agrees on anything....
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It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens

danah boyd · YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pages: 281

What is new about how teenagers communicate through services such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram? Do social media affect the quality of teens' lives? In this eye-opening book, youth culture and technology expert danah boyd uncovers some of the major myths regarding teens' use of social...
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Dataclysm: Who We Are

Christian Rudder · Crown

A New York Times BestsellerAn audacious, irreverent investigation of human behavior—and a first look at a revolution in the making   Our personal data has been used to spy on us, hire and fire us, and sell us stuff we dont need. In Dataclysm, Christian Rudder uses it to show us who we truly...
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lol...OMG!: What Every Student Needs to Know About Online Reputation Management, Digital Citizenship and Cyberbullying

Matt Ivester · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

The ease with which digital content can be shared online, in addition to its many benefits, has created a host of problems for todays high school and college students. All too often, students are uploading, updating, posting and publishing without giving a second thought to who might see their...
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EPUB Straight to the Point: Creating ebooks for the Apple iPad and other ereaders

Elizabeth Castro · Peachpit Press; 1 edition

Almost overnight, EPUB has become the favored standard for displaying digital text on ereaders. The EPUB specification is a powerful method for creating gorgeous ebooks for EPUB-capable readers such as the iPad, Nook, and Kindle. Alas, it is far from perfect, with frustrating limitations,...
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Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World

Bruce Schneier · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition

You are under surveillance right now.Your cell phone provider tracks your location and knows whos with you. Your online and in-store purchasing patterns are recorded, and reveal if youre unemployed, sick, or pregnant. Your e-mails and texts expose your intimate and casual friends. Google...
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