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Reality Mining: Using Big Data to Engineer a Better World

Nathan Eagle · The MIT Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Big Data is made up of lots of little data: numbers entered into cell phones, addresses entered into GPS devices, visits to websites, online purchases, ATM transactions, and any other activity that leaves a digital trail. Although the abuse...
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Hacking Happiness: Why Your Personal Data Counts and How Tracking it Can Change the World

John Havens · Tarcher
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

In Hacking Happiness, futurist and contributing Mashable writer John C. Havens introduces you to your "quantified self" - your digital identity represented by gigabytes of data produced from tracking your activities on your smartphone and computer. Harvested by megacorporations...
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Mastering XPages: A Step-by-Step Guide to XPages Application Development and the XSP Language

Martin Donnelly · IBM Press
Pages: 1130
Format: Print book

IBM's Best-Selling Guide to XPages Development-Now Updated and Expanded for Lotus Notes/Domino 9.0.1 XPages instantly revolutionized Notes/Domino application development, and the newest versions deliver unprecedented performance and flexibility. Now, the popular insider's guide to XPages...
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More Awesome Than Money: Four Boys and Their Heroic Quest to Save Your Privacy from Facebook

Jim Dwyer · Viking
Format: Hardcover

David versus Goliath in Silicon Valley - an epic attempt to take back the InternetTheir idea was simple. Four NYU undergrads wanted to build a social network that would allow users to control their personal data, instead of surrendering it to big businesses like Facebook. They called it Diaspora....
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Photoshop Elements 12 in Easy Steps

Nick Vandome · In Easy Steps Limited
Format: Paperback

Adobe's best-selling Photoshop Elements for editing images is updated with even more features to enhance pictures. And Photoshop Elements 12 in easy steps reveals all the key features on offer for you to perfect your photos. It'll help you to quickly master Elements' interface...
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Windows 7 Tweaks: A Comprehensive Guide on Customizing, Increasing Performance, and Securing Microsoft Windows 7

Steve Sinchak · Wiley; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

The definitive guide to unlocking the hidden potential of the Windows 7 OSWritten by bestselling author and the creator of tweaks.com Steve Sinchak, this unique guide provides you with the ultimate collection of hidden gems that will enable you to get the most out of Windows 7. Packed with...
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Switching to Microsoft Windows 7: The Painless Way to Upgrade from Windows XP or Vista

Elna Tymes · Que Publishing; 1 edition
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback

The only Windows 7 book upgraders need! Switching to Microsoft Windows 7? Here's all the help you'll ever need! Learn how to move from Windows XP or Windows Vista quickly and painlessly ... discover the fast, efficient "Windows 7 way" to perform every common task......
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You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto

Jaron Lanier · Knopf; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Jaron Lanier, a Silicon Valley visionary since the 1980s, was among the first to predict the revolutionary changes the World Wide Web would bring to commerce and culture. Now, in his first book, written more than two decades after the web was created, Lanier offers this provocative and cautionary...
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Using Microsoft Windows 7

J. Peter Bruzzese · Que; 1 edition
Pages: 360
Format: Paperback

Get comfortable with Windows 7. Don’t just read about it: See it and hear it with step-by-step video tutorials and valuable audio sidebars delivered through the Free Web Edition that comes with every USING book. For the price of the book, you get online access anywhere with a web connection–no...
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Social Media for Writers: Marketing Strategies for Building Your Audience and Selling Books

Tee Morris · Writer's Digest Books
Pages: 277
Format: Print book

Maximize the Potential of Your Online Brand!Over the past decade, social media has transformed from a fad into a necessity for writers. But for the inexperienced author, trying to make sense of--much less master--the available platforms can be a frustrating experience. The variety of social...
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