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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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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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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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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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The Best of Windows® 7: The Official Magazine: The Official Magazine: A Real-Life Guide to Windows and Your PC

The Editors the ficial WIndows Magazine of · Microsoft Press; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Explore the practical, fun, and creative things you can do right now with Windows® 7-with expert guidance from the editors of the only officially endorsed magazine for Windows® 7. This guide comes packed with smart-and-simple tips-and vibrantly illustrated how-to's-on everything...
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Targeted: How Technology Is Revolutionizing Advertising and the Way Companies Reach Consumers

Mike Smith · AMACOM
Format: Hardcover

Far from the catchy television spots and sleek magazine spreads are the comparatively modest ads that pop up on websites and in Internet searches. But dont be fooled - online advertising is exploding. Growing at a compound annual rate near 20 per cent, it is now the second-largest advertising...
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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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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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Search: How the Data Explosion Makes Us Smarter

Stefan Weitz · Bibliomotion
Format: Hardcover

Search is as old as language. We've always needed to find something in the jumble of human creation. The first web was nothing more than passing verbal histories down the generations so others could find and remember how not to get eaten; the first search used the power of written language...
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