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Crash Override: How Gamergate

Zoe? Quinn · PublicAffairs
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

You've heard the stories about the dark side of the internet--hackers, #gamergate, anonymous mobs attacking an unlucky victim, and revenge porn--but they remain just that: stories. Surely these things would never happen to you.Zoe Quinn used to feel the same way. She is a video game developer...
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Safe City: From Law Enforcement to Neighborhood Watches

Robert Hessel · Morgan James Publishing
Pages: 164
Format: Paperback

It's a basic human right to feel and be safe in your community -- where you live, work and play. But, few people know or understand everything it takes to make this possible. Safe City details the concerted effort and integration of new technology it takes to make communities safer...
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The Selfie Generation: How Our Self Images Are Changing Our Notions of Privacy, Sex, Consent, and Culture

Alicia Eler · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Whether it's Kim Kardashian uploading picture after picture to Instagram or your roommate posting a mid-vacation shot to Facebook, selfies receive mixed reactions. But are selfies more than, as many critics lament, a symptom of a self-absorbed generation? Digital native Alicia Eler's...
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Web Coding & Development All-in-One For Dummies

PAUL MCFEDRIES · For Dummies
Pages: 768
Format: Paperback

Speak the languages that power the web With more high-paying web development jobs opening every day, people with coding and web/app building skills are having no problems finding employment. If you're a would-be developer looking to gain the know-how to build the interfaces, databases,...
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The Complete Guide to Drones, Extended and Fully Updated 2nd Edition: Choose, Build, Photograph, Race

Adam Juniper · Wellfleet Press
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

If you think you need a boarding pass to fly, you're really missing out! Today, drones are everywhere. From film studios to farms, they're in the hands of photographers, commercial surveyors, and racers alike. This fully illustrated book explains how drones developed, where they're...
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Creating Web Animations: Bringing Your UIs to Life

Kirupa Chinnathambi · O'Reilly Media
Pages: 210
Format: Paperback

Thanks to faster browsers, better web standards support, and more powerful devices, the web now defines the next generation of user interfaces that are fun, practical, fluid, and memorable. The key? Animation. But learning how to create animations is hard, and existing learning material...
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macOS Mojave For Dummies

BOB LEVITUS · For Dummies
Pages: 528
Format: Paperback

Get acquainted with macOS Your shiny new iMac or trusty old MacBook both rely on macOS to help you get things done. macOS Mojave For Dummies includes tips and explanations on how to navigate macOS Mojave's new and classic features. macOS Mojave includes new featres like: Dark Mode,...
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Calmer Easier Happier Screen Time: For parents of toddlers to teens: A guide to getting back in charge of technology

Noel Janis-Norton · Yellow Kite
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

Do you constantly find yourself battling to stop your kids spending hours in front of a screen? Whether it's a tv, an ipad, a pc or a playstation children are spending more and more time absorbed in the digital world and for most parents it's a cause for concern.The most frequent...
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To Be a Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death

Mark O'Connell · Doubleday
Pages: 241
Format: Hardcover

"This gonzo-journalistic exploration of the Silicon Valley techno-utopians' pursuit of escaping mortality is a breezy romp full of colorful characters." - New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice) Transhumanism is a movement pushing the limits of our bodies - our capabilities,...
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Excel 2019 For Dummies

Greg Harvey · For Dummies
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback

The bestselling Excel book on the market - now in a new edition covering the latest version of Excel!Excel is the spreadsheet and data analysis tool of choice for people across the globe who utilize the Microsoft Office suite to make their work and personal lives easier. It is estimated...
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IPHONE PHOTOGRAPHY FOR EVERYBODY : create awesome photographs

BERT KRAGES · AMHERST MEDIA
Format: Paperback

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Linux for makers : understanding the operating system that runs raspberry pi and other maker sbcs

Aaron Newcomb · O'Reilly Media
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Linux is a powerful open-source operating system that has been around for many years and is widely used for running servers and websites. But most students and Makers encounter it for the first time when they are working on projects with their Raspberry Pi or similar single-board computers...
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iPhone for Seniors in easy steps: Covers iOS 10

Nick Vandome · In Easy Steps
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

In full-color and straightforward, jargon-free language, iPhone for Seniors in easy steps, 3rd edition gives you all the information you need to get up and running with your new iPhone and quickly feel you are in control of it. You will learn how to make and receive phone calls, text with...
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The Web Designer's Idea Book, Vol. 2: More of the Best Themes, Trends and Styles in Website Design

Patrick McNeil · HOW Books; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Web Design Inspiration at a GlanceVolume 2 of The Web Designer's Idea Book includes more than 650 new websites arranged thematically, so you can easily find inspiration for your work. Author Patrick McNeil, creator of the popular web design blog designmeltdown.com and author of the original...
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Help Your Kids with Computer Science

INC DORLING KINDERSLEY · DK
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

A clear, visual guide to the technical, societal, and cultural aspects of computers and social media, using step-by-step diagrams and graphics to explore how kids can get the most from computers while staying safe.Covering everything from data to digital life, from computer coding to cyber...
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