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Rise of the Machines: A Cybernetic History

Thomas Rid · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

A sweeping history of our deep entanglement with technology.As lives offline and online merge even more, it's easy to forget how we got here. Rise of the Machines reclaims the spectacular story of cybernetics, a control theory of man and machine. In a history that unpacks one of the twentieth...
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iPad For Seniors For Dummies

Nancy Muir · John Wiley & Sons Inc
Pages: 390
Format: Paperback

Discover all the incredible things your iPad can do! So you have an iPad and you're excited to use it, but where do you begin? With this fun and friendly guide, of course! Veteran For Dummies author Nancy Muir walks you through using your iPad for e-mail, video, travel, navigation,...
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iPad For Dummies

Edward C Baig; Bob LeVitus · John Wiley & Sons
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

The ideal companion for getting the most out of your iPad, updated and in full color! The possibilities that exist with Apple's amazing iPad are seemingly endless, and each release brings even more incredible features to this incredible device. If you’re ready to have the world...
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Linux Pocket Guide: Essential Commands

Daniel J Barrett · O'Reilly Media
Pages: 272
Format: eBook

If you use Linux in your day-to-day work, this popular pocket guide is the perfect on-the-job reference. The third edition features new commands for processing image files and audio files, running and killing programs, reading and modifying the system clipboard, and manipulating PDF files,...
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Samsung Galaxy S7 For Dummies

Bill Hughes · John Wiley
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

This book documents all the features and capabilities of Samsung Galaxy S7 device, approaching them from the point of view of a user who is intimidated by the technology and baffled by the documentation and online support that comes with the phones. All aspects of the suite of devices are covered,...
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LinkedIn For Dummies

Joel Elad · For Dummies; 3 edition
Format: Paperback

Dont be left out—link up with this fully updated introduction to the Internets hottest professional networking tool With more than 225 million members from over 200 countries and territories worldwide, LinkedIn.com is an unbeatable self-marketing tool. LinkedIn For Dummies teaches you how to make...
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Arduino Playground: Geeky Projects for the Curious Maker

Warren Andrews · No Starch Press
Pages: 350
Format: Print book

Arduino Playground will show you how to make gadgets with the Arduino hardware platform that you can use in your home, workshop, and even with your friends. Some projects are practical, others are pure fun - but all are designed to teach you something new about building with electronics.You'll...
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Samsung Galaxy S5 For Dummies

Bill Hughes · For Dummies; 1 edition
Format: Book

Explore Samsungs next generation Galaxy smartphone Do you want an easy-to-follow guide to everything your new Galaxy S5 smartphone can do? From the basics of texting and accessing the Internet to the most advanced features and new software apps, Samsung Galaxy S5 For Dummies makes the need...
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Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism is Turning the Internet Against Democracy

Robert W. McChesney · The New Press
Format: Hardcover

Celebrants and skeptics alike have produced valuable analyses of the Internets effect on us and our world, oscillating between utopian bliss and dystopian hell. But according to Robert W. McChesney, arguments on both sides fail to address the relationship between economic power and the digital...
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Who Owns the Future?

Jaron Lanier · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Jaron Lanier is the father of virtual reality and one of the world’s most brilliant thinkers. Who Owns the Future? is his visionary reckoning with the most urgent economic and social trend of our age: the poisonous concentration of money and power in our digital networks.Lanier has predicted...
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The Essential Guide to HTML5: Using Games to learn HTML5 and JavaScript

Jeanine Meyer · Apress; 2010 edition
Format: Paperback

HTML5 opens up a plethora of new avenues for application and game development on the web. Games can now be created and interacted with directly within HTML, with no need for users to download extra plugins, or for developers to learn new languages. Important new features such as the Canvas...
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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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Make: Getting Started with 3D Printing: Making Your Digital Designs Tangible at Home, Work, or School

Liza Wallach Kloski · Maker Media, Inc
Pages: 150
Format: Paperback

Make: Getting Started with 3D Printing is a practical, informative, and inspiring book that guides readers step-by-step through understanding how this new technology will empower them to take full advantage of all it has to offer. The book includes fundamental topics such as a short history...
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Macs All-in-One For Dummies

Joe Hutsko · Wiley
Pages: 839
Format: Paperback

Your all-in-one guide to unleashing your Mac's full potential It's a Mac world out there. But if you haven't read the instruction manual, you may be neglecting some of your computer's coolest features. Turn to Macs All-in-One For Dummies' jam-packed guide to access...
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Data Science on the Google Cloud Platform: Implementing End-to-End Real-time Data Pipelines: from ingest to machine learning

Valliappa Lakshmanan · O'Reilly Media
Pages: 250
Format: Paperback

Learn how easy it is to apply sophisticated statistical and machine learning methods to real-world problems when you build on top of the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) . With this practical guide, author and GCP Program Manager Valliappa Lakshmanan shows you how to gain insight into a sample...
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