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Language
English
Description
When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world's most powerful internet company, she feels she's been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users' personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. As Mae tours the open-plan office spaces, the towering glass...
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"Today's babies often make their debut on social media with the very first sonogram. They begin interacting with screens at around four months old. But is this good news or bad news? A wonderful opportunity to connect around the world? Or the first step in creating a generation of addled screen zombies? Many have been quick to declare this the dawn of a neurological and emotional crisis, but solid science on the subject is surprisingly hard to come...
3) WIRED
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Wired mission is to tell the world something they've never heard before in a way they've never seen before. It's about turning new ideas into everyday reality. It's about seeding our community of influencers with the ideas that will shape and transform our collective future. Wired readers want to know how technology is changing the world, and they're interested in big, relevant ideas, even if those ideas challenge their
...Author
Language
English
Description
"When Alex first began posting unscripted family moments and motivational messages online, she had no intention of becoming an influencer. Overnight it seemed she'd amassed a huge following, and her hobby became a full-time job--one that was impossible to manage without her sharp-as-a-tack personal assistant, AC. But all the good-will of her followers turns toxic when one controversial post goes viral in the worst possible way. Alex reaches out to...
Author
Publisher
Ecco Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
xvi, 287 pages : maps, illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Traces the founding of Alibaba, the world's second largest Internet company, by an English teacher from humble origins, drawing on exclusive interviews to explore how the company and Jack Ma have become icons and leading employers in China's booming private sector.
Author
Publisher
M. Bullard
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
219 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Do you desire to get ahead of your business competition? Are an entrepreneur looking for a cheap marketing option that could help your business venture immensely? Do you see YouTube stars with millions of ollowers and want to be just like them? The YouTube guidebook tells you the exact steps it takes to master YouTube. This books provides you step-by-step instruction on how to ramp up your marketing using videos. No matter how proficient you are with...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 260 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In one hundred glimpses of the pre-internet world, Pamela Paul, editor of The New York Times Book Review, presents a captivating record, enlivened with illustrations, of the world before cyberspace--from voicemails to blind dates to punctuation to civility...This book is at once an evocative swan song for a disappearing era and, perhaps, a guide to reclaiming just a little bit more of the world IRL" --
Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Language
English
Description
Want to know the best way to get rid of some of that clutter laying around the house and make some cash? Or sell that beautiful jewelry you made recently? It might be time to take a quick trip to a market with more than 175 million buyers and start a global bidding war. eBay remains the easiest way to sell to hungry consumers worldwide and to uncover incredible bargains and unique items for yourself in the process. Marsha Collier, longtime eBay business...
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Language
English
Description
Methods of buying are changing rapidly-- and the rules of marketing and public relations need to change along with them. Social media, real-time marketing and other online techniques must supplement your off-line methods. Scott provides actionable strategies that can be implemented immediately.
11) Genealogy online
Author
Language
English
Description
"In this edition, the author assumes you know most Internet technologies and programs, and that you want to know how to use them to do your genealogy. The potential for finding clues, data, and other researchers looking for your same family names has increased exponentially in the last decade. Since 2000, push technology, streaming video, blogs, podcasts, social networking, and indexed document scans have radically changed what can be found on the...
12) Black Code
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This documentary examines how governments are manipulating the Internet to control their citizens, creating challenges to our ideas of citizenship, privacy, and democracy. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. *"BLACK CODE pulls back the curtain of awful government intrusion in very immediate terms. Genuinely terrifying, because these things are happening to regular citizens all over the world, it comes from the heart...
Author
Publisher
Columbia Global Reports
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
142 pages : map ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"The internet was designed to be a kind of free-speech paradise, but a lot of the material on it turned out to incite violence, spread untruth, and promote hate. Over the years, three American behemoths--Facebook, YouTube and Twitter--became the way most of the world experiences the internet, and therefore the conveyors of much of its disturbing material. What should be done about this enormous problem? Should the giant social media platforms police...
Publisher
Drafthouse Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Kanopy, in partnership with Drafthouse Films, is proud to premiere this advanced preview of Alex Winter's new documentary, The YouTube Effect. Only available on Kanopy, from May 15th through May 19th! [Exclusive live Q&A with director Alex Winter at 4pm ET on May 18th: Register now!](https://lib.kanopy.com/youtubedoc/) In this eye-opening documentary, Alex Winter presents a thoughtful, troubling look at YouTube, a site with humble origins that has...
Author
Publisher
Razor Media Group
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
xx, 239 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes how to make money using the Internet, offering case studies, outlining the successful strategies used by the author, and discussing such issues as collecting payments, using social networks, and saving money.
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Language
English
Description
Nonfiction picture book addresses common safety concerns and offers rationales for why it's important to maintain boundaries online just as in real life.
"Using illustrations, full-color photographs and straightforward text, this nonfiction picture book introduces the topic of online safety"--
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
x, 229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The internet is an extremely noisy place. Why does some content break through and reach millions of people--while so much else doesn't? The odds of landing your video on YouTube's front page are a staggering one in two million. But Tim Staples has beaten those odds thirty-five times and has built a thriving business in the process. As the CEO of Shareability, Staples launched a multimillion-dollar headphone brand by filming soccer star Cristiano...
Author
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
294 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A chronicle of the Internet's development explores behind the scenes to see the heart of the Internet itself, from the room in Los Angeles where the Internet came to life to the Pacific Northwest, where Google, Microsoft and Facebook have built huge data centers.
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