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In Rule the Web, you'll learn how to:
* Browse recklessly, free from viruses, ads, and spyware
* Turn your browser into a secure and powerful anywhere office
* Raze your old home page and build a modern Web masterpiece
* Get the news so fast it'll leave skidmarks on your inbox
* Fire your broker and let the Internet make you rich
* Claim your fifteen megabytes of fame with a blog or podcast
You use the Web to shop, do your banking, have fun,...
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How the Internet Changed History examines the birth of the Internet, how it works, and how it has revolutionized culture, industry, and business. Features include essential facts, a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and maps, charts, and diagrams. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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The topic of cyberbullying tends to appear in the news only after a tragedy. This compelling book explains the abuses that trolls dish out, as well as the impact that cybermobs can have on anyone, from students to business owners. To combat these issues, this book thoughtfully suggests ways that students can actively avoid abuse and includes sound advice about how they can protect themselves if they fall victim to online mistreatment. Along with offering...
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2017.
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xii, 228 pages, 8 color plates ; 24 cm
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"This is the never-before-told, riveting true story about a teenage Christian girl who was seduced online by a charming young Muslim man from Kosovo, and her father who ultimately worked with the FBI to save her from disappearing forever. The Baldwins were a strong Christian family, living in Plano, Texas. When their seventeen-year-old daughter, Mackenzie, met Aadam in a random-match online chat room, she fell for his good looks, his charm, and his...
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"Protecting Your Internet Identity: Are you Naked Online? helps readers, young and old alike, understand the implications of their online personas and reputations. The authors offer a guide to the many pitfalls and risks of certain online activities and provide a roadmap to taking charge of your own online reputation for personal and professional success"--
"This book helps readers, young and old alike, understand the implications of their online...
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The purpose of this book is to provide an average computer user with the knowledge that will help them stay safe while online, as well as help them make privacy choices that work for them. My goal is to explain online threats in terms that don't require a technical background to understand. All techno-speak will be limited, and where it cannot be avoided, I will first be explained in common non-computer terms.
This book should be accessible to anyone...
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"You might have trouble imagining life without your social media accounts, but virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier insists that you're better off without them. Part manifesto, part toolbox for liberation, Lanier's important new book offers powerful and personal reasons for everyone to leave these dangerous online platforms behind before it's too late. Social media's poisonous grip brings out the worst in us, makes politics terrifying, tricks us with...
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2019.
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349 pages : 24 cm
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Dives into the real lives of YouTube influencers and explores the secrets of their appeal to fans. Includes a history of YouTube's rise and inner workings. Profiles Jake Paul, PewDiePie, Zoella, and others.
Jake Paul, PewDiePie and Zoella shape the daily lives of millions of fans, from London to Los Angeles. And their power is growing. Two billion people now watch YouTube.00Yet its stars are a mystery to the general public and media. What is the...
19) The Circle
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"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...
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"A refreshingly positive look at the new digital landscape of childhood and how to navigate it. In The New Childhood, Jordan Shapiro provides a hopeful counterpoint to the fearful hand-wringing that has come to define our narrative around children and technology. Drawing on groundbreaking research in economics, psychology, philosophy, and education, The New Childhood shows how technology is guiding humanity toward a bright future in which our children...
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