information technology

Discusses the importance of social media to the modern youth.

Explores the social aspects of the rise of the Internet and the increasing power of computing and dealing with information online, as well as the dangers of privacy hackers and how society might be negatively affected by the Internet.

Argues that humans will have to keep pace with machines in order to become prosperous in the future and identifies strategies and policies for businesses and individuals to use to combine digital processing power with human ingenuity.

A guide for teens interested in a career in information technology, exploring several technical and creative jobs in the field and featuring questions and activities designed to help teens match their strengths, talents, and work personality with the appropriate career.

Explores how the latest technological advances have challenged long-held assumptions about privacy, identity, free expression, and personal control, leading to new challenges for people living in the digital age.

"In the digital age, journalists have to be concerned about privacy and security like never before. This book teaches students of media about this brave new world. Journalists today need to protect their information and sources in unprecedented ways. Readers also learn how data encryption works. When using the Internet to do research, there’s always the potential for hacking. Finally, an interview with cyber security expert Brock Wood gives readers a sense of real-world threats to their privacy and security. This book is an indispensable resource to students of journalism in a cyber world."--Publisher description.

This volume marks the progression of digital technology from yesterday's music box to today's state-of-the-art Smart Phone and nano-circuits. The science innovators, engineers and entrepreneurs are profiled and page spreads are designed with chronological technology benchmarks. With clear text, timelines and abundant images, the changes that technology has brought to our daily lives are examined along with (3z(BA Different View(3y (Bsidebars that discuss how these technologies were perceived in the past.

We used to say "seeing is believing"; now googling is believing. With 24/7 access to nearly all of the world's information at our fingertips, we no longer trek to the library or the encyclopedia shelf in search of answers. We just open our browsers, type in a few keywords and wait for the information to come to us. Indeed, the Internet has revolutionized the way we learn and know, as well as how we interact with each other. And yet this explosion of technological innovation has also produced a curious paradox: even as we know more, we seem to understand less.

Steve Case, co-founder of America Online (AOL) and one of America's most accomplished entrepreneurs, shares a roadmap for how anyone can succeed in a world of rapidly changing technology. We are entering, he explains, a new paradigm called the "Third Wave" of the Internet. The first wave saw AOL and other companies lay the foundation for consumers to connect to the Internet. The second wave saw companies like Google and Facebook build on top of the Internet to create search and social networking capabilities, while apps like Snapchat and Instagram leverage the smartphone revolution. Now, Case argues, we're entering the Third Wave: a period in which entrepreneurs will vastly transform major "real world" sectors like health, education, transportation, energy, and food-and in the process change the way we live our daily lives.