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1) The circle
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"The Circle is the exhilarating new novel from Dave Eggers, best-selling author of A Hologram for the King, a finalist for the National Book Award. 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...
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"A year into her dream job at a cutthroat Silicon Valley start-up, Cassie finds herself trapped in a corporate nightmare. Between the long hours, toxic bosses, and unethical projects, she also struggles to reconcile the glittering promise of a city where obscene wealth lives alongside abject poverty and suffering. Ivy League grads complain about the snack selection from a conference room with a view of unhoused people bathing in the bay. Start-up...
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Elon Musk is the most daring entrepreneur of our time There are few industrialists in history who could match Elon Musk's relentless drive and ingenious vision. A modern alloy of Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Howard Hughes, and Steve Jobs, Musk is the man behind PayPal, Tesla Motors, SpaceX, and SolarCity, each of which has sent shock waves throughout American business and industry. More than any other executive today, Musk has dedicated his energies...
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The Internet stock bubble wasn't just about goggle-eyed day traderstrying to get rich on the Nasdaq and goateed twenty-five-year-olds playing wannabe Bill Gates. It was also about an America that believed it had discovered the secret of eternal prosperity: it said something about all of us, and what we thought about ourselves, as the twenty-first century dawned. John Cassidy's Dot.con brings this tumultuous episode to life. Moving from the Cold War...
5) Twitter
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Twitter studies the influential social networking service and its founders, examining how a side project created by its four founders evolved into a powerful social network that influences entertainment, politics, and activism. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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"The lean entrepreneurship movement has captivated Silicon Valley and entrepreneurs across the country. It's provided an agile framework to develop the right product solution for a given target market, and is now used by almost every fledgling company to do just that. The next challenge is growth-- to achieve the financial returns and, more importantly, the impact they dreamed of when starting off on their adventure. Why do some companies realize...
7) Google
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Examines the origins and growth of Google, its founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and how the company rose to the top of the market.
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You can't create a $300 billion company by accident in between classes. You may think you know the legendary story behind the beginning of Facebook by wunderkind Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg, but those who were actually there on the inside molding this social media idea into a game-changing, Goliath-sized company know the experience was far more tumultuous and uncertain than one might expect.
As a computer engineer turned marketing innovator who...
9) No better time: the brief, remarkable life of Danny Lewin--the genius who transformed the Internet
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Presents the life story of Internet genius Danny Lewin, detailing his love for Israel, the mathematical algorithm that rendered him an instant billionaire, his contributions as an anti-terrorism soldier, and his tragic death during the September 11 attacks.
11) Facebook
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
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This title examines Facebook, the social media website. Readers will learn about company history and development, how Facebook operates, issues the company faces such as cyberbullying, and its impact on society. Key components such as News Feed and Like are also explored. Color photos accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a company profile, mini bios of company founders, timeline, fast facts, informative sidebars, and section on...
13) Sergey Brin
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IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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"Engaging images accompany information about Sergey Brin. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
14) Twitter
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IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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This title examines Twitter, the social networking website. Readers will learn about company history and development, how Twitter operates, issues the company faces such as cyberbullying, and its impact on society. Key components such as tags and hashtags are also explored. Color photos accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a company profile, mini bios of company founders, timeline, fast facts, informative sidebars, and section...
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IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
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What's more popular than Tumblr? This microblogging site has taken the Web by storm since its founding in 2007. Not much can top it when it comes to capturing its fans' imaginations, except for perhaps its creator, David Karp.
Karp developed Tumblr after he tried to start a blog and found the process daunting. With most platforms, a blogger faces a huge, empty text box that begs to be filled with words. It was intimidating for a guy who'd never...
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"Elon Musk is the visionary behind SpaceX and CEO of the electric car company Tesla. He is working on unique and daring improvements to both public transit and solar energy. And then, there's his highly-publicized plans for colonizing Mars... But behind the mind-blowing headlines and legendary drive is the story of a bullied and beaten school boy, who through creativity and determination decided to rewrite his story and find his own way to make the...
17) Snapchat
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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This title examines Snapchat, the photo and video sharing website. Readers will learn about company history and development, how Snapchat operates, issues the company faces such as inappropriate content, and its impact on society. Key components such as Snapcodes and Lenses are also explored. Color photos accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a company profile, mini bios of company founders, timeline, fast facts, informative sidebars,...
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