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Biz Stone, the co-founder of Twitter, discusses the power of creativity and how to harness it, through stories from his remarkable life and career.
Things a Little Bird Told Me
From GQ's "Nerd of the Year" to one of Time's most influential people in the world, Biz Stone represents different things to different people. But he is known to all as the creative, effervescent, funny, charmingly positive and remarkably savvy...
Things a Little Bird Told Me
From GQ's "Nerd of the Year" to one of Time's most influential people in the world, Biz Stone represents different things to different people. But he is known to all as the creative, effervescent, funny, charmingly positive and remarkably savvy...
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"Twitter seems like a perfect start-up success story. In barely six years, a small group of young, ambitious programmers in Silicon Valley built an $11.5 billion business out of the ashes of a failed podcasting company. Today Twitter boasts more than 200 million active users and has affected business, politics, media, and other fields in innumerable ways. Now Nick Bilton of the New York Times takes readers behind the scenes with a narrative that shows...
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Chronicles the history of Facebook, and highlights various innovations that Facebook has introduced since its creation. Discusses the controversies surrounding the company and how it has changed social media. Includes color photographs, fact boxes, a timeline, a glossary, and additional resources.
5) Twitter
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Readers will learn about company history and development, how Twitter operates, issues the company faces such as cyberbullying, and its impact on society.
6) Twitter
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Explores the history, function, controversy, innovation, leadership, and future of tech giant Twitter. Includes color photographs, a timeline, essential facts, source notes, additional resources, and an index.
7) Facebook
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Explores the history, function, controversy, innovation, leadership, and future of tech giant Facebook. Includes color photographs, a timeline, essential facts, source notes, additional resources, and an index.
8) Instagram
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Readers will learn about company history and development, how Instagram operates, issues the company faces such as inappropriate content, and its impact on society.
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"A treatise of Black women's transformative influence in media, entertainment, and politics, and why this intersectional movement building, especially on Twitter, is essential to the resistance. In Reclaiming Our Space, social worker, activist, and cultural commentator Feminista Jones explores how Black women are changing culture, society, and the landscape of feminism by building digital communities and using social media as powerful platforms. Complex...
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"Four NYU undergrads wanted to build a social network that would allow users to control what they shared about themselves. They were hoping to raised 10k in 30 days and their project was called Diaspora. Their 2010 Kickstarter campaign ended the first day with three backers. They raised 20 times their goal and had support from around the world. But as the months wore on and the money wore out, they couldn't get there--coding failures, bad business...