SMARTER THAN YOU THINK – HOW TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING OUR MINDS FOR THE BETTER

Clive Thompson delivers a resounding “yes” that technology is changing the way people think. The Internet age has produced a radical new style of human intelligence, worthy of both celebration and analysis, he says. Thompson shows that every technological innovation – from the written word to the printing press to the telegraph – has provoked the very same anxieties that plague humans today.

Published by: Penguin Press

BIG DATA – A REVOLUTION THAT WILL TRANSFORM HOW WE LIVE, WORK AND THINK

In this book, two of the world’s respected data experts, Kenneth Cukier and Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, reveal the reality of a big data world and outline clear and actionable steps that will equip the reader with the tools needed for this next phase of human evolution. In the age of big data, humans can crunch an incomprehensible amount of information, providing invaluable insights about the ‘what’ rather than the ‘why’.

Published by: John Murray Publishers

THE INTERNET POLICE – HOW CRIME WENT ONLINE AND THE COPS FOLLOWED

In this book, Nate Anderson takes readers on a behind-the-screens tour of landmark cyber crime cases, revealing how criminals continue to find digital and legal loopholes even as police hurry to close them. Anderson draws on interviews, court documents, and law enforcement reports to reconstruct accounts of how online policing actually works. He shows the dark side of online spaces, but also how dystopian an ordered alternative would be.

Published by: W W Norton & Co

STAYING SAFE ONLINE IN SIMPLE STEPS

Joli Ballew gives advice to anyone who is starting to undertake more and more social, home and financial activities online, and is worrying about the best way to keepcthemselves and their personal information safe while doing so. The book outlinescbasic safety and security strategies, tools and resources that are available for use when venturing online.

Published by: Pearson Education