EBAY FOR DUMMIES


Marsha Collier writes a guide for eBay buyers and sellers, to give users all the essentials for buying and selling on eBay. Collier explores eBay in the context of sites like Amazon, Facebook, and Pinterest and adds in-depth information on managing multiple auctions, creating a store, knowing the market, marketing your sales, and more.

Published by: John Wiley & Sons

HACKING HAPPINESS – WHY YOUR PERSONAL DATA COUNTS AND HOW TRACKING IT CAN CHANGE THE WORLD

In this book, futurist John Havens introduces readers to “quantified self” – a digital identity represented by gigabytes of data produced from tracking activities on smartphones and computers. Harvested by mega-corporations such as Google, Facebook, and Amazon, Havens argues that emerging technologies will help people reclaim this valuable data for themselves, so they can profit from the insights linked to their quantified selves.


Published by: Tarcher/Putnam

THE NAKED FUTURE – WHAT HAPPENS IN A WORLD THAT ANTICIPATES YOUR EVERY MOVE?

Patrick Tucker draws on stories from healthcare to urban planning to online dating to reveal the shape of a future that’s ever more certain. The rise of big data and predictive analytics means that governments and corporations are becoming much more effective at accomplishing their goals and at much less cost.

Published by: The Penguin Press


FOUNDATIONS OF DATA EXCHANGE

In this book, the authors summarise the key developments of a decade of research. Part I introduces the problem of data exchange via examples, both relational and XML; Part II deals with exchanging relational data; Part III focuses on exchanging XML data; and Part IV covers metadata management. The authors say the problem of exchanging data between different databases with different schemas is an area of immense importance.

Published by: Cambridge University