
- 62 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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Future Perspectives
About this book
Chris Yapp has blogged for BCS for 6 years on the future of technology and how the economic and social impacts of technical developments may play out. Covering a wide variety of topics including smart cities, the internet of things, big data and privacy, this collection of his articles provides a guide to the opportunities and possible pitfalls of technical progress and how it will change the world we live in today.
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Table of contents
- FRONT COVER
- TITLE PAGE
- DEDICATION
- CONTENTS
- AUTHOR
- PREFACE
- PART 1: WORKING LIFE
- PART 2: THE WEB IS OVER – INNOVATION
- PART 3: DATA, DATA EVERYWHERE – BIG DATA AND THE IOT
- PART 4: TWO SETS OF FOOTPRINTS? – PRIVACY
- PART 5: LIBRARIANS IN A ROOM – MAKING LIFE BETTER
- AFTERWORD
- BCS, THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE FOR IT
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
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