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Chapter 9: Hardware & RobotsWhat are bytes, KB, MB, and GB?What do CPU, RAM, and other computer and phone specs mean?Why does your phone always seem to slow to a crawl after a few years?How can you unlock your phone using your fingerprint?How does Apple Pay work?How does Pokémon Go work?How does Amazon manage to offer 1-hour delivery?How could Amazon deliver items in half an hour?Chapter 10: Business MotivesWhy does Nordstrom offer free Wi-Fi?Why does Amazon offer free shipping with Prime membership eventhough it loses them money?Why does Uber need self-driving cars?Why did Microsoft acquire LinkedIn?Why did Facebook acquire Instagram?Why did Facebook acquire WhatsApp?Why did Facebook buy a company that makes virtual reality headsets?Chapter 11: Technology PolicyHow can Comcast sell your browsing history?Why does Comcast need to be regulated like FedEx?How did a British doctor make Google take down search results about hismalpractice?How did the American government create the multi-billion dollar weatherindustry out of thin air?How could companies be held liable for data breaches?Chapter 12: Trends Going ForwardHow do self-driving cars work?Are robots going to take our jobs?How does Siri work?How could you make video and audio “fake news”?Could Amazon be the first trillion-dollar company?
ConclusionAcknowledgementsGlossaryProgramming languagesDataSoftware developmentTechnology’s alphabet soupBusiness sideRoles at tech companiesNotes
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Chapter 9: Hardware & Robots
What are bytes, KB, MB, and GB?
What do CPU, RAM, and other computer and phone specs mean?
Why does your phone always seem to slow to a crawl after a few years?
How can you unlock your phone using your fingerprint?
How does Apple Pay work?
How does Pokémon Go work?
How does Amazon manage to offer 1-hour delivery?
How could Amazon deliver items in half an hour?
Chapter 10: Business Motives
Why does Nordstrom offer free Wi-Fi?
Why does Amazon offer free shipping with Prime membership even
though it loses them money?
Why does Uber need self-driving cars?
Why did Microsoft acquire LinkedIn?
Why did Facebook acquire Instagram?
Why did Facebook acquire WhatsApp?
Why did Facebook buy a company that makes virtual reality headsets?
Chapter 11: Technology Policy
How can Comcast sell your browsing history?
Why does Comcast need to be regulated like FedEx?
How did a British doctor make Google take down search results about his
malpractice?
How did the American government create the multi-billion dollar weather
industry out of thin air?
How could companies be held liable for data breaches?
Chapter 12: Trends Going Forward
How do self-driving cars work?
Are robots going to take our jobs?
How does Siri work?
How could you make video and audio “fake news”?
Could Amazon be the first trillion-dollar company?
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