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Childhood Unplugged

Ditch the devices and bring back the magic of being a kid

Screens are everywhere. Children spend an average of 7.5 hours on digital devices every day with profoundly negative consequences. While some ...

Once a Bitcoin Miner

By (author) Ethan Lou
Categories: Currency / Foreign exchange

Part autobiography and part investigation, the book describes the wackiness, the fraudulence, and the cycle of Bitcoin boom and bust and boom. We begin with scandal and conflict in Canada’s cryptocurrency ...

You and the Internet of Things

By (author) Vicki McLeod
Categories: Internet: general works
Series: Reference Series

From “smart” homes to “smart” cars, from cashless banking to wearable sensors that gather personal health data, new technological innovations are part of the Internet of Things (IoT) and are now ...

Declutter Your Data

By (author) Angela Crocker
Categories: System administration
Series: Reference Series

Technology makes things faster, and simpler. At the same time, with all the technology that surrounds us on a daily basis, we are awash in too much information. Our computers, phones, tablets, work projects, ...

Look Who's Watching, Revised Edition

Look Who’s Watching confirms in vivid detail that the trust placed by users in the Internet is increasingly misplaced. Based on illustrative anecdotal evidence and analysis of new survey data, Look ...

Law, Privacy and Surveillance in Canada in the Post-Snowden Era

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Political Books 2015.

The right book at the right time: from the effectiveness of accountability and oversight programs to the legal issues raised by metadata collection ...

When Technocultures Collide

When Technocultures Collide provides rich and diverse studies of collision courses between technologically inspired subcultures and the corporate and governmental entities they seek to undermine. The ...

Connecting Canadians

Connecting Canadians examines the role of community informatics, or community-based ICT initiatives, in this process of transition. The Community Research Alliance for Community Innovation and Networking ...

Identify Theft Toolkit

Identity theft is the fastest-growing nonviolent crime in North America today. If you or members of your family become victims, it will take months or years to get your life back. You could lose your ...