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Book Description
In lively, mordantly witty prose, Negroponte decodes the mysteries--and debunks the hype--surrounding bandwidth, multimedia, virtual reality, and the Internet, and explains why such touted innovations as the fax and the CD-ROM are likely to go the way of the BetaMax. "Succinct and readable. . . . IfContinue
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- English Books
- Paperback 272 Pages
- Edition: 1st Vintage Ed
- ISBN-10: 0679762906
- ISBN-13: 9780679762904
- Publisher: Vintage
- Pub date: Jan 03, 1996
- Dimensions: 1355 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD and Audio Cassette
- In other languages: other languages
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The first book to explore the impact of digital technology on the world, the bestselling Being Digital explains, in an exhilarating and totally accessible style, what being digital means and how your life can be enhanced by it. From wrist-mounted TVs, computers and telephones to fridges that notice ... (continue)
The first book to explore the impact of digital technology on the world, the bestselling Being Digital explains, in an exhilarating and totally accessible style, what being digital means and how your life can be enhanced by it. From wrist-mounted TVs, computers and telephones to fridges that notice we are out of milk and can tell our car to pick some up on the way home, [the book] is full of practical insights to the future of communications. Enthusiastic and mind-bending, [the book] is nothing short of a friendly road map for surviving and prospering in the digital present and future.
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