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1) Amazon
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Examines the world's largest online retailer, detailing its founding by Jeff Bezos and its expansion into new areas such as hardware devices, cloud services, and drone deliveries.
2) Apple
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Apple takes a look at the world's largest tech company, examining its many ups and downs in the decades since it was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
3) Facebook
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Facebook explores how founder Mark Zuckerberg grew his social networking site from a small service only available on a single college campus to the world's largest social network. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
4) Google
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Examines the origins and growth of Google, its founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and how the company rose to the top of the market.
5) Microsoft
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Examines the origins and growth of the Microsoft Corporation, its founders, Bill Gates and Paul Allen, and how the company rose to the top of the market.
6) Netflix
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"Netflix explores how founders Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph turned a small DVD rental service into a global media empire, leading the way in the streaming revolution and pioneering new ways to study TV audiences " --
7) Samsung
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Examines the origins and growth of the South Korean company Samsung, its founder, Lee Byung-chul, and how the company rose to the top of the market.
8) Twitter
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Examines the origins and growth of Twitter, its founders, Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams and how it is used by millions of people to share information in 280 characters or less.
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To claim her inheritance, she has to get past her boss…if she doesn't fall for him first, in this Titans of Tech story by Susannah Erwin.
She wants what’s hers…
and the boss who stands in her way.
Marguerite Delacroix must regain possession of her family’s ancestral vineyards. When she’s caught red-handed sneaking into the winery, she comes face-to-face with the new owner—tech titan Evan Fletcher. But he doesn’t turn her in—he gives...
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Reunion or one last fling? Find out as the sparks fly between ex-lovers in this Titans of Tech story by Susannah Erwin!
Matchmaker, matchmaker…
reunite with your ex?
With his revolutionary dating app, Will Taylor plays matchmaker extraordinaire-but he's still a cynical bachelor after Finley Smythe broke his heart. Now a starring turn in his own reality matchmaking show could change that, if his plans aren't upended by the storm that strands...
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Amazon has revolutionized online shopping, growing quickly to become one of the biggest companies in the world. Learn how Amazon became the tech giant it is today and get a glimpse of what's coming next.
"This useful series about the biggest names in tech is sure to have utility for report writers. . . . Thorough and well researched."-School Library Journal
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Since Steve Jobs helped found Apple in 1976, the company has been at the cutting edge of computing, introducing the world to personal computers, the iPhone, and more. Explore Apple's history and what the future of the company might hold.
"This useful series about the biggest names in tech is sure to have utility for report writers. . . . Thorough and well researched."-School Library Journal
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Social media is everywhere. It's popularity was fueled when Mark Zuckerberg helped to found Facebook in 2004. Learn how Facebook grew to conquer the world of social media and investigate the controversy the company has invited along the way.
"This useful series about the biggest names in tech is sure to have utility for report writers. . . . Thorough and well researched."-School Library Journal
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In the face of climate change, demand for electric cars is growing. Elon Musk founded Tesla, making a big bet on electric cars, in 2003. Learn more about Tesla's history and what it's planning next.
"This useful series about the biggest names in tech is sure to have utility for report writers. . . . Thorough and well researched."-School Library Journal
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