This title examines the remarkable lives of Larry Page and Sergey Brin and their work building the groundbreaking company Google. Readers will learn about Page and Brin’s backgrounds and education, as well as their early careers. Also covered is a look at how Google operates and issues the company faces, such as handling privacy and copyright lawsuits, facing competition, and developing new online user services.
This title examines the remarkable life of Pierre Omidyar and his work building the groundbreaking company eBay. Readers will learn about Omidyar’s background and education, as well as his early career. Also covered is a look at how eBay operates and issues the company faces, such as international growth, facing competition, and supporting the community.
This title examines the remarkable lives of Ed Catmull and Alvy Ray Smith and their work building the groundbreaking company Pixar. Readers will learn about Catmull and Smith's backgrounds and education, as well as their early careers. Also covered is a look at how Pixar operates and issues the company faces, such as developing new animation and computer graphics software, meeting production demands, and maintaining leadership. Color photos, detailed maps, and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index.
This title examines the remarkable lives of Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes and their work building the social networking site Facebook. Readers will learn about each founder's background and education, as well as his early career. Also covered is a look at how Facebook operates, issues the company faces, its successes, and its impact on society. Color photos and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, Web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index.
This title examines the remarkable lives of Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, and Christopher "Biz" Stone and their work building the social networking Web site Twitter. Readers will learn about each founder's background and education, as well as his early career. Also covered is a look at how Twitter operates, issues the company faces, its successes, and its impact on society. Color photos and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, Web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index.
This title examines the remarkable life of Craig Newmark and his work building the groundbreaking company Craigslist. Readers will learn about Newmarks’s background and education, as well as his early career. Also covered is a look at how Craigslist operates and issues the company faces, such as preventing crime, facing competition, and supporting the community.
This title examines the remarkable life of Steve Jobs and his work building the groundbreaking company Apple. Readers will learn about Jobs's background and education, as well as his early career and his time with NeXT Computer and Pixar. Also covered is a look at how Apple operates, its history, and its many innovations, including the iPod, the iPad, and the iPhone. Color photos and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, Web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an Index.
