Text B College Should Be an Adventure 19
Unit 2 Think Like a Computer 27
Text A Computational Thinking 29
Text B How Computers Change the Way We Think 43
Unit 3 The Internet Age 53
Text A How Did the Internet Start?55
Text B What Will the Internet Look Like in 2040? 71
Unit 4 IT Giants79
Text A Jack Ma: The King of Chinese E-commerce 81
Text B The Happiness Machine97
Unit 5 The New Geek Chic 107
Text A The Rise of Geek Culture110
Text B Love, Internet Style127
Unit 6 Smart Life 135
Text A Making the Move to Smart Cities 137
Text B Smartphones and You: Who Is Really in Control? 152
Unit 7 Big Data, Big Energy 161
Text A The Age of Big Data163
Text B Facebook’s Big Data: Exciting or Terrifying? 178
Unit 8 The Internet of Things 187
Text A A Simple Explanation of the Internet of Things 189
Text B The Internet of Things Will Change Your Life 204
Glossary 213