The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone: Library Edition
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.49 (666 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1478949600 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 278 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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But packed within its slim profile is the fascinating, untold story of scientific, technological, and business breakthroughs--global in scope, sometimes centuries in the making, and coming from vastly different disciplines--that enabled Apple to create the most profitable product in history.For all the time we spend swiping, tapping, and staring at iPhones, you think there would be few things we didn't know about these gadgets. But think again.The One Device is a Magic School Bus trip inside the iPhone--traveling into its guts, peeling back its layers, and launching explorations that take us to the driest place on earth and a Mongolian lake of toxic sludge, down the Silk Road, into 19th century photography, and all the way back to Cupertino, California, where m
"I highly recommend it. When I first heard of this book" according to John K. Lin. I have mixed feelings on this book. But overall, I highly recommend it.When I first heard of this book, I was really interested in reading it and pre-ordered it on Amazon – since I like to ready and study the history and development of technology and Silicon Valley. I read The One Device over the course of a few days. No doubt, this boo was released a week before th. A brilliant study of product development Mal Warwick Other Silicon Valley observers have written about the development of the iPhone—but it's unlikely that anyone else has delved as deeply into the subject as Brian Merchant or will ever do so in the future, for that matter. Merchant's brilliant new book, The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone, tells the tale from the mining of the minerals from which the pho. "Highly recommend this book for those interested in the story of iPhone's development" according to Neil Isenberg. Review for: The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhonePROS:------I highly recommend this book for those interested in the details of the topic promised in the title.The author offers a great deal of detail into the history of iPhone development and the early development of technologies before the iPhone development that directly (and indirectly) made the product pos
Brian Merchant is the senior editor of Motherboard, VICE's science and technology outlet, the founder/editor of Terraform, its online fiction outlet, and his work has appeared in the Guardian, Slate, VICE Magazine, Salon, Fast Company, Discovery, GOOD, Paste, Grist, and beyond. His work freque
If you've looked at the glowing screen in your hand and wondered where the hell it came from, this book provides rich, unexpected, and unusually sophisticated answers."Alexis Madrigal, author of Powering the Dream"Compressing decades of competitive invention and behind-the-screen intrigue, Brian Merchant looks deep into the black mirror of the iPhone to tell us the prehistory-and cultural future-of Apple's addictive device. You will never look at your iPhone the same way again."Dan Lyons, New York Times bestselling author of Disrupted"Brian Merchant has written a fascinating biography of the iPhone, the most important single product ever created. Think of it as the manual Apple would never give you: required reading for anyone who wants to know how their iPhone really works."Claire Evans, author and member of YACHT"A thoughtful portrait of how a piece of reigning technology be