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To help readers find new books, Goodreads works with an algorithm much like Facebook's news feed. It is what powers the site's book recommendation engine, which is based around ratings, what's on a reader's virtual bookshelf and what readers with similar tastes have recommended.

"Alongside the expansion of the social web came a generation of students who have never known life without the technologies that many of us have come to depend on. Although there are significant within-group exceptions related to socioeconomic status and ethnic background, today's traditional-aged students are more comfortable than any other generation in history with expanding their lives by living in both physical and digital spaces."

"For its wearable computer to be accepted, Google must convince people that the device isn't creepy."