Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path
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Literacy in a digital education world and peripheral issues.
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Alternatives to Google Products (Complete List)

Alternatives to Google Products (Complete List) | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it

It’s been fun Google, but it’s time to say goodbye.

 

Have you noticed?

 

Google’s entire business model is based on you surrendering to their corporate surveillance. That’s it. All they do is repackage mass corporate surveillance into convenient, free, trendy applications that suck up all your data. Your private data helps Google dominate the online advertising market.

 

You are the product.

 

The other key issue to consider here is that Google is tracking and recording your activity in order to build a user profile, which can be used for various purposes.

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Ten search engines for researchers that go beyond Google

Ten search engines for researchers that go beyond Google | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
Using search engines effectively is now a key skill for researchers, but could more be done to equip young researchers with the tools they need. Here, Dr Neil Jacobs and Rachel Bruce from Jisc’s digital infrastructure team share their top ten resources for researchers from across the web.
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100+ Alternative Search Engines You Should Know

100+ Alternative Search Engines You Should Know | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
Google is the most powerful search engine available, but when it comes to searching for something specific, Google may churn out general results for some. For

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Ayman Abdel-Rahman's curator insight, March 28, 2016 8:30 AM

Interesting list of niche search engines. There's quite a number dedicated to ebooks