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Sideways: The City Google Couldn't Buy (Josh O'Kane)
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#SidewalkLabsTorontowaterfrontproject #smartcitydataprivacy #BigTechurbangovernance #corporatecontrolofpublicspace #digitalrightsandcivicpushback #Sideways
Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy is a nonfiction account by Josh O’Kane, a Globe and Mail technology reporter who closely covered Google sister company Sidewalk Labs and its Toronto waterfront project. The book examines how an ambitious attempt to build a technology-driven urban district collided with public scrutiny, political resistance, and the realities of city governance. Rather than treating the project as a simple innovation story, O’Kane presents it as a case study in how Big Tech tries to extend its influence from screens and software into physical infrastructure, land use, and civic life. The book combines reporting, corporate history, and urban politics to show why the promise of a smarter city became a dispute over data, control, and legitimacy. It is especially relevant for readers interested in technology policy, urban development, digital privacy, and the limits of corporate power.
- Amazon USA Store: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1039000800?tag=9natree-20
- Amazon Worldwide Store: https://global.buys.trade/Sideways%3A-The-City-Google-Couldn%26%23039%3Bt-Buy-Josh-O%26%23039%3BKane.html
- Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/the-half-of-it/id1624283090?itsct=books_box_link&itscg=30200&ls=1&at=1001l3bAw&ct=9natree
- eBay: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Sideways+The+City+Google+Couldn+039+t+Buy+Josh+O+039+Kane+&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5339060787&customid=9natree&toolid=10001&mkevt=1
- Read more: https://english.9natree.com/read/1039000800/
#SidewalkLabsTorontowaterfrontproject #smartcitydataprivacy #BigTechurbangovernance #corporatecontrolofpublicspace #digitalrightsandcivicpushback #Sideways
Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy is a nonfiction account by Josh O’Kane, a Globe and Mail technology reporter who closely covered Google sister company Sidewalk Labs and its Toronto waterfront project. The book examines how an ambitious attempt to build a technology-driven urban district collided with public scrutiny, political resistance, and the realities of city governance. Rather than treating the project as a simple innovation story, O’Kane presents it as a case study in how Big Tech tries to extend its influence from screens and software into physical infrastructure, land use, and civic life. The book combines reporting, corporate history, and urban politics to show why the promise of a smarter city became a dispute over data, control, and legitimacy. It is especially relevant for readers interested in technology policy, urban development, digital privacy, and the limits of corporate power.
