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All these articles are citing one source, Venture Beat. I would love for it to be true, but until there are more sources to back it up, I’m gonna file this under wishful thinking.

That being said, there are a number of reasons it would make sense:

1) Patents - Apple has shown it’s willing to go after just about anyone in the tablet market over patents. I suspect the reason HP/Palm has been left relatively untouched is because they hold a number of patents that Apple is vulnerable on (auto brightness based on ambient light, phone dialer and address book, managing active calls, etc): http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/28/apple-vs-palm-the-in-depth-analysis/

2) UI improvements over Android - WebOS has the best multi-tasking and notification system of any mobile OS and it does a good job pulling in contacts from Gmail, Facebook, etc. There’s lots Amazon could use to improve the UI of Android.

3) Existing handsets/marketplace - There’s an established app store for WebOS. HP is currently taking a 30% commission on sales. Considering there were as many as a million TouchPads sold (plus existing handhelds), that could be as much as $50 million per year in revenue. I think with it’s marketing experience, Amazon could probably push that a lot higher.

I suspect Amazon would try to combine the operating systems and while keeping Android compatibility. Considering how badly HP has handled WebOS, I’d be surprised if the sale price was more than $300-$400 million. It’s value is dropping quickly though, so it HP doesn’t do a deal right away, it may not be able to.

First, don’t. I don’t care how insightful the speaker is, it’s super annoying for anyone not there with you.

Here are a few easy step to make the experience more pleasant for everyone:

1. Open a text document. Set the width to 140 characters. One tweet per line.
2. Remove any reference to the event you’re at
3. Use a service like Twuffer to schedule your tweets over the next two weeks

If they haven’t unfollowed you already, you’re followers will thank you.

The Media Fast

• No newspapers, magazines, audiobooks, podcasts or non-music radio.
• Music is permitted at all times
• No news websites whatsoever (CNN, NY Times, etc).
• No books, except the 4HWW and 1 hour of fiction reading before bed
• Limit TV to 1 hour of pleasure viewing per day (comedies etc.)
• No web surfing unless it’s necessary to finish a task for that day

From The Four Hour Workweek

Are you a photographer, designer, programmer just starting out? Here are the essential (and infallible) rules to pricing your work.

1. Always cover your costs - How did you pay for your equipment? Do you ever want to buy new equipment? How about rent, phone, internet? Your wife/parents will only support you for so long before telling you to get a real job.

2. Always base your estimates in reality - You know it takes more that 2 hours to design a web page. The only person you’re screwing over is yourself by not being realistic with your time.

3. Always account for unbillable time - Email, phone calls, tech support, etc. It all takes time and nobody wants to be billed for it.

4. Always make a profit - Profits allow you to enjoy your time when your not working. Remember what that was like?

5. Raise your rates periodically - Everything costs more over time. It’s called inflation. It affects you too.

6. Forget about what other people are doing - Nobody else has your costs, skills, experience, etc. If they want to each Mac & Cheese for the rest of their lives, that’s their problem.