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August 6, 2013 Subscribe · Forward A 1997 Letter Could Tell Us Everything About Jeff Bezos' Plan For WaPo In 2000, the Washington Post described Jeff Bezos as determined to grow Amazon by applying the same formula he'd embraced in his own career: "Take what's available and push it to its extreme." More than a decade later, Bezos now owns that same paper. And, judging from his tenure at the helm of Amazon, which has alternately seemed on the brink of greatness and brink of death over the years, the Internet mogul will also bring that aggressive mentality to reshaping the 135 year-old publication he acquired Monday. Continue reading... Hello, My Name Is Google And I'm Your New Best Friend Inventor Of Robotic Snake Doesn't Want You To Think Of It As A Robot Use This Candy Crush Cheat To Get Unlimited Lives LOOK: Is This Woman 'Too Pretty' To Be A Web Developer? Is Taylor Swift Secretly Lurking On 4chan? The Reason People Have Suddenly Stopped Buying Tablets LOOK: Is This Woman 'Too Pretty' To Be A Web Developer? Here's What Would Happen If History's Greatest Photos Were Taken With An iPhone LOOK: Is This Woman 'Too Pretty' To Be A Web Developer? Zuckerberg Finally Goes Public On Immigration The Woman Who Almost Died Making Your iPhone JOHNWARNER How the Automotive Industry Will Be Disrupted Imagine your car connects automatically with the next stop light so that the light is green when you go through the intersection. Not idling unnecessarily at the intersection conserves fuel, puts less carbon in the air, and saves you time. Continue reading... DAN LYONS As Newspapers and Magazines Struggle, Companies in Other Industries Are Hiring Journalists, Getting Into the Media Business. Why? The big question for journalists like me who are making the jump to companies is whether you can really be a journalist if you're part of a marketing department. Continue reading... SAM DORISON XKeyscore Is a Hacker's Jackpot Much of the debate so far focuses on government invasion of privacy. While the privacy issues are certainly important, also significant is what could happen if the collected information got into the wrong hands. Continue reading... JOHN PAVLEY A Marketplace for Stronger Connections Between Neurons NextLesson is a web app where teachers and parents can get access to pre-designed lesson plans or create their own. It wasn't created by a 20-year-old to jump on the next big trend. It was created by a couple of dads using the ideas and techniques of high tech to solve a real problem in education. Continue reading... OREN FRANK How to Turn an Apple Believer to Android in 10 Minutes or Less So why talk Android? Because you insulted me and my intelligence. I bought one of the very first iPhone 5's and unfortunately smashed the screen. I then went to an apple store where they asked for $400 for the repair. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003