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RAKESH AGRAWAL
I am Senior Director of Product at Audible.
I have been designing and marketing Internet services since 1993. I have worked at Tellme, AOL Search, uReach Technologies, washingtonpost.com and startribune.com.
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- Conversation tonight on feature requirements for robo taxis. My suggestion: “I need to puke button.” Could just b… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 6 hours ago
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- A finance guide for millionaires and billionaires
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Monthly Archives: July 2006
EXTRA! EXTRA! Newspaper sites to start linking to Web sites
The New York Times reports today on the launch of a service by Inform.com that enables news sites to automatically link to related stories. Newspapers have long been reluctant to link to other sites for fear of losing traffic. Never … Continue reading
Posted in media, newspapers
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Personal mashups – letting users re-draw the map
The Google Maps API has been a runaway success, allowing developers around the world to create mashups marrying Google maps with data on a variety of topics, including craigslist real estate, taco trucks in seattle, flickr pictures, cellphone reception and … Continue reading
Posted in google, local search, maps, mashups, web 2.0
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Data entry on mobile phones
There’s no question that data entry on mobile phones with the standard 12-key keypad is tedious. Technologies like Tegic’s T9, which is available on many phones makes this a lot easier. The technology predicts what word you are trying to … Continue reading
Posted in google, mobile, wireless, wireless data
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Lighting the way to the throne
I stayed at the New York Hilton this weekend in one of their renovated guest rooms. One piece of technology in the room caught my eye: a sensor-activated light. You step out of bed and LEDs at floor level automatically … Continue reading
Unleashing the power of the buddy list
I’ve been using a number of different social networking sites recently – LinkedIn, MySpace, Flickr, AIM Pages, Digg, Netscape, YouTube, Yelp, Netflix. With every one of them, I face the same problem. When I join, I’m all by lonesome. (Except … Continue reading
Posted in facebook, im, instant messaging, social networking, web 2, web 2.0
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The remote control lockbox
I recently purchased a Harmony 880 universal remote. It’s one of those gadgets for those who have a lot of gadgets. The promise is that you can consolidate remotes for a lot of devices into one. In many ways, the … Continue reading
Posted in audio, consumer electronics, remote controls, web 2.0
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Show me the good stuff
When I check my email, I scan the list of new messages for names of people I know. This is something that machines can do much faster and better. With the volume of spam and bulk mail these days, some … Continue reading
Posted in email, spam, web 2.0
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