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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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Daily Archives: April 18, 2007
Google’s first pre-announcement?
Google CEO Eric Schmidt announced at his Web 2.0 keynote that Google will be releasing a presentations application. (TechCrunch coverage here.) There are lots of interesting aspects to this, especially for Microsoft fans/foes. But I found one thing especially interesting: … Continue reading
Sticking it to the (hotel) man
Hotels have lost much of their ancillary revenue from me over the last few years. With unlimited roaming plans in the U.S. and the ease of buying prepaid cell service overseas, I only use hotel phones for wake up calls … Continue reading
Posted in wireless, wireless data
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Wake up call in California
I was reminded this morning about how adamant California hotels are about wake up calls. I woke up about 15 minutes before my scheduled 7:30 wake up call. I started getting ready for the day. Apparently they called twice while … Continue reading
Posted in travel
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