Daily Archives: April 18, 2007

Google’s first pre-announcement?

Posted on April 18, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

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 →

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Sticking it to the (hotel) man

Posted on April 18, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

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 →

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Wake up call in California

Posted on April 18, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

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 →

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