About
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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- RT @JJHensleyauthor: Shout out to all the domestic terrorists being arrested because they had their cell phones on them while attacking the… 3 hours ago
- This is what a real lockdown looks like. Stay safe, my DC/MD/VA friends. (The hearts are some of my favorite places… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 4 hours ago
- Nixon’s ghost *really* doesn’t want that comparison. cnn.com/2021/01/14/pol… 4 hours ago
- I remember my SPG ambassadors. Dedicated people I could call, email. They’d take care of all of my travel needs. Ha… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 5 hours ago
- RT @ashishkjha: Thrilled to see David Kessler leading Operation Warp Speed At FDA and elsewhere, David was known as the guy who got stuff… 5 hours ago
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Recent Posts
- Lobsterclass – free classes on product management
- Getting down to numbers: quantitative research
- Pricing the COVID-19 vaccine
- Favorite things, day 1: podcasts
- Rakesh’s travel secrets for your holiday travels
- Favorite things, day 2: credit cards
- Favorite things, day 3: Hawaii
- Favorite things, day 4: TiVo
- Favorite things, day 5: Alaska Airlines
- Favorite things, day 6: First Republic
Top Posts
- Groupon, LivingSocial and daily deals - merchant FAQ
- A sample Groupon merchant agreement
- LivingSocial merchant agreement
- Searching vs. browsing
- A phone that could only come from Apple
- Because manholes are round
- Google SMS - a way out of voice recognition hell
- A look at Groupon's extremely lopsided merchant agreement
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Daily Archives: May 25, 2007
GPS for Blackberry and Calendar come to Google Mobile
Google announced GPS support on the Blackberry 8800. This is a huge move. It’s great that a major U.S. carrier, Cingular AT&T, is allowing free access to location data. I would have expected them to disable GPS access. I love … Continue reading
Posted in google, gps, iphone, local search, maps, mobile, mobile search, wireless, wireless data, yellow pages
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IMing from your cell with EQO
EQO launched a new Voice over IP service for cell phones this week. The downloadable software allows you to make cheap international calls from your cell phone. A call from the U.S. to London on EQO costs 2.3c per minute, … Continue reading
Posted in im, instant messaging, mobile, wireless, wireless data
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Making voicemail more useful
I was at the airport and saw on my phone’s screen that I missed a call from my friend Wanita. I called her back. “What do you think?,” she said. “About what? You called me.” “Didn’t you listen to my … Continue reading
Posted in mobile, wireless, wireless data
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