Monthly Archives: June 2009

Bing, Yahoo! try to capitalize on Google’s Michael Jackson traffic surge

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Rakesh Agrawal

Seen over the weekend: ads for bing and Yahoo! on Google search results for “Michael Jackson”. The bing ad led to bing’s xRank page for Michael Jackson. The Yahoo! ad bizarrely led to a Yahoo! shopping results page for Michael … Continue reading →

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How do you pay for a ride on SF Muni with a $20 and a $1?

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Rakesh Agrawal

Coming back from Berlin yesterday, I decided to take public transit. I took BART from SFO to Embarcadero station, where I had to switch to Muni to get home. The fare was $1.25 (after a paper BART to Muni transfer … Continue reading →

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What the AP must do now

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Rakesh Agrawal

I’ve written before about how the Associated Press blew it in the early days of the Web by choosing to not play in the online news space. More than a decade later, AP still has tremendous assets that it can … Continue reading →

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Announcing reDesign mobile

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Rakesh Agrawal

I’ve been working in wireless application design for more than 10 years and it’s really exciting to see wireless data take off. Mobile applications and widespread connectivity are bringing oceans of information to our fingertips. In the last year I’ve … Continue reading →

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To tweet or not to tweet: thoughts on Twitter etiquette

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Rakesh Agrawal

With every new medium comes changes in the way we communicate and new social norms for behavior. I’ve written before about how technology changes the way we write. Lately, I’ve been thinking about the norms for Twitter. How much is … Continue reading →

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