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.
On Twitter
- I’ve seen more wildlife half a day at a national park in Botswana than all of my trips to US national parks combine… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 3 hours ago
- https://t.co/8VYXPLSiOc 4 hours ago
- Is there anything interesting to do on a 5 hour late afternoon / early evening layover at JNB? 4 hours ago
- Last full day in Africa. I will definitely be back. Have to pair it with a trip to Asia, though. Straight from SF, it was 25 hours one way. 11 hours ago
- I’m going to disagree with my good friend brian here. Voice is a component but will not be dominant. (As evidenced… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 11 hours ago
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Recent Posts
- Favorite hotels from around the world
- Let’s not call Goldman Sachs evil (yet, and for this potential infraction)
- 5 things Andrew Yang must do for the next debate
- My personal environmental footprint
- FAANG + Microsoft market matrix
- Thoughts on this week’s suicides and how you can help
- Autonomous vehicles are going to affect a lot of jobs
- How technology chips away at jobs
- How to turn on the innovation light bulb
- Autonomous vehicles are going to change the world in more ways than you know
Top Posts
- Google Maps: extreme close up with Street View
- A sample Groupon merchant agreement
- Packaged pani puri as progress
- The experience is the product
- A look at Groupon's extremely lopsided merchant agreement
- The terrible numbers that Groupon doesn't want you to focus on
- Think Groupon is a technology company? Think again.
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Category Archives: ipad
Why Apple is right on subscriptions
Apple has built an incredibly valuable distribution platform. It’s perfectly reasonable for them to say “if you make money using our platform, we want a piece of it.” Distribution costs money. Facebook charges developers on its platform 30% for using … Continue reading
Posted in apple, ipad, journalism, newspapers, publishing
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The Daily is a solid effort facing huge challenges
Today we saw the unveiling of Rupert Murdoch’s new iPad-based newspaper, The Daily. It looks very different from apps from the Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today. The impression is distinctly more of a magazine … Continue reading
Posted in apple, ipad, journalism, media, newspapers
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Why iPad magazines aren’t selling well
Women’s Wear Daily reported recently that after an initial burst, iPad-based magazines aren’t selling well. Well, duh. They were designed to meet the needs of publishers, not readers. Hey, let’s charge $5 an issue for something that requires little work … Continue reading
Posted in ipad, journalism, media
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iPad puts on its business suit
Most of the discussion around Apple’s iPad has been about what a great consumer device it is. It’s a book reader, movie player, newspaper, photo viewer, RSS reader and more. But the iPad has a lot to offer businesses as … Continue reading
Posted in apple, foursquare, ipad, iphone, local search, mobile, social networking
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