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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- Most popular outlier brands in each state. (Not top registrations.) Nevada, Texas and Florida are obsessed with La… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 10 hours ago
- $300,000 for a Cadillac? Really? They need to do what VW does with Lamborghini. wsj.com/articles/cadil… 12 hours ago
- Who is/was the bigger prick? 13 hours ago
- Don’t capture the data. If you don’t record it, you can’t turn it over. Drop sensitive locations and searches. Th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 13 hours ago
- Periodically I Google “Clarence Thomas age.” I’m always disappointed. 13 hours ago
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- A finance guide for millionaires and billionaires
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- 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
- TiVo remains king of TV
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Category Archives: sms
Google Chat and AIM, together at last + free SMS
Google has integrated AIM into its chat in Gmail, delivering what Google and AOL announced nearly two years ago when they renewed their search deal and Google invested $1 billion in AOL. The integration is not true interoperability, like what … Continue reading
Posted in aol, google, im, instant messaging, sms, wireless
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Hngry. Snd pzza now.
In a first for the U.S. pizza market, Papa John’s is now letting you order your carbs by text message. This won’t work for last-minute cravings. You have to create an online account at papajohns.com and pre-configure the pies that … Continue reading
Posted in fun, random, sms, wireless, wireless data
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Text to car: go to the grocery store
I said yesterday that it would be great if I could send destination information to my car from my PC via my phone. Apparently, Google has gone and done it. The catch is you have to have a BMW and … Continue reading
Text to self: buy milk
I finally broke down and signed up for an SMS plan. Since then, I’ve been texting myself key nuggets of information: Airline and hotel confirmation numbers Addresses and phone numbers of new restaurants I’m trying Shopping lists The easiest way … Continue reading
Posted in aol, gps, im, local search, mobile, sms, wireless, yahoo, yellow pages
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