Rakesh Agrawal

The following is an excerpt from journalist Ravi Agrawal’s new book, India Connected: How the Smartphone Is Transforming the World’s Largest Democracy. One of the chapters in the book investigates how India shuts down the internet, with surgical precision, in districts around the country. The most affected region is Kashmir, and the excerpt below explores how exactly the government shuts down the web, and why.

Suddenly, three of the most important news brands are owned by people or companies who don’t care about making a profit from journalism. In light of Jeff Bezos’ purchase of The Washington Post, it’s worth looking closer at how it might more resemble Bloomberg and Reuters.

During yesterday’s earnings call, Apple CEO Tim Cook extensively discussed his company’s take on cannibalization, or the negative impact of a new product on sales of existing products. His take: