Zahid Lilani – Technology and Social Media

iPhone 4S – Will it blend?

Posted on 24. Oct, 2011 by Zahid Lilani.

Tom Dickson, I don’t know if that’s his real name, has been blending iPhones, iPad etc for a long time now and he recently took a shot at iPhone 4S. Here’s the video:

Yes, it does blend. I just feel terrible that this really did happened.

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Siri is a female, don’t refer to her as it

Posted on 17. Oct, 2011 by Zahid Lilani.

iPhone 4S has incorporated a feature that will revolutionize things a phone can do. I am talking about Siri, a personal assistant that talks to you and helps you be more productive by taking voice commands. Won’t make coffee but that’s okay, there will some day be an app for that.

Rotary dial, dial pad, touch [...]

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Apple, Now Jobs-Less

Posted on 26. Aug, 2011 by Zahid Lilani.

No matter if you are PC or a Mac, chances are, when you heard the news about Steve Jobs’ resignation, you had a reaction. The reaction, negative or positive, was the result of a visionary in technology saying:
I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties [...]

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Urdu Learning for Kids in the Digital Age

Posted on 21. Aug, 2011 by Zahid Lilani.

This is a guest post by Arjumand Azeemi, co-founder at Qurtaba, maker of mobile apps.
Language defines culture and culture defines identity – Urdu learning for kids in the digital age.
I came to United States in the mid 90’s and was at the age where I was very fluent in Urdu. After spending about [...]

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Twitter Missed the Opportunity to License Parking Meters in San Francisco

Posted on 03. May, 2011 by Zahid Lilani.

There is trouble in geek paradise a.k.a Twitter. Reasons are plenty but this post is not about that. The frenzy that surrounds Twitter, I think, is affecting its ability to look beyond social media and invest in a REAL service that can be offered to users who still think Twitter is “stupid.” The result – [...]

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