Zahid Lilani – Technology and Social Media

Twitter Stepping in to Privacy Waters

Posted on 02. Sep, 2010 by Zahid Lilani.

If you gave a valid email then you probably received one of the few million emails sent by the Twitter team announcing two new changes. One deals with OAuth which is too geeky for my taste and you don’t really care about it anyways. The second one is interesting because it deals with privacy (they [...]

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Facebook Places: This Changes Everything

Posted on 23. Aug, 2010 by Zahid Lilani.

Sorry for stealing iPhone 4 tag line. “Facebook Places changes everything; end of privacy as you know it” could have been another title to this post but I decided not to scare you even before you read the post. Privacy, though in my view, is a myth in this social media era and Facebook Places [...]

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Movie about Facebook, The Social Network

Posted on 16. Jul, 2010 by Zahid Lilani.

Today marks the release of Inception (I desperately want to see this movie) and trailers of an upcoming movie, The Social Network. Most of you will likely refer to this movie as the Facebook movie. People who went to see Inception are reporting that the first trailer they are viewing is that of the movie [...]

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Not Worth the Time for Small Businesses to Embrace Social Media

Posted on 01. Jun, 2010 by Zahid Lilani.

Being a small business owner, there is nothing more important to me than to get the word out about my tax and accounting services business. But is social media the answer? Does it pay off? I have trouble with all the experts and gurus saying that if you are not leveraging social media then you [...]

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Can 2 Million Pakistanis Change Facebook Policy?

Posted on 20. May, 2010 by Zahid Lilani.

There are 2 Million+ Facebook users in Pakistan according to Facebreakers. A Pakistani court on May 19th, 2010 decided that they would place a ban on Facebook until the end of the month. The ban was in response to a Facebook page called “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!” to be held Thursday May 20, 2010.

It [...]

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