Zahid Lilani – Technology and Social Media

Spell is Broken, I Own a Mac

Posted on 06. Sep, 2011 by Zahid Lilani.

I had decided back in June that I needed a portable light weight laptop in order to study and/or kill time during my daily one hour morning commute to San Francisco and back. There is nothing really out there that is comparable to MacBook Air, I searched and searched.

MacBook Air – My First Mac
Last [...]

Continue Reading

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 [...]

Continue Reading

Now Writing for Examiner.com

Posted on 25. Aug, 2011 by Zahid Lilani.

I recently applied to write for Examiner.com as a Santa Clara Technology Examiner. My first post, At $99, HP TouchPad is a Steal, was published yesterday.
My reason for writing for Examiner is simple, ability to make millions of dollar and quit my day job. JUST KIDDING. My real reason to write for Examiner is [...]

Continue Reading

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 [...]

Continue Reading

Facebook Exodus – For Real This Time Around?

Posted on 13. Jul, 2011 by Zahid Lilani.

Facebook defines my generation, Gen Y, as it enables us to share everything from our current location to a police stand off. Does that, then mean, Facebook will be able to hold on to Gen Y forever?
Let’s go back in time
In 1998 I create my first email account on Hotmail. Soon after, I create another [...]

Continue Reading