Zahid Lilani – Technology and Social Media

My Response to “Come home to Netflix” Email

Posted on 29. Oct, 2011 by Zahid Lilani.

In my inbox today, Come home to Netflix, oh joy!

Dear Netflix,
I understand your stock is down almost 70%, you laid of 15 people because you lost 800,000 subscribers and the ongoing PR nightmare over the break-up of your service into streaming and mail and then the realization that you made a terrible mistake.
Still, I am [...]

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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 [...]

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iPhone Users Love Their Email

Posted on 29. Dec, 2009 by Zahid Lilani.

comScore and Compete recently concluded that iPhone users read more emails than Android users. They also concluded bunch of other things but the email disparity between iPhone and Android users is the most eye catching.

I don’t have an android phone but I am sure Gmail is available. Is it Apple’s mobileMe service that is attracting [...]

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