Tag Archives: Google
Free Food: First Google and Now Facebook
Posted on 11. Feb, 2010 by Zahid Lilani.
Article Summary
Facebook is currently using the same strategy that was used by high tech companies during the dot com era, providing food 3 times a day to its hungry employees. Facebook and Google are the only two tech companies in Silicon Valley that have a company owned cafeteria where food is provided to employees [...]
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My First Experience Using Google Wave
Posted on 01. Dec, 2009 by Zahid Lilani.
I got my Google Wave invite almost 3 weeks ago and since then I was waiting for the ability to invite others so that I can play with it. In Google’s own words “Google Wave is more fun when you have others to wave with.” My wait is over, I have the ability now [...]
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Is Google Becoming More Like The Old Microsoft?
Posted on 05. Oct, 2009 by Zahid Lilani.
Microsoft is notorious for giving you something that you don’t want. You had no choice but to use its browser because it came with the operating system. Google is following Microsoft in a similar fashion but in a different environment.
Google feels threatened according to most social media analysts because it hasn’t been able to [...]
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Google Needs Better Damage Control
Posted on 09. Sep, 2009 by Zahid Lilani.
Gmail was inaccessible to 36 million users Tuesday afternoon which made it the number one trending topic on Twitter and caused an out roar by many on other social networks. Mashable even decided to post “5 Things to Do While Gmail is Down.” What if Gmail disappeared tomorrow? Will there be frenzy?
After the recovery, Google’s [...]





