Zahid Lilani – Technology and Social Media

[Video] – Bashing MySpace

Posted on 06. Jun, 2011 by Zahid Lilani.

It’s been a while since I last posted a video. Here is an attempt to start things off with a hilarious clip where all the big social media boys pick on the little MySpace. Starring: Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Foursquare and Google.

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Bubble in Theory, Not Reality

Posted on 03. Jun, 2011 by Zahid Lilani.

I read a somewhat interesting post on Reuters about LinkedIn’s recent IPO. In theory, LinkedIn’s first day price fluctuation and the week following the IPO, depicted a bubble. Three academics, Robert Jarrow, Younes Kchia, and Philip Protter, have created a model which they say proves their theory.

The paper they authored is currently being peer [...]

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The Wall Machine – Fake Facebook Wall Generator

Posted on 31. May, 2011 by Zahid Lilani.

Some wall posts are funny to begin with and authentic but what if you could create a fake Facebook wall and make it even funnier? You can do that with a new tool provided free by the “well intentioned” folks at The Wall Machine.
Connect using Facebook (duh) and you can pretend you are [...]

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Alternion – Your Social Media Dashboard

Posted on 26. May, 2011 by Zahid Lilani.

What if you could see all the status updates your friends post all over social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter in one place? What if you could manage 220+ social media accounts from one place? Well, look no further. Alternion is a free web service that let’s you manage all your social [...]

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Silicon Valley Recovery and Aftermath of LinkedIn IPO

Posted on 21. May, 2011 by Zahid Lilani.

19th May, 2011 was a big day for LinkedIn and why wouldn’t it be? It was first in line up of social media companies to go public. Not only did they have their IPO but I think they capitalized big time on the hype and the economics of supply and demand. LinkedIn has been around [...]

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