Zahid Lilani – Technology and Social Media

Twitter Missed the Opportunity to License Parking Meters in San Francisco

Posted on 03. May, 2011 by Zahid Lilani.

There is trouble in geek paradise a.k.a Twitter. Reasons are plenty but this post is not about that. The frenzy that surrounds Twitter, I think, is affecting its ability to look beyond social media and invest in a REAL service that can be offered to users who still think Twitter is “stupid.” The result – [...]

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Dlvr.it – Social Media Publishing and Statistics Tool for Bloggers

Posted on 16. Apr, 2011 by Zahid Lilani.

Dlvr.it lets bloggers publish to different social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Ping.fm, Tumblr and Statusnet. Once you publish posts using Dlvr.it, you can stay in the loop by tracking statistics such as clicks and trends.
I have been playing with Dlvr.it for over a month now and really like it. [...]

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One Month with Motorola Atrix and I Love IT!

Posted on 19. Mar, 2011 by Zahid Lilani.

It’s been a month of discovering the new and trying to forget the old. I had never owned a Motorola before and was very apprehensive but convinced that Atrix will change my opinion. It sure did, I love Atrix.

I upgraded from iPhone 3G to Atrix so the changes were drastic.
Atrix runs on 1 GHz [...]

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Social Media: Bubble in the Making

Posted on 11. Jan, 2011 by Zahid Lilani.

Most people are now speculating that there is a social media bubble. First, no one really cared because tech giants with tons of cash where buying tiny start-ups with no revenue in anticipation of future success. Now that Goldman Sachs is stepping up its game and betting that Facebook is worth $50 Billion by investing [...]

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5 Major Social Media Successes of 2010

Posted on 03. Jan, 2011 by Zahid Lilani.

I already blogged about 5 Major Social Media Fails of 2010 and now it’s time to talk about some major successes. Like FAILS, there were many success stories and I have tried to narrow it down to 5 major ones in my opinion.
1) Show me the money
Groupon was a surprise for [...]

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