Zahid Lilani – Technology and Social Media

Jon Stewart Speaks To Bill Gates About Twitter

Posted on 26. Jan, 2010 by Zahid Lilani.

I love Jon Stewart and Bill Gates is a guy I have a lot of admiration for. As we all know in the social media sphere that Bill Gates joined Twitter, lets take a look at what he had to say about it:

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Twitter Applications for Your Small Business

Posted on 24. Jan, 2010 by Zahid Lilani.

In 2010, we will see a big push by Twitter to help small business understand and embrace social media. There are hundreds of Twitter applications out there that help you manage the way you use Twitter but if you are a small business owner, you don’t want to deal with thousands of Twitter apps, [...]

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Foursquare’s New “Special Nearby” Feature

Posted on 18. Jan, 2010 by Zahid Lilani.

Surfing the blogosphere I came across couple (1|2) of stories related to “Special Nearby” feature on Foursquare. I hadn’t personally seen one while using Foursquare but that changed a week ago when I made a trip to Chipotle in Sunnyvale.

Foursquare

Special Nearby Ad

The “Special” that was offered to me as a user of Foursquare was quite [...]

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Why Was Twitter Hacked Today?

Posted on 18. Dec, 2009 by Zahid Lilani.

By now you must be well aware that Twitter was hacked, don’t worry it is now running smoothly. I visited the usual social media suspects and found out that most of them were just running with the story and no one addressed why it was done today and if it will be done again.
Here is [...]

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Mashable’s Twitter and Facebook Disconnect

Posted on 03. Dec, 2009 by Zahid Lilani.

If you keep track of social media, Mashable is not news to you. I frequent Mashable all the time and sometimes I feel dizzy and sometimes enlightened. That’s not what this post is really about but I had to get that out because what I am about to say is only going to sit with [...]

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