Zahid Lilani – Technology and Social Media

10 Questions Twitter Newbies Should Ask Shari

Posted on 02. Dec, 2009 by Zahid Lilani.

Twitter is like sending a text message to the entire world. Twitter is what you make out of it. Twitter is the best thing since sliced bread.
I know you have heard it all and like most people, you are not convinced if Twitter is the tool you need in your life right now if [...]

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ReTweet Is Now Available To All Twitter Users

Posted on 20. Nov, 2009 by Zahid Lilani.

Something that was really missing from Twitter.com was the ability to re-tweet (share/broadcast) a tweet that you really liked and wanted to share with the rest of your followers.
Back in August, Project Retweet was announced and it got many of us excited because even though most serious Twitter users use desktop clients such as [...]

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Dom Sagolla on Bay Area KRON 4 News

Posted on 17. Nov, 2009 by Zahid Lilani.

Dom Sagolla, Twitter co-founder, was on KRON 4 News and was interviewed about his book 140 Characters: A Style Guide for the Short Form. As much as I enjoyed reading the book, I enjoyed the interview.

Quote I like from the Interview
Email is a push medium, Twitter is a pull medium

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Check Your Facebook and Twitter For Black Friday Deals

Posted on 13. Nov, 2009 by Zahid Lilani.

Thanksgiving is upon us and most people try to make a list of must have items around this time. I happen to be one of those people especially this year as I am in the market for a laptop.

An interesting piece on ABC News has prompted me to share this information with you.
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Social Media Phone Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10

Posted on 11. Nov, 2009 by Zahid Lilani.

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 will soon hit the markets as the first social media phone, at least that’s the idea behind marketing it. It is based on Android OS and will allow access to Android marketplace for application downloads. What really amazes me is the 8.1 MP camera with auto focus, face recognition, 16x digital [...]

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