Archive for the 'Social Media' Category

Eye candy provides sweetest results for online marketers

By Rehan Khan. Published in The National www.thenational.ae on 20th September 2010.

Stand in any public thoroughfare and you will notice at least half the business people present are surfing online. They are with you in body but not in mind.  Plugged into their mobile phone and smart devices, they are uploading a post on a social networking site, chatting with friends in forums, responding to e-mails and, on the rare occasion, doing some work for their organisations. Read more »

Google and Verizon seem to see no net worth in equality

By Rehan Khan. Published in The National www.thenational.ae on 16th August 2010.

The seventh commandment of Animalism, the laws put in place by the animals after they’d overthrown the humans and taken control in George Orwell’s political satire Animal Farm, was: “All animals are equal.” But once the pigs became corrupted with power and greed they added “… but some animals are more equal than others”. Read more »

Personal privacy should be more highly prized

By Rehan Khan. Published in The National www.thenational.ae on 2nd August 2010.

The British game show host Bruce Forsyth was known for asking his audience on Play Your Cards Right, “What do points make?”, to which they would shout back in unison, “Prizes!” Read more »

Even social media can be unfriendly at times

By Rehan Khan. Published in The National www.thenational.ae on 27th December 2009.

Power to the people has been a rallying cry for many a movement, but sometimes people power can seriously backfire, as Toyota Australia found out last week. The venerable mid-market, safety-first, value-for-money car maker had what can only be described as a blowback in its tailpipe. Read more »