Ismail Dhorat

Somethings seriously wrong with internet access in the UAE, majority of the sites that i click through throw up the following error.
Publish Post

“Access Denied (license_expired)

A license has expired on the Proxy, and your request is not permitted: “The SGOS license has expired”

A new license must be obtained.”

It [...]

After my post yesterday, regarding how to import Iphone’s at the retail price. There has been a discussion on the comments and twitter around the post.

Riy & Justin say you are not allowed to order from the US store with a non US credit card, this surprised me since for me and several other people [...]

So, you waited up, sat at your computer and eagerly awaited the news on the 3G IPhone. You have drunk the cool aid:

You cant wait to get your hands on your iPrecious….
But the launch date is only the 11 July. You have to wait a month more if you are in one of the [...]

Recently Mandy Dewaal wrote a post entitled “Who’s who in the web 2.0 zoo”, and she concluded that web 2.0 was a “whiteboys club”. Something you would bound to agree with given the people noted in the article. However, Ramon Thomas responded with “Who’s who in the non-white Web 2.0 South African Zoo“.
I asked [...]

I have decided to do a quick study on what the impact of social media has been on the recent Xenophobia issue. I believe if we know how it impacts on a situation we can make use of that knowledge to actually make a difference a whole lot quicker.
Stii was kind enough to provide me [...]

The blogosphere has been up in arms over the recent xenophobia attacks. It is extremely sad and depressing to see our country in a state like this. We can debate and debate but all that will matter is taking action. We have to ask ourselves how can we use technology to make a difference?
Stii suggested [...]

Well, its been over a week since i last posted for now posts will be sporadic here, though you can find me blogging at techleader or StartupAfrica, And for the lighter side of things my totally random tumble log.

Read Write web recently ran a post on monetizing twitter with a business model using ads. The post was good, and i believe it makes sense However i believe they missed one key point. Twitter can be used from your mobile phone.
When Google launched image based mobile ads. i briefly covered what google mobile [...]

Fin24 reported this morning that the IPhone will be available in South Africa. Often i have conversations like this with people regarding the phone
Friend: So how is that phone?Ismail: The best phone i have ever usedFriend: But you cant MMS / It doesn’t have 3G / You cant forward SMSIsmail: yes, but it’s still [...]

Today Trent Reznor announced on the official Nine Inch Nails website that he would be giving his new album album “The Slip”, free of charge under a creative commons license.
From their web site:“We encourage you to remix it, share it with your friends, post it on your blog, play it on your podcast, give [...]