.jpg "ACCA-Day2-2 (34)")
Google and CIO Pakistan Organize Lahore Tweetup
Wateen and Intel Sponsor Lahore Tweetup09!
[August 14, 2009: Lahore, Pakistan]: The world’s most powerful search engine, Google, and CIO Pakistan recently organized the Lahore Tweetup at the Hot Fuzon Café, the second its nationwide Tweetup series. Gathering more than 140 active bloggers and microbloggers to engage in a discussion of the role Blogs and Tweets can play in promoting a better, more realistic image of Pakistan. In line with the spirit of Pakistan’s Independence Day, there was an overwhelmingly patriotic discussion on what each individual had achieved, and the way forward for online image building could be.
Badar Khushnood, Country Consultant for Google in Pakistan commented, “The fact that we had more than 140 people come join us on Pakistan’s Independence Day is a demonstration of strong commitment our blogosphere has towards building Pakistan’s image. After the Kolachi Tweetup, this gathering in Lahore has been just as enthusiastic to work with!” A Viper Netbook was announced by Intel as a giveaway for the Tweetup.
The Lahore Tweetup was sponsored by Wateen and Intel, and supported by Bramerz.
For more details, please visit www.ciopakistan.com or write to prdesk@ciopakistan.com
About the Kolachi Tweetup’09
The Kolachi Tweetup’09 was supported by Intel, Acer, and P@SHA organized by Google Pakistan and CIO Pakistan.
About IDG
International Data Group (IDG) is the world’s leading technology media, events, and research company. IDG also publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers, based in more than 90 countries. CIO Pakistan being an extension of the IDG group focuses on key issues and business challenges and is becoming an interactive community trusted by Pakistani CIOs and other high-level IT executives. For more details, please visit http://www.ciopakistan.com or http://webstudio.ciopakistan.com
If you enjoyed this article, please consider sharing it!
One Response to Google and CIO Pakistan Organize Lahore Tweetup
Leave a Reply
Polls
Loading ...
What’s Playing on the CIO WebStudio?- PBA 2011: UnConference Karachi Panel Discussion Part 2 of 2 February 1, 2012
- PBA 2011: UnConference Karachi Workshops February 1, 2012
- PBA 2011: UnConference Karachi Panel Discussion Part 1 of 2 February 1, 2012
- Extra Shows: Osama Naseem Khan January 31, 2012
- CXO in Focus: Zeeshan Quddus – CFO, Arif Habib Investments Ltd January 31, 2012
[...] it is slowing down. But if a three day Facebook event invite can get more than a 100 twitter users together for a tweetup in Lahore, there must be some method to this [...]