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Re: Ping 167: 4Afrika, Surface- Ask Me Anything, Microsoft on Privacy, Redbox on Xbox

masukuma — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:44:50 GMT

@PaulMest:, this is my take on the AppFactory approach - it is currently in 2 out of 54 countries which is hardly African but still a start. These two countries have hosted Microsoft's more "prestigious" campuses as far as Africa is concerned but they are hardly the growth areas in Africa as far as software development and ICT is concerned.

on the dev challenge - windows 8 apps are still a challenge (read unprofitable) to build for a market that is hugely android's - when this changes, we shall join the bandwagon in droves.

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Re: Ping 167: 4Afrika, Surface- Ask Me Anything, Microsoft on Privacy, Redbox on Xbox

masukuma — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:22:12 GMT

It's been a number of weeks since I was on channel 9 and what a way to welcome me back.... first topic off the blocks – Africa! Let me begin by saying as an African, I laud Microsoft in its 4Africa initiative – the clarion call for many African nations these days is – TRADE NOT AID possibly because Trade is more sustainable and has more dignity. Trade is partnership while Aid is simply "helping out a brother" and generally comes with conditions that pose social-cultural challenges to implement. Due to time I will not comment on Laura's plethora of comments that reeked of ignorance of the continent (second largest by Population and Size) but would rather like to know – What is an African App? Considering Africa is so...so diverse... I mean, having over 1 billion people speaking over 3,000 languages (and therefore belonging to a similar number of cultural groups) distributed over 54 countries and 7 territories. Some countries like Nigeria having over 500 different language groups within its borders and others like Somalia have only one. What is an African App? Who is this that is building these mythical "African" Apps for us? Have they visited any part of Africa? (Watching Nat Geo doesn't count) I would advise Microsoft to use "African" brains in getting "African" type content – because yes we do write software "down here" too and we would be better placed to write useful context relevant content (at least for the area the devs come from). Otherwise it's an exercise in futility and will not amount to much!

Otherwise nice to be back....

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Re: Ping 161: Scroogled, Xbox sales, Windows Store wins, IE 10 trolls

masukuma — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 07:38:45 GMT

Laura lied...she has confessed one too many times that she does not watch PING!

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Re: Ping 156: Bing Maps, SQL database update, Kinect in the movies, Coding marathon

masukuma — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 15:01:35 GMT

for the umpteenth time.. AVATAR KINECT anyone?

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Re: Ping 154: Wireless charging, Bing it on, Microsoft China, Paul is leaving Microsoft

masukuma — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:21:37 GMT

is ping dead?

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Re: Ping 154: Wireless charging, Bing it on, Microsoft China, Paul is leaving Microsoft

masukuma — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:56:16 GMT

Godspeed! May you live long and prosper! about the iPad app...well as an entrepreneur one needs to fish where the fish are... currently Microsoft is building a pool for tablet type fishes - who can blame you? farewell thee, ping will not be the same without you.... while people are focusing on the China office vacancies THERE IS A VACANCY ON PING...Laura are you talking résumés? I am pretty sure I can do that 'pinging each other' gesture better than Paul.

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Re: Ping 153: Classic Games on IE, new wedge mouse, Games on Surface, More Windows Phones

masukuma — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:56:48 GMT

1 day ago, Sergio_TheOne wrote
I'm glad I'm quite possibly your favorite person, you are mine as well. maybe except for Richard Simmons, because I mean... who desn't like Richard Simmons??? bwahaha. BTW I love how you both try to figure out my name... Good luck!
Here's an official video of how to pronounce ASUS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjjoGtXV6pY.
Then ATIV, rhymes with "Aleve".I'm pretty sure.
Another great show, much love!
P.S. I must figure out how to make my comments shorter, it's a sickness really. maybe by not adding a P.S. to them... ohhh the irony.

While I am not picking a horse in this race. random videos on youtube shouldn't count - unless you are willing to change how you pronounce 'Nebuchadnezzar' to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YrfL-XJNBE just because I pasted that link.

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Re: Ping 152: Microsoft's new logo, Kinect price drop, Xbox covers the election, New Windows Phones

masukuma — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:25:09 GMT

I have mastered the steps you need to take in order to recreate the "phone upside-down not ringing" phenomenon.

upgrade your windows phone to the latest firmware.
ensure that you have set you phone to ring+vibrate (ring volume should be at 30)
press the power button continuously
when it instructs you to "slide down to power off" - do as it says! make a slide down gesture on your windows phone (critical step)
now, place the phone upside-down
call your phone

if you follow these steps to the letter, you will indeed notice that your phone does not ring or vibrate when it is called! This could also be the reason Laura has not been getting calls from Madonna.

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Re: Ping 152: Microsoft's new logo, Kinect price drop, Xbox covers the election, New Windows Phones

masukuma — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:13:13 GMT

Maybe you can do an avatar kinect session after you receive all those kinects you are asking for!

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Re: Ping 151: Gaming wars, Lumia News, SkyDrive, Outlook, Predictwise

masukuma — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:36:54 GMT

Lumias are just getting it now...."Attentive phone" has been part and parcel of windows phone 7.5 (AKA Mango) on HTC for ages!!

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Re: Keynote

masukuma — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:04:26 GMT

When is Windows Phone getting STK? (the potential market for Windows Phones with STK is huge... Outside the US and Europe of course)

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Re: Ping 145: Surface, Windows Phone 8, SmartGlass SDK, Bing Images

masukuma — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:16:22 GMT

@srikalyan:on the flipside - you will get WP7.8 on it when WP8 finally lands.

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Re: Ping 145: Surface, Windows Phone 8, SmartGlass SDK, Bing Images

masukuma — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:12:37 GMT

How I wish Windows 8 would have tiles that are as customizable as Windows Phone 8.

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Re: Ping 145: Surface, Windows Phone 8, SmartGlass SDK, Bing Images

masukuma — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:58:05 GMT

found it!

http://SuperSadTrombone.com/labs/hover/?path=http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-145-Surface-Windows-Phone-8-SmartGlass-SDK-Bing-Images&utm_source=SSTlabs&utm_medium=generator-v1&utm_campaign=hover

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Re: Ping 144: SmartGlass, On{X}, FrugalDad, ESPN on XBox

masukuma — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:38:06 GMT

00:04:25 Paul says "Microsoft Smart Screen" is that correct?

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Re: Ping 143: So.cl, Imagine Cup, Win 8 Boot Speed, Minecraft refund

masukuma — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:22:57 GMT

Instead of doing a Skype video chat - why not go a step further? do the next episode using THE AVATAR KINECT! You guyz own the technology - use it!

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Re: Ping 135: MicroStang, Lifebrowser, HTC Eternity in China, Hunger Games

masukuma — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:43:37 GMT

Paul, you were not alone on the rear windscreen idea!!

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Re: Ping 131: Kinect Star Wars, Microsoft in Austin, OneNote for Droids, Kinect helps people see

masukuma — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:12:50 GMT

R2-D2 cooler...cool!

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Re: Ping 126: Windows Phone Demo, Nokia Lumia launch, FPS & Kinect shoot back, NeverWet!

masukuma — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:22:38 GMT

the 4th dimension is AWESOMENESS!

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Re: Ping 119: Bing Deals, Windows Phone 8 and you, Windows 8 syncs, Killing a botnet

masukuma — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:05:31 GMT

Has someone thought of how to do augmented reality software to do make-up on people appearing on TV?

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Re: Ping 116: Custom Navs, PEGI on WP7, 3D on your 360, 3D headmounted display

masukuma — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:33:18 GMT

5 days ago,Paul II wrote
*snip*
I think these are the same reasons why we hired Laura.

And Paul still wonders why he is playing catch-up to Laura on the Twitter competition.... most Ping! viewers are Lauranatics!

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Re: Ping 114: Fast Async, Kinect Fusion, IE beats malware, Bing most effective

masukuma — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 05:55:07 GMT

Laura is right there are a couple of X-BOX live titles that are below 2.99....there are 2 that are FREE

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Re: Ping 111: Mango Refresh, Could Server Heat, Avatar Kinect, Microsoft donations

masukuma — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:54:35 GMT

too much bickering going on in the US these days...why can we all just hold hands, get along and hopefully sing "♫...Kumbaya!...♫"

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Re: Ping 110: ScriptTD, Photosynth for dollars, Microsoft Garage, Kinect Light Saber

masukuma — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:02:30 GMT

Wonderful, wholesome as always! thanks guys for keeping us entertained and informed (in that order), Great job Larry, I think this is the first time having [a] STD will be fun, I will definitely go out and get some of that!

One teeny tiny bone to pick with Paul...

"Masukuma, then he...then this person wrote..."? ouch!!..its like the "he" was not a correct pronoun - or didn't just feel right!

and...a slight correction (Which to correct you, I must)

To Havard Mark Zuckerburg went!

At Stanford, the googlers were! Yeesssssss?

and (if the movie the Social Network is anything to go by)... at Stanford (or its environs)....Sean Parker discovered Facebook after...cough! cough!

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Re: Ping 109: Microsoft Stores, Halo & Kinect, XP Countdown, Windows 8, Mango

masukuma — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:59:23 GMT

Presenter laura=new Presenter("Laura Foy");
foreach(Episode ep in Microsoft.Channel9.Ping.GetAll()){
    if(Niner.Current.Watch(ep) && ep.GetAllPresenters().Contains(laura)) {
        Niner.Current.HappyAndSmile();
    } else {
        Niner.Current.ScreamAndWail();
    }
    Thread.Sleep(604800000);
}

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