Mark DeFalco
I'm a dev on Channel 9. I also help out with the behind the scenes of Build and TechEd.
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Ping 198: Plants vs Zombies, BBM and Photoshop Express for WP, Twitch on Xbox, The Garage and more…Ping! Episode 198 has Mark and Rick bringing you the stories that 'softies are pinging each other about.
[03:45] Plants Vs Zombies: Garden Warfare
[05:45] Nokia announced BBM and Photoshop Express for Windows Phone
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Ping 197: Breaking records for nonprofits, Officially OneDrive, Nokia Treasure Tag, New Bing Apps,…[02:23] Microsoft’s employees raised record-breaking $113 million for nonprofits in 2013
[04:59] SkyDrive Officially Becomes OneDrive
[07:04] Nokia Treasure Tag is a $30 Lumia accessory to help keep valuables safe
[09:09] New Bing Apps For Windows Phone Point To Increasing Platform Unity From Microsoft...
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Ping 196: Robocop and Search with Bing, AMA Bill Gates, FAA, Nokia Icon and Wearable Skirt -
Partners Share Top Reasons for Participating at TechEdTechEd North America continues to deliver strong ROI for partners who participate. We asked TechEd 2013 partners to share their top reasons for investing in TechEd, and what brings them back year after year. Watch the video to hear the full story.
Here's a sampling of what they had to say:
"TechEd...
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Ping 195: Satya is the new CEO, Super Bowl Commercial, Education Offers, Foursquare Investment, and…[02:34] Why Microsoft Got It Right With New CEO Satya Nadella
[05:50] Microsoft surprised us all with the best commercial of the Super Bowl
[08:20] Watch the commercial | Watch the extended cuts of each story
[09:20] Microsoft, partners answer President Obama's ConnectED Challenge with offer to bring affordable...
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TechEd Attendees Share the Top Benefits of AttendingWe asked TechEd North America 2013 attendees what was most beneficial for them in attending, and they shared their feedback on camera. Watch the video to hear what they had to say.
We've often heard from TechEd alumni that what keeps them coming back is the networking, access to Microsoft and industry...
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Ping 194: Bing Search Coolness, OneDrive, Phone Tips, Money, Server Design[02:06] Bing search data coolness and BI around the SuperBowl
[04:12] New name for SkyDrive - It's OneDrive...
[05:55] 14 more Tips and Tricks for your Windows Phone device
[09:15] Microsoft second quarter earnings - yup, we talk about the cool stuff in the announce.
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Hour of Code with Kodu and TouchDevelopDec 05, 2013 at 8:38 PM
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This year, we're excited to be participating in Hour of Code by code.org. Hour of Code is happening as part of Computer Science Education Week, December 9 - 15. Two of the technologies we're suggesting for this event is Kodu Game Lab and Touch Develop.
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Deep Dive into Fresh Paint Updates for Windows 8.1Nov 08, 2013 at 11:28 AM 0
Mark DeFalco and Senior Development Engineer Kaushik Barat discuss the updates to Fresh Paint for Windows 8.1 and dive into some of details behind the app. We talk about the new features, how research becomes code, porting code across platforms and enabling new scenarios with Windows...
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Ping 196: Robocop and Search with Bing, AMA Bill Gates, FAA, Nokia Icon and Wearable Skirt
Feb 17, 2014 at 9:59 PMI'm not sure I buy that number. I count at least 40 in the front view!
Ping 194: Bing Search Coolness, OneDrive, Phone Tips, Money, Server Design
Feb 01, 2014 at 10:16 PMThere was a thread about this in last show's comments, which is what I meant when I said "for the backstory, check last week's comments". I probably could have been more specific. Didn't want to make a big deal over anything that I thought was already covered is all. :)
TWC9: Windows 8.1, Visual Studio 2013, Windows 8 GDR3, NuGet and more...
Oct 21, 2013 at 3:41 PMThat's a great This is SportsCenter spot
I do actually wear something orange almost every day. What you don't see in these videos are my orange shoelaces, wallet ...
Ping 190: Surface 2, SteveB's Last Song, iPhone Trade-in, and Apps Sharing Limits
Oct 17, 2013 at 6:26 PMRight at that moment, I realized that I may now be considered old
Ping 190: Surface 2, SteveB's Last Song, iPhone Trade-in, and Apps Sharing Limits
Oct 14, 2013 at 10:51 AMI'm mainly an American Football (Denver Broncos) fan, but I also support the Seattle Sounders and the New York Rangers. Yes, I know I'm all over the place
My profile pic is from the time I did a shoot on the pitch here in Seattle http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Countdown-Show/Countdown-to-TechEd-Europe-2012-The-Center-of-IT as a promotion for TechEd Europe 2012 
And yes, we have Canada represented on the team, but I'll let them out themselves
Ping 190: Surface 2, SteveB's Last Song, iPhone Trade-in, and Apps Sharing Limits
Oct 08, 2013 at 10:49 AMYes, the 20-25% increase is on the RT 2, 75% increase is on the Pro 2. I had mixed the two up after I accidentally messed up my notes. Props to @Golnaz for correcting me!
Ping 190: Surface 2, SteveB's Last Song, iPhone Trade-in, and Apps Sharing Limits
Oct 07, 2013 at 4:30 PMJust away for a week, Laura will be back next week!
Ping 189: Kinect SDK, MSFT Stock Buyback, Romance Games, IE11 on Win7
Sep 27, 2013 at 11:07 AMYup, was recorded a few days before the announcements. I'm sure it'll find its way onto 190
Ping 183: Self publishing to Xbox One, 97 year old painter, apps on WP, Nokia 1020
Jul 31, 2013 at 3:38 PMThat bee photo I mentioned during the Nokia 1020 segment is actually from Paul Thurrott's review of the 1020 that you can find here: http://winsupersite.com/windows-phone/nokia-lumia-1020-review
Ping 182: Legos & Robots, Bing search, Xbox One Domain name, Kinect spy?
Jul 23, 2013 at 2:08 PMOne day I'll actually post something to my domain, but to get around the whole .com deal I took http://mark.defal.co
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