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Join The Mango Momentum In The App Hub – Master Windows Phone Mango App Development

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Dates: August 23-24, 2011
Time: 8:00am – 4:00pm PST
Duration: 8 hours/day, including hour lunch break

 

Join the Mango Momentum in the App Hub | Mango is an important leap forward in Microsoft’s overall mobile strategy and the developer community has taken notice. Now is the time to embrace the “tile-and-app” UI and reap the rewards Mango provides your development team and user community. This fast-paced, demo-rich online course features Rob Miles and Andy Wigley, two of the most sought-after Microsoft mobile development MVPs on the planet.
 
Rob Miles | Microsoft MVP & Lecturer | University of Hull, UK

Rob teaches and lectures globally on Programming, Software Engineering, and Embedded Development. He has authored several Microsoft Press books on XNA, C# and the .NET Framework. Rob started working with XNA before it was released and became a fan of Windows Phone 7 when he discovered he could run his XNA and Silverlight programs on it. He writes a regular blog on programming and other forms of wit at www.robmiles.com and can be found on Twitter @RobMiles.
 

Andy Wigley | Microsoft MVP | Appa Mundi
Andy is co-founder of UK-based mobile consultancy firm, Appa Mundi. He is co-author of a number of Microsoft Press books (including the Mobile Development Handbook and the .NET Compact Framework Core Reference) and is a regular speaker at major conferences such as Tech Ed. He lives in the mountains of Snowdonia, North Wales where a strong mobile phone signal is a total luxury which has helped him to hone his skills developing offline mobile apps. You can read his blog at http://mobileworld.appamundi.com/blogs.
 
Day One — August 23, 2011 | 8am-4pm PDT | Live online training

• Building Windows Phone Apps with Visual Studio 2010

• Silverlight on Windows Phone – Introduction

• Silverlight on Windows Phone – Advanced

• Using Expression to Build Windows Phone Interfaces

• Windows Phone Fast Application Switching

• Windows Phone Multi-tasking & Background Tasks

• Using Windows Phone Resources (Bing Maps, Camera, etc.)

 

Day Two — August 24, 2011 | 8am-4pm PDT | Live online training
• Application Data Storage on Windows Phone

• Using Networks with Windows Phone

• Windows Azure and Windows Phone
• Notifications on Windows Phone

• XNA for Windows Phone

• Selling a Windows Phone Application

 

What’s a “Jump Start” Course? | Training specifically designed for experienced developers and technologists whose jobs demand they know how to best leverage new, emerging Microsoft technologies. These advanced courses assume a certain level of expertise and domain knowledge, so they move quickly and cover topics in a fashion that enables teams to effectively map new skills to real-world situations.

 

Register here!

MainOne Cable “Donates” 10MBps Internet Access To ccHub Nigeria

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ccHub Nigeria got support from MainOne Cable with free “donation” of internet access to the facility. According to  CcHub twitter page, MainOne Cable will be providing 10MBps internet access direct to the ccHub facility.

 

Main One Cable is the first submarine cable company offering open access, wholesale broadband capacity in West Africa. This objective is being realized through a submarine cable system which commenced operations in July 2010 linking West Africa to the rest of the world via Portugal and the United Kingdom.

 

Co-Creation Hub Nigeria Creates Three Membership Categories

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CcHUB, that just came out of its party of picking thousands of dollars from U.S. and UK based institutions to create a truly serious Nigerian open innovation  ecosystem, has created four membership categories as follows:

 

  • Red membership is open to individuals who wish to be part of CcHUB community virtually or participate in events occasionally. These members will be part of the online community where members can interact, share expertise and collaborate. Red members can also participate in CcHUB events. Red members can apply for Orange membership. This is a free membership.
  •  Orange membership is for anyone who meets CcHUB basic requirements for membership and clearly demonstrates potential value to the community. To be granted Orange membership, applicants must be vetted in a face-to-face meeting. This tier gives access to the HUB; flexible co-working space, meeting spaces, events and resources available to help scale projects and start-ups. Orange membership will go for 30,000Naira/year (flexible payment arrangement available).
  • Green membership is for start-ups and projects in pre-incubation phase in need of a working space, mentoring, access to community of experts and users and ultimately capital. This membership grants access to a semi-permanent desk, locker*, mailbox service and priority access to meeting room/spaces. Currently, we have 10 spaces available per quarter, and this access will go for about 30,000naira/quarter.
  • Orange members can upgrade to Green but preference will be given to people/teams who can demonstrate progress towards a specific project or product. his is a tier for tech companies and corporate organisations interested in technology application and innovation in Nigeria. Price TBD.

 

CcHUB is a membership based community of hackers, designers, tech companies, entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs, academics, investors and everyone interested in technology innovation and application for prosperity in Nigeria

Motorola Milestone 2 Phone Review – The Milestone Moves To Google Trophy Case

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Motorola released its highly popular Droid in the United States last year, and followed it up with a GSM based version for the European market. This European model came with additional features such as Wi-Fi, and also received a name change – to the Motorola Milestone. Motorola has followed up its success in the US with the recent release of the Droid 2 which, as you may guess, will head to the UK as the Motorola Milestone 2.

 

 

The second Milestone has much in common with the original while offering much more into the deal. Running on the latest version of Google Android, the Milestone 2 features a better keyboard, faster processor and HD video support. The processor has seen an improvement from 600MHz to a much more modern 1GHz, putting it in line with the capabilities of top dogs like the HTC Desire. While the original Milestone was not exactly slow, you can certainly see an improvement when running games, or even just on the operating system´s animated backgrounds.

 

 

Internal memory has also seen an improvement from a rather lacklustre 133MB to a much more accommodating 8GB. This, combined with up to 32GB microSD cards, provides a very desirable amount of storage room for all your media, pictures, video and music alike.

 

 

Which is certainly a good thing considering the multimedia features found on board. The media player plays all manner of music and video formats and there is excellent support for streaming online videos from YouTube and other services. This storage also provides ample space for all the pictures you will end up taking on the 5 megapixel camera, which comes complete with autofocus, LED flash and HD video recording.

 

 

The Milestone 2 is also a great phone for messaging and keeping touch, with its improved slide-out QWERTY keyboard, threaded SMS, push email and support for numerous instant messaging services. On top of this the Milestone 2 comes with a number of social networking sites integrated into the interface, particularly the popular Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, providing you with quick access to your status feed or friend´s profile, without having to load the very pleasurable web browser (which comes with Adobe Flash 10.1 support).

All in all we can see the Milestone to be as big of a success, if not more so, than its predecessor. While offering much of the same functionality there are noticeable improvements, such as the processor and internal storage, and the Milestone 2 looks to be an excellent choice for Android fans or even people just looking for a superb messaging and entertainment phone.

Kenya’s Web And Mobile Apps Grant Applications End On Monday

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Call for proposals: July 21- Aug 22 2011

Grant amount: $ 10,000 per individuals; $ 50,000 per company; $ 150,000 matching grant for established companies

 

Number of grants to be awarded in 2011: at least 30

Eligibility: Kenyan citizen, companies registered in Kenya

Categories: Private Sector Innovation, Government Data Applications

 

The Ministry of Information and Communications, through the Kenya ICT Board is now accepting proposals for the Tandaa Digital Content Grant. The grant is offered to Kenyan citizens and companies registered in Kenya for the development of innovative web or mobile phone applications. Grants of up to $ 50,000 for companies and $ 10,000 for individuals and teams will be offered through the program.

 

The objective of the grant is to stimulate ICT innovation and creativity while promoting economic growth in the sector. For many companies that develop web and mobile solutions, access to funding to grow their company is a huge challenge. By supporting entrepreneurs with the funds they need to successfully take their products to market, the grant hopes to grow the number of relevant and local web and  mobile applications available to Kenyans.

 

The Kenya ICT Board awarded fifteen grants in 2010 and hopes to award at least 30 grants in 2011. The grant is available to individuals and companies in any sector and the Kenya ICT Board encourages any individual or company with ideas for web or mobile applications to apply.


Category 1: Private sector innovation 

The Tandaa Digital Content Grant is divided into two categories: Government Open Data and Private Sector Innovation.

 

In the Private Sector category, the Kenya ICT Board will select the most innovative proposals that demonstrate long term business viability. Proposal in this category must respond to a demonstrated market need and have a positive impact on the community it seeks to serve.

 

In 2010, the Kenya ICT Board awarded seven grants in this category including a diary farmer payment application and a social media marketing product.

 

Category 2: Government Data Applications

On July 8, the Government of Kenya made 290 datasets publicly available and accessible through an Open Data portal. Now, the Kenya ICT Board will support entrepreneurs to develop web and mobile applications that utilize the data to provide services or products for citizens.

 

Eduweb, an online school portal that use data from the Ministry of Education to provide a service for parents selecting schools for their children, was among seven grants awarded in 2010.

 

Eligibility

Kenyan citizens above 18 are eligible to apply for the grant. Companies officially registered in Kenya are eligible to apply for the grant.

 

 

Matching grant for established companies

A new feature of the second round of the Tandaa Digital Content Grant offers established companies an opportunity to participate in the program. Companies founded at least 10 year ago with  over 40 members of staff are invited to summit their proposals for a web or mobile application. The companies must match the grant in full. This categories allows otherwise profitable ICT companies to develop innovative projects within a short period of time.

 

 

Business Plan training

Another new feature of the Tandaa Digital Content Grant is a training component designed into the proposal process. Over 2,000 people participated in the first round of the Digital Content Grant. However, more than half of the applicants struggled with the business plan sections of the proposal. As such, the Kenya ICT Board will offer business plan training to the top 150 applicants. The training will equip the most innovative applicants with the tools to help them secure funding and grow the business–regardless of wether they are awarded the grant.

 

Application Forms:

Companies sample form online application form
Individuals/teams sample form online application form
 Matching grant sample form online application form
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