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Re: [Skunkworks] Airtel customer care numbers
by amarjit.labhuram＠gmail.com 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Having a problem with postpaid line. I can receive calls and sms but I can't send texts nor make calls. I am told "The airtel mobile number you are calling is currently unavailable" and at that point I am calling a safcom line. Anyone else experiencing or experienced this? Regards, Amarjit. Sent from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: amarjit.labhuram(a)gmail.com Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 06:36:29 To: Skunkworks Forum<skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Reply-To: amarjit.labhuram(a)gmail.com Subject: Airtel customer care numbers Hey peeps, Need the customer care number for airtel post paid. Can't seem to find it on the net. Thanks. Amarjit Labhuram. Sent from my BlackBerry®

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FYI - Android users: Don't fret over Google's fee battles
by Ken Teyie 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-20078710-266/android-users-dont-fret-over…

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Examples Open Data in New York
by Paul Kukubo 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Listers Sorry for cross posting. This article appearing on mashable.com online is very interesting in illustrating how open data can be deployed. As Kenya is the first country in Africa to open up it's data, we must seek examples that encourage our entrepreneurs and our policy makers as well. Enjoy.. Local Governments Motivate App Developers With Contests Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 04:42 PM | Sarah Kessler The past two years, New York City has hosted contests for mobile apps that use city data. Now New York State’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is launching a similar contest of its own. A number of cities, including Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, have made their data publicly available. It makes sense: Apps that improve parking situations or make public transportation easier to navigate benefit the city without sucking its resources. But New York City, and now New York State, are some of the first governments to add a contest to the process in order to incentivize developers to make such apps. To be eligible for “MTA App Quest” and its $15,000 in cash prizes, the biggest requirement is that apps need to use at least one of the MTA’s data sets. The MTA first posted databases online for developer use in January 2010, and 40 or so apps have been created using the data. But many of these, like NYC Way [iTunes link], were entries in New York City’s BigApps contest, which borrowed several MTA databases. For its own contest, the MTA has released six new or updated data sets, including one that shows where platforms, elevators, turnstiles and station agent booths are located inside subway stations. Beyond that, the two contests are pretty similar, despite one being run by the city and the other by the state. The MTA has partnered with the same contest platform that NYC did, ChallengePost. In this case, ChallengePost is putting up the prize money for the contest. Usually, it collects money to run crowdsourcing contests for clients like the World Bank and Michelle Obama. ChallengePost CEO Brandon Kessler says that NYC was the first city to use a contest on his platform for an open data app contest. Now that New York State has also caught on to the publicity method, we wouldn’t be surprised if it’s not the last. More About: BigApps, MTA, new york, public transportation Paul Kukubo CEO Kenya ICT Board Kenya ICT Board Facebook:KenyaICTBoard, tweeter: @TANDAAKenya Personal: Tweeter: @pkukubo FB: www.facebook.com/pkukubo -- Paul Kukubo Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board PO Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya 12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 Fax: +254 20 2211962 website: www.ict.go.ke local content project: www.tandaa.co.ke, www.facebook.com/tandaakenya twitter:@tandaaKENYA BPO Project: www. doitinkenya.co.ke Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke personal contacts _______________ Cell: + 254 717 180001 skype: kukubopaul googletalk: pkukubo personal blog: www.paulkukubo.co.ke personal twitter: @pkukubo ____________________ Vision: Kenya becomes a top ten global ICT hub Mission: To champion and actively enable Kenya to adopt and exploit ICT, through promotion of partnerships, investments and infrastructure growth for socio economic enrichment

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Magazines
by Watchman 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Greeterifications dear skunkaterians. Any clues as to how to register a mag in KE? and any reviews on Transmorfers3? *Watchman*

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Datacenters in .ke
by Phares Kariuki 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Sorry to hijack from the Open Data thread, but I think this has morphed into a topic on it's own. The problem, in my opinion boils down to the following: 1. Dependence on vendor lead solutions - Yes, EMC/Cisco/VMware make a good combined and stable product but is it really the best placed product to run the platform you want? Is there necessary expertise for the same? People run for the vendor led solutions without enough expertise which means that consultants etc will run and maintain the system. Support contracts etc. End result? An unusually high cost for the service. 2. SP's have not figured out the business model... It's not only about storage space and VM's. You need to be able to provide a stable platform. Requires input from devs... 3. It's not that we don't have the expertise we have PRSP's that maintain their services, we have banks/companies etc that maintain their own mini 'internal clouds' to a high level of availability, maybe the question is how to get that expertise into the market. -- With Regards, Phares Kariuki | T: +254 720 406 093 | E: pkariuki(a)gmail.com | Twitter: kaboro | Skype: kariukiphares | B: http://www.kaboro.com/ |

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Google+ developer tools/opportunities
by John Gitau 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

For those of you who would be interested in developing add on's or just to have a first look at the codebase for google+ (what they allow developers) head on here --> https://services.google.com/fb/forms/plusdevelopers/

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ipo48 startups
by Webmaster 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Here are the startups that have applied for ipo48. Which ones there tickle your fancy? http:nairobi2011.ipo48.com/startups

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Hard-drive Data retention/Data Loss/ for long term Backup files
by Sifa U. Mawiyoo 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Hello, Is anyone familiar with data backups on hard-drives and the impact of time on data? Like how many years can one safely back up data on a HDD before one should worry about backing-up the same data again? /Does data loss exist over time? Like Flash drives and SSD's have a limited read, writes though many there is an upper limit. Anyway, assuming the back-up storage is never dropped or moved, is stored in a sealed water resistance case and is disconnected and out of use 90% of the time, would one still have access to the data over 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 years later? Is there a media format to use that is better than a HDD over time? Thanks. ___________________ S.U. Mawiyoo Geographer, Mapper, GIS user, Spatial thinker. Connect with me online here <http://en.gravatar.com/sm1810> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No part of this email may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the permission of SU Mawiyoo. It is therefore private and confidential. __________________________________________________________

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Looking for CCTV-cameras
by chadwick owino 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Pls email me different brands and cost. Also indicate the specs. Regards, Chadwick

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Google+ invites to give away....
by Steve Muchai 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Hi, Received my invites and since one good turn deserves another, I've got 400+ to give out. I think it'll make life easier if you add your email address in the first column here: https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?pli=1&hl=en_US&hl=en_US&key… then I can do it later. BR, S -- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head.

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