October 2012 - skunkworks - Skunkworks Site

encrypting sms messages
by Jacob Ayienda 21 Oct '12

21 Oct '12

So am working on an application to encrypt sms messages before they are sent and decrypted on delivery as long as the message is received by the intended recipient by matching the phone no from the sender with that on the recipient's sim card. Question is? 1. How do i get the sim cards phone no. without having to send an sms to another no. which sends a reply. Trying to avoid this method The intention is to eliminate middlemen from reading messages and if they were to intercept the message it would be encrypted. 2. So how easy would it be to spoof the app?

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digital satellite receivers
by Peter Muchemi 20 Oct '12

20 Oct '12

hi. anyone knows a shop selling the satellite receivers that can receive the free to air channels?

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Re: [Skunkworks] Nokia reports $754 million quarterly loss as Lumia approaches one year anniversary
by William Muriithi 20 Oct '12

20 Oct '12

> The Microsoft move was smart to me but they are taking forever to ship > stuff out and why aren't they supporting updates? > I for one would love to own a Nokia once again, their ergonomics and common > sense design won me over a long long time ago and if they can fuse it to > outlook and the PC in a seamless way then the blackberry will fall and fall > hard in the enterprise. > > They are behaving funny though kinda like Kencell/Celtel/Zain/Airtel have > been perfecting over the years with shooting themselves in the foot,mouth > and any nearby appendages. Heck they could even launch slightly different > flavours of the windows phone 7 software with the corporate targeted one > being heavy on security,privacy encription etc and the regular version > having enhancements for photo/music/social media etc. > > What is doing them in for the most part is the time wasted in my opinion. > ship the dan things and if they have bugs follow up with updates like > everyone else. And drop the Symbian thing already. > Interesting how positive this thread has been. Had to go back and read the announcement again. What is black is the Telecom equipment business, the handset business is still in red even after one time deduction discussed here. As for if windows phone 8 will save them, time will tell as Okech said. They have screwed their relationship with carriers apparently and that can be terminal Muriithi > On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 4:43 PM, James Nzomo <kazikubwa(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > If nokia had two in-house OS releases (fremantle and harmattan) that are > > arguably better than the competition. > > > > Choosing a more costly, external redundant option is the root of all their > > current problems. > > > > That and also accepting the cancer seed from redmond that became their > > supreem leader. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Skunkworks mailing list > > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > > ------------ > > List info, subscribe/unsubscribe > > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > > ------------ > > > > Skunkworks Rules > > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > > ------------ > > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Mark Mwangi > > markmwangi.me.ke >

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IS TRINC MONEY UNDER ATTACK ?
by Mickey Mickey 20 Oct '12

20 Oct '12

Is the owner in the list. -- MICHAEL A. AKUNGA Cell No: (+254) ( 0) 726 174 815 E-Mail: michaelakunga(a)gmail.com michaelakunga(a)yahoo.com Blog: http://michysoft.blogspot.com Skype: michaelakunga

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Accessing Mpesa menu from an application
by Sam Nzau 20 Oct '12

20 Oct '12

Hey friends, Is there anyone with an idea of how i can access Mpesa menu from a desktop application i.e connecting to a phone or modem from my custom made application then operate mpesa from there Thnx in advance!

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Customer support toll free lines
by Billy 19 Oct '12

19 Oct '12

Am just curious but why is it that other than the telco's no other service providers in Kenya have a toll free number? And by service providers am talking about Banks, KRA, ISP's, Kenya power you name it. I believe (I might be wrong) that they should be mandated to have a toll free number esp If they are going to put you on hold for n minutes at your own expense. Worse still is when you run out of airtime in the middle of your problem being sorted out they dont even have the courtesy to call you back even though they already asked for your phone number. -Billy

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Re: [Skunkworks] Nokia reports $754 million quarterly loss as Lumia approaches one year anniversary
by Bwana Lawi 19 Oct '12

19 Oct '12

I also agree that Microsoft surface <http://www.microsoft.com/Surface/en-US>is going to change the tablet arena. Especially the surface with Win 8 Pro (it can apparently run all Windows 7 apps). Android missed the opportunity to make an impact in that field. However, I fail to see how Nokia would ride on Surface success given that it's a Microsoft hardware and software. As for the mobile, and I could be wrong here, Nokia will still have to compete against the likes of HTC which also manufacture brilliant phones on Windows software platform. On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Steve Obbayi <steve(a)sobbayi.com> wrote: > Quite the contrary. Actually Nokia's health has shown considerable > improvement. The previous 3 quarters its losses were over a billion > dollars. Secondly if they were not paying the unavoidable European Union > costs of downsizing then they would have actually turned a profit. So it > looks they are the right track to recovery it just cant happen in one > quarter. > > Then also don't forget that consumers have held back awaiting the WP8 > phones being released next month so it was expected that WP7 phones would > see dismal sales since Microsoft announced that there will be no upgrade to > WP8 for WP7 devices. > > Finally the developer experience that Microsoft has unleashed in my > opinion tops the charts. > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"James Nzomo" <kazikubwa(a)gmail.com> > *To: *"Skunkworks Mailing List" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> > *Cc: *"skunkworks" <skunkworks(a)my.co.ke> > *Sent: *Thursday, October 18, 2012 9:46:05 PM > *Subject: *Re: [Skunkworks] Nokia reports $754 million quarterly loss as > Lumia approaches one year anniversary > > > Elop is the cancer that is killing Nokia! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > *In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.** > * > _______________________________________________ > * > > * > > > > 2012/10/18 Kevin Omondi <kevin.ouma(a)gmail.com> > >> Should Nokia have just gone Android ?Check out this story from The Verge: >> http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/18/3517778/nokia-q3-2012-financial-report >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Skunkworks mailing list >> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> ------------ >> List info, subscribe/unsubscribe >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >> ------------ >> >> Skunkworks Rules >> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >> ------------ >> Other services @ http://my.co..ke <http://my.co.ke> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > ------------ > List info, subscribe/unsubscribe > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > ------------ > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > > > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > ------------ > List info, subscribe/unsubscribe > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > ------------ > Other services @ http://my.co.ke >

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