Get Ready for WOWZAPP 2012 in Malaysia

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A few more days to go before WOWZAPP Malaysia 2012 kick start! So what is this WOWZAPP first? Just in case if you don’t know what is WOWZAPP, it is a worldwide hackathon for developers to get building cool apps for Windows 8. There are thousands of developers around the world building apps for the next generation of Windows during this event. WOWZAPP in Malaysia will be on 10-11 Nov 2012 at MMU, Cyberjaya. Music, free food, expert help, free resources will be available there to assist your learning and coding without sleep. Maybe a bit of sleep.

For more information: http://aka.ms/mywowzapp2012

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Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia Final – Day 3 @ Manukan Island

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After a long day of competition yesterday, now is time to relax! This year Imagine Cup Malaysia is taking all the competitors to the Manukan Island to enjoy the great view of the island and have some fun water activities. The clean water there enable us to directly see the fish swimming around and great sunny day with wind blowing is definitely an enjoyable day. We also enjoy a great lunch at there too. I don’t want to write too much here, just look at the photos and you will definitely see how much fun the students got there.

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Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia Final – The Winners

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Here is the winners of Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia local final. Congratulation to all of them.  The Rhapsody from UTIC which is also the last year champion (Imagine Cup 2011 Malaysia final) will represent Malaysia to the Imagine Cup worldwide final at Sydney, Australia. Go go Malaysian students and make us proud! You win, we all win (Imagine Cuo slogan).

 

Software Design Champion

The Rhapsody – Asia Pacific University College of Technology & Innovation (UCTI)

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Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia Final – Day 2 Summary

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Finally the judgment day has arrival. A series of judging process is waiting for the competitors in order to selected the top 6 finalist out from 30 teams. Then then top 6 teams will be present again in the second round of presentation in order decide which team will be the ultimate winner of  this year Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia final.


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Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia – Top 6 Finalist Teams

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After the first round of judging, the top 6 teams that will enter the second round of presentation are out! Congratulation to all the top 6 finalist. Who are they? They are (in random order)

 

SLIM

Project: Gravida

from Tunku Abdul Rahman College

 

Team Drinking Water

Project: ENWIEO (Environmental Waste Interceptor and Organization)

from Asia Pacific University College of Technology & Innovation (UCTI)

 

Beyond Imagination

Project: 1 Bid One Hope

from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

 

Sirius

Project: Hooray Hubby

from Universiti Putra Malaysia

 

The Rhapsody

Project: WizBoard

from Asia Pacific University College of Technology & Innovation (UCTI)

 

4GM

Project: Recycle Bingo

from  Universiti Putra Malaysia

 

If you interested on the announcement, we have the video for you too. In case if you can’t see the video, the URL is here  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSfASTAooh8

 

by Ooi Keng Siang – MSPSMT via Ooiks’s Blog

Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia – Day 1

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Finally it is the day, the day where the top 30 teams from different universities in Malaysia meet together in Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia local final at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. I have never been to Kota Kinabalu, so I’m very excite to attend the Imagine Cup. Of course I’m also very excited to what students bring this year. Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia local final here I come.


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Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia Local Final – Happening Soon at Kota Kinabalu

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Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia local final is just around the corner.  Last year, the Imagine Cup Malaysia local final was held at Kuching, Sarawak where students have a lot of fun there and this year, the final will be held at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah from 16th to 18th of May.  30 teams from different universities and different states which advanced into the semi final round will be there to compete against each other. The winner of the local final will be represent Malaysia to the Imagine Cup worldwide final at Australia, Sydney this coming July 2012.

I was there last year in Imagine Cup 2011 Malaysia local final and there was a lot of fun at Kuching. If you interested to know what happen last year, check out the post Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3. I’m very interested to see what students bring this year because the projects that students develop are getting better and better each year and I hoping to see  something even more exciting this year. Imagine students developing projects that can solve the world toughest problems, it is not an easy tasks and yet their step up to the challenge given by Microsoft.

This year we have 2 Microsoft Student Partners (MSP) whom will be there updating all the latest news about Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia local final though social media channels. Wendy and I will be telling the story of Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia final through Facebook, Twitter and Blog. If you are interested on what will be going on at the final or you want to know more about Imagine Cup, then follow us in one of the social media channel or all of the channels.

 

Wendy Lau (MSP)

Twitter: @HereWendy

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wendypwl

Blog: http://imwendy2009.blogspot.com/

 

Ooi Keng Siang (MSP)

Twitter: @ooikengsiang

Facebook:   http://www.facebook.com/ooikengsiang

Blog: http://blog.ooiks.com

 

Official Channels 

Imagine Cup Malaysia fans page: http://www.facebook.com/myimaginecup

Imagine Cup Twitter hasttag: #ImagineCup

MSP Social Media Twitter and Blog: @MSPSMT & http://icsocialmediateam.com/

 

by Ooi Keng Siang – MSPSMT via Ooiks’s Blog

Imagine Cup 2012 Local Malaysia – The Top 30 Teams

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The top 30 teams which has successfully advanced to the final of Imagine Cup 2012 local Malaysia in Software Design category is announced today. They will represent their own university to compete in the national final round which will be held at Sabah in May. It will be a fun and exciting competition at there. The champion team shall represent Malaysia in Software Design category to the worldwide final of Imagine Cup 2012 at Sydney, Australia.

Yes, there is a slight delay on the announcement due to large amount of awesome submissions create and submit by student around Malaysia. Yeah, I can’t wait to see what students bring this year as they always surprise me with the creativity and innovation. I guess I will have to wait until the final then. Check out the top 30 teams below.

  1. 01001 – KDU University College
  2. 4GM – Universiti Putra Malaysia
  3. B&B – Taylor’s University
  4. Beyond the Imagination – Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  5. Bluetenders – Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
  6. Cyber Warriors – Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia
  7. D. Jester – Tunku Abdul Rahman  College
  8. Descendants – Universiti Malaysia Sabah
  9. Drinking Water – Asia Pacific University College of Technology & Innovation (UCTI)
  10. E-Transcend – Universiti Malaya
  11. GoGreen++ – Universiti Sains Malaysia
  12. Green Age Heroes – Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  13. HFMS – Universiti Malaya
  14. Insquare – Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
  15. IT SEEKERS – Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
  16. KiHECT – Universiti Technologi Malaysia
  17. Legion – Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
  18. Live Green – Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
  19. Mango –  Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
  20. Project Care –  Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
  21. Python – Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
  22. Seempearl (Simple) –  Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
  23. SIRiUs – Universiti Putra Malaysia
  24. SLIM – Tunku Abdul Rahman College
  25. SMART UNICORN – Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  26. Super Massive –  Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
  27. The Rhapsody –  Asia Pacific University College of Technology & Innovation (UCTI)
  28. W.3.A. – Universiti Putra Malaysia
  29. Wired In – Universiti Malaysia Pahang
  30. Wizard – Taylor’s University

 

This is going to be very exciting at Sabah. Yes, I will going to report live from the national final of Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia in May. So stay tune in my blog or twitter for the latest update from time to time.

Visit Imagine Cup Malaysia official website for the complete announcement of the top 30 teams: http://www.myimaginecup.com/finalists.aspx

 

by Ooi Keng Siang – MSPSMT via Ooiks’s Blog

 

Windows Phone: Ready for the Marketplace in Malaysia

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You may have notice Malaysia country is now listed in Windows Phone website. If you go to the marketplace, you can now search app that is available in Malaysia marketplace. This mean that the Windows Phone marketplace is ready for Malaysia consumers. Malaysia developers hold your horse, app submission to App Hub directly is not ready yet and you will still need to go through third party currently, check out my previous post.

The very first thing that piss me off is I can’t change the language to English if I selected Malaysia as the country in the website. Malay language was the only language provided. Why? Running translation in my head full speed while browsing the site is killing my brain cell. Fix this please! OK! enough, back to the topic.

You may found there are lot fewer apps in Malaysia marketplace compare with US marketplace. This is because many apps was submitted before Malaysia marketplace is ready for distribution. This mean that unless developers of those missing apps resubmit their app and select distribution to Malaysia, else it won’t be available to Malaysia marketplace. This doesn’t sound bad at all, because usually app that no longer updated are some useless app, so this can pretty much filter a lot of useless apps in Malaysia marketplace.

As for now Malaysia developers still need to submit their apps through third party like Yalla Apps in order to publish their apps to Malaysia marketplace and other country marketplace. Some developers still refuse go into Windows Phone development because they worry what will happen to their apps once the marketplace is fully open for developers in Malaysia and they can submit their app direct through App Hub. From what Microsoft and Yalla App done previously, developers can transfer their app to App Hub when it is fully open. Check out this post. So this is the best time to jump into Windows Phone development.

The news has been confirmed at Windows Phone Blog.

I’m still waiting for one of my fully developed app to get through the app submission and my new Windows Phone to ship to my hand. Such a long wait before I can play the fun out of it.

By Ooi Keng Siang via Ooiks’s Blog

Windows Phone Marketplace Opens for Distribution in Malaysia

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According to the Windows Phone Developer Blog, Windows Phone marketplace is now allow submit apps for distribution in 6 new markets; Argentina, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru and the Philippines. This is such a great news to kick start year 2012 for Windows Phone developers in Malaysia. But wait, some developers are confused between submitting app targeting Malaysia market and marketplace availability in Malaysia.

I’m come out a list of questions and answers to help clear the doubt regarding this news.

 

Q: Is marketplace now available in Malaysia?

A: No, even though developers now can targeting Malaysia market when submitting their apps, but Windows Phone marketplace is still not available in Malaysia yet.

 

Q: When will Windows Phone marketplace available in Malaysia?

A: Microsoft did not make any official statement currently yet, but we can expect the marketplace coming very soon since it now allow apps targeting Malaysia market.

 

Q: Can Malaysia developers register in App Hub now?

A: No, not yet. Since the marketplace is not available yet.

 

Q: How can Malaysia developers submit their apps now?

A: Malaysia developers still need to submit their apps through third party company like Yalla App and they can select Malaysia as one of their distribution market.

 

Q: What is the additional requirement to submit apps targeting Malaysia market?

A: Content that consider as offensive in Malaysia local law are not allowed. Examples of potentially offensive content: [Source: 3.10 Country/Region Specific Requirements]

  • People in revealing clothing or in sexually suggestive poses
  • Religious references
  • Alcohol references
  • Sexual or bathroom humor
  • Simulated or actual gambling

 

Q: Why start developing Windows Phone apps now, even the marketplace is not available yet?

A: The biggest reason is to get a head start over the other when the marketplace is available. Since we can expect the marketplace coming very soon to Malaysia and apps that targeting Malaysia is still very limited now. This is a great opportunity to kick start a new apps targeting Malaysia users or porting your existing apps from other platforms and stay ahead from your competitors.

 

I hope this post give a better picture of what actually happen and what you as a Windows Phone developers in Malaysia can expect. If you have any questions, do post on the comment and I will try my best to answer it.

by Ooi Keng Siang via Ooiks’s Blog