QNAP NAS - 開箱安裝

QNAP開箱安裝變聰明了！掃瞄機器上的QR code，就可以安裝設定。

掃瞄機器上的QR code，就可以連道：http://install.qnap.com/ 

Chrome "Super Sync Sports": HTML5 game makes kids happy

Chrome Super Sync Sports: Sync your mobile to your computer to Run! Cycle! Swim! Choose from 50 athletes and get racing! Play solo or challenge friends.

Based on technology integration on HTML5, CSS3, WebSockets, and Google App Engine, this game should be the best demo for recent Mobile Web applications.

• All client/server services are WebKit compatible, so that you just connect the URL and play the game.
• In a game pool, at most four players (client-sides) just user their smartphones or tablets to connect the URL (http://http://chrome.com/supersyncsports/#/en-US/) and input the code for the selected game. Chrome, Safari, or other WebKit-based browser (maybe) are workable to play the game.
• The Mobile Web tech also supports good experiences on gestures defined in three sports.
• Although the user interaction is not as good as native apps or online games (install modules on client desktops), it proves Mobile Web is approaching to the UX (User eXperience) of native apps.
• The most successful part is the "clipart & visual art" jobs, 50 avatars with animations on loss or win are very cute and really attract kids to enjoy and to be exciting.

It's a little pity that the services is not stable on connections. Sometimes, one or two players may disconnect, and the game may be disconnected so that all players must reload and reconnect.

When I watched the demo video, I totally guess right technologies applied in the games and mobile devices. The only one miss is "why not use QR codes?" Input 5-char code is easy. However, if one creates the game, the page can present "4 QR codes" so that each player takes a photo on one QR code to get one of four players. In this way, it will be more interesting.

Windows Phone 8 (WP8) Tips - Bing, Camera, and Image Apps (2)

WP8 already improved photo and video functions of the camera and added some interesting features and apps as preload services. 

• Image Editing: WP8 lets you edit photo directly through your phone. When viewing a photo, select "edit" then you can "rotate", "crop (trim or clip)", or "fix (enhance)" the photo. The following example use "crop" to clip the original photo into the desired area. Finally, press "done" and "save". Obviously, this function is useful while you want to edit your profile photos.

     

• Bing Service and Camera Integration: Translation and QR Code Recognition services provide by bing search can be accessed from WP8 camera. Just press "search" button on the right of "Home (Windows)" button, then click the "vision (eye)" button, focus on the text and press "scan text". By selecting the target language for translations within "TRANSLATE TEXT TO", you will obtain the translated texts covering on the original texts of the photo. (Following images of the first row.) The same processes are also workable for recognizing QR Codes, MS Smart Tags, ISBN of book, CD or DVD, as the second row images (the first two images) for demonstrating QR Code translation for URL. Like Google's home page that presenting everyday topic, bing search also provides some visions about today's topics as shown in the left column image on the third row. Just click the "transparent block", then you will get the "take a bow" message, click it to read the information and knowledge about today's topic.

  

 

 

• Bing/Scout: In the bing app press "scout", you can check POIs (point of interests) around your location based on bing map services.

• Camera/lenses: While using camera, many image processing apps are integrated into the camera app, you just click "lenses" on the settings, you will see image-related apps installed into your WP8. Press "find more lenses", you will get more interesting apps (image on the right column) that can be bind with the camera app. These apps are very useful and funny, I will introduce them in another blog article someday.