Win10 What's Up!

A few months ago we were approached by Microsoft to build some fun apps to help junior developers take advantage of the awesome new features of Windows 10.

Optical character recognition technology, IoT hub, Raspberry Pi, the Windows Universal Application Platform… we had a lot to cover in a few small applications.

The result is 4 Win10 Quick Starts, 4 awesome apps:

1. DoorBell. Whodat? Connect to a Raspberry Pi and send a picture of that person at your door straight to your phone. It's so meta.
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3. MusicSync. Never again will you need to synchronise several people in different rooms of your house to hit the play button at the same time. Synchronise music playback through all of your Win10 devices to get the party started. 
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5. CardReader. Throw away that dusty pile of business cards, CardReader automatically transfers them straight into your Windows People app. 
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7. TugOWar. Who is the fastest clicker in the west? Compete against your friends in a heated battle by connecting to up to four Win10 devices.

Test out your coding skills and build something cool, fun and useful. Find them all on the Windows Dev site here.

 
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Locus: Never Lose Your Friends Again!

Oh Happy Day, nsquared's Locus V2.0 has been released to the world! Locus is the easy peezy friend finding app that keeps you up to date with your friends' whereabouts*.

With brand new shiny app updates available across Android, iPhone and iPad, and with the Universal Windows app coming soon, you can now keep track of all of your friends and loved ones at the tap of a button.

We have completely rebuilt our app to make it the quickest and best version of Locus yet. With a whole new set of 50+ completely redesigned pins and the ability to sync between all of your devices, no location finding app has ever been this good.

• Improved performance
• 50+ new pins
• Bug and notification fixes
• New cloud solution
• Automatically syncs your devices
• Twitter and Facebook integration
• Plus many new and exciting features in the coming months! Stay calm and locate your friends. 

 *Friends not included

Microsoft Surface and Microsoft PixelSense

The announcement from Microsoft today is really exciting; Microsoft is producing two tablet devices to support the new Windows 8 operating system. 
At nsquared we have always been huge fans of tablet computing. Microsoft recently announced that they are extending the Surface brand again to deliver Microsoft designed and manufactured products that showcase the capabilities of Windows 8.  This means the devices we previously knew and loved as Microsoft Surface are now being rebranded to Microsoft PixelSense. 
At nsquared we will continue to build great software for all forms of multi-touch and interactive devices and this now expands the range of options for us, and you our customers.

Microsoft Surface running Windows 8

Samsung SUR40 with Microsoft PixelSense running nsquared herding

Announcing nsquared presenter 2.0

nsquared presenter allows you to collaboratively create and deliver presentations using all the devices you find in a meeting room. From your tablet to the projected screen on the wall and the iPads your colleagues have, nsquared presenter has it covered.

Your team can build a new presentation timeline of content including slides, spreadsheets, documents, images and movies brought together from different files. It can be done on the tablet, a table-top computer, an interactive touch screen, or all three! This timeline you create together becomes the new presentation and will synchronize with all of the other devices running nsquared presenter.

The nsquared presenter solution is ideal for sales, investor and internal meetings. Bring seamless computing into your meeting room space today!

For more information and to order nsquared presenter

nsquared seamless computing

The nsquared team in the Sydney studio has been working hard on a new framework for seamless computing. Check out the latest demonstration of their work in this video.



this video shows how Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Surface, Windows Phone 7 and Kinect devices can all be used together to create a seamless computing experience as users move between devices.

nsquared slyda updated!

Last week we updated nsquared slyda for Microsoft Kinect.
We have had an overwhelming number of downloads and the feedback has been awesome. As expected in the early stages of a product we have found a few issues with the different hardware environments you have. We hope we have now addressed those but would love to hear your feedback.

If you like nsquared slyda, why not check out nsquared spydar.

nsquared spydar for Windows Kinect

The clever boffins in the nsquared development studio have just released the first beta of nsquared spydar, an application that allows you to capture videos of people who move in front of your Kinect. All you need is a PC, and a Kinect device to try it, and best of all, it's free!

Capture video of intruders.

Easy to setup and install.

It's completely free!

Try it now.