About Author: Allen

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Description
Allen Kao, Senior Manager of Software Development Group, is a veteran software developer at Synology since 2000 - and enjoys seeing what the Synology DSM can perform, and wants to maximize the true potential of the DSM and the DiskStation. In his off time, Allen enjoys reading up the latest Apple news, and enjoying the latest Apple technology.

Posts by Allen

  • This week, we have an update for DS cloud for iOS – PDF reader. For those of you that use iPad to check sales contract or research papers, we think...

    Annotate Your PDF Files, on DS cloud

    Posted by Allen on May 2, 2013 | No Comments | 6,430 views
    This week, we have an update for DS cloud for iOS – PDF reader. For those of you that use iPad to check sales contract or research papers, we think...

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  • “Videos are made to be enjoyed on wide screen. One of the exciting features we’ve added in Video Station in DSM 4.2 is that you can make it happen, with...

    Air Your Media

    Posted by Allen on February 8, 2013 | 6 Comments | 12,395 views
    “Videos are made to be enjoyed on wide screen. One of the exciting features we’ve added in Video Station in DSM 4.2 is that you can make it happen, with...

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  • Introduction Why good apps are released for iOS devices first? This is a question that many smartphone users may wonder. Is it because iOS market generates better revenue? Or is...

    Inside Synology mobile application development

    Posted by Allen on November 7, 2012 | 19 Comments | 15,451 views
    Introduction Why good apps are released for iOS devices first? This is a question that many smartphone users may wonder. Is it because iOS market generates better revenue? Or is...

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  • Privilege is always an important concept when using computer systems. In DiskStation Manager, privilege can be set by account or by shared folder. There is also shared folder privilege to...

    QoS: Traffic Control and Speed Limit

    Posted by Allen on September 13, 2012 | 2 Comments | 14,770 views
    Privilege is always an important concept when using computer systems. In DiskStation Manager, privilege can be set by account or by shared folder. There is also shared folder privilege to...

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  •   For 3rd-party developers, Download Station is probably the most intriguing application in DiskStation Manager. We have seen browser extensions (e.x. Chrome Synology Download Station and Firefox SynoExt/SynoLoader), as well...

    Download Station Web API

    Posted by Allen on July 24, 2012 | 29 Comments | 21,594 views
      For 3rd-party developers, Download Station is probably the most intriguing application in DiskStation Manager. We have seen browser extensions (e.x. Chrome Synology Download Station and Firefox SynoExt/SynoLoader), as well...

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  • Throughout my career at Synology, I have received feedback from our customers, typically ones like: “I really want to try the new features in Audio Station brought in by this...

    Packages in DiskStation Manager

    Posted by Allen on May 9, 2012 | 4 Comments | 18,466 views
    Throughout my career at Synology, I have received feedback from our customers, typically ones like: “I really want to try the new features in Audio Station brought in by this...

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  • Recently one of my hard drives in RAID setup failed on my DiskStation, resulting in RAID 5 volume being degraded. DSM did a nice job by sending an e-mail to...

    Synology Push Notification Service

    Posted by Allen on January 11, 2012 | 12 Comments | 29,249 views
    Recently one of my hard drives in RAID setup failed on my DiskStation, resulting in RAID 5 volume being degraded. DSM did a nice job by sending an e-mail to...

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  • Steve Jobs, the late great technological innovator, announced in June that iCloud service would be inbuilt in the coming iOS 5 and Mac OS X Lion. This new service would...

    Let’s Talk about Cloud Storage

    Posted by Allen on November 2, 2011 | 26 Comments | 35,406 views
    Steve Jobs, the late great technological innovator, announced in June that iCloud service would be inbuilt in the coming iOS 5 and Mac OS X Lion. This new service would...

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  • In DSM 3.2, Synology released DSM mobile that comes with a user interface that’s optimized for mobile devices. Users can manage DiskStation using the built-in web browsers on smartphones or...

    DSM mobile – Manage DiskStation anywhere

    Posted by Allen on August 30, 2011 | 41 Comments | 33,065 views
    In DSM 3.2, Synology released DSM mobile that comes with a user interface that’s optimized for mobile devices. Users can manage DiskStation using the built-in web browsers on smartphones or...

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  • …The DSM GUI blows away my old NAS and love it! It was like going from a little personal computer plane controls to a commercial airlines. Was even able to...

    The Design and Evolution of DSM User Interface

    Posted by Allen on July 12, 2011 | 24 Comments | 19,832 views
    …The DSM GUI blows away my old NAS and love it! It was like going from a little personal computer plane controls to a commercial airlines. Was even able to...

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