Author: Preshit Deorukhkar

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Dribbble’s official iOS app, which we wrote about back in June, has now added the ability for users to upload shots to their profiles. The folks at Dribbble had promised that this feature was coming in a subsequent release and they dropped Version 1.1 earlier this week that rolls out this feature to all invited users of Dribbble. You can share content from the clipboard, Camera Roll, iCloud and even Dropbox. The app now offers an Upload button so that designers can easily upload shots to their profiles. It also ships with a handy Share extension, so you can upload…

Contrast is a neat little Mac app created by Sam Soffes and Matt Smith targeted towards UI designers and web developers. It provides easy access to the WCAG color contrast ratios, so you can design with accessibility in mind. Contrast provides a color picker for you to quickly sample and test out your colors. You can still enter hex codes manually, but the picker makes things so easy. The app automatically updates, giving you instant feedback score about how accessible your designs are. Contrast sits in your menu bar by default, but you can also tear it away into a…

The Atlantic — one of the web’s most popular publications has recently launched an all new version of their iOS app. Although The Atlantic has had an iOS app since 2010, the new app, available for iPhone and iPad, was complete rewritten to focus on a better reading experience and easier access to the content published by The Atlantic. I’ve been trying out the app over the last few days and it really does offer an exceptional reading experience on my iPhone. The Atlantic’s new app has been wonderfully crafted by the excellent folks at Lickability, known for their own…

Ramp Champ is one of the fondest memories I have of gaming on my iPhone. It is one of the few games that I have spent my money on as soon as I saw it. Ramp Champ made its debut on the App Store back in 2009 and was an instant hit. Co-developed by the folks at The Iconfactory in partnership with DS Media Labs, Ramp Champ’s design was absolutely incredible at the time and the game was an absolute joy to spend your time on. Today, Ramp Champ is back on the App Store. The game sort of faded…

Ulysses is by far my favorite writing environment on both the Mac and iOS platforms. It is a remarkable app that serves the needs of all kinds of users — from those looking for a minimal text or notes app to those looking for a full-fledged writing environment, complete with its own library, customizations and syncing. Although I personally prefer Bear for short notes and random snippets and use Ulysses for long-form writing ideas (mostly articles), I know several others who use Ulysses with a one-size-fits-all approach. And that’s the beauty of Ulysses — thanks to its varied and impressive…