Author: Preshit Deorukhkar

When was the last time a website blew your mind? I have covered numerous websites that have amazed me with their use of the latest web technologies in the most creative ways and yet, when I came across this website for the Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000 exhibit, my mouth was left wide open. The site is a prime example of exceptional use of HTML5 and CSS3 to present the content in the most beautiful and creative way. It makes heavy use of sprites, animations and has been designed and developed by the creative agency of Hello…

I first downloaded this app a couple of weeks ago, but forgot about it once the Galaxy Nexus made its way home. Today, I was sent a link to this app on the Play Store and that’s when I remembered that it also existed on iOS. It’s good to see developers targeting both these popular platforms simultaneously these days. The ANA Portuguese Airports app (referred to as ANAPA for the rest of the article) is an app that puts all the information relating to the major airports in the country of Portugal. The most notable thing about the app is…

Have you ever been in a situation where your friends or family wanted to check out your phone, but you were reluctant to give it to them because you feared that they might view some of the photos you have stored on the device and don’t want others to see? Or may be you’re just not storing the photos on the device because a lot of people handle your phone, even though you wish you could? Yes, there may be various reasons why you’d want to keep some of your photos private. Unfortunately, iOS does not give you the option…

Beatronome is a beautiful metronome app for iPhone and iPad that excels in its simple & clean interface. While it boasts an essential set of features, it’s the way these features have been laid down that impressed me the most. Beatronome offers what you’d normally expect from a metronome. You can set the tempo of the song (BPM), the number of bars and how many beats you want and beatronome will get to work. You can set the BPM by either swiping or by tapping 4 beats manually. Yes, it also has 4 beat patterns. The main screen has all…

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad, are all set to begin in London tomorrow. There’s been plenty of excitement surrounding it in the air lately and a lot of iOS apps have come out both for iOS and Android platforms, including these official ones. GoSquared, one of the most popular real-time web analytics apps and based in the UK, decided to celebrate the London 2012 Games by putting together this gorgeous single page website — Analyzing London 2012. The website, put together by the talented team at GoSquared, lays out interesting numbers and trivia…

I often get asked why we almost never write about Android apps here on Beautiful Pixels. I keep getting reminded via email that Google did some remarkable restructuring in Android 4.0 and that the UI and visual changes they introduced were a big change towards a better user experience on Android. While I was quite happy to see Google bring in these changes with Android 4.0 and introduce the official Android Design, where developers could learn to make beautiful Android apps, I was never able to get a first hand experience of the app ecosystem as I didn’t have an…