Author: Preshit Deorukhkar

Preshit Deorukhkar is the former Editor-in-Chief of Beautiful Pixels. He is now a Freelance Consultant, Principal at iXyr Media & SharpShutter Media. You can reach him on Twitter @preshit

If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you’re no stranger to the Bjango folks. They’ve been featured here on Beautiful Pixels multiple times in the past. Their designs and apps are populated with delicious pixels and tasty elements. Sideways Racing is the latest game from the house of Bjango. It is a top-view racing game for iPad that you will enjoy for hours in a row. The gameplay is immersive and the pixels are just gorgeous. There are some fantastic textures used throughout the game — most that make me wish I could have skills even remotely close…

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Web

I came across this beautiful visualization of the Evolution of Web today. The web today is a growing universe of interlinked web pages and web apps, teeming with videos, photos, and interactive content. What the average user doesn’t see is the interplay of web technologies and browsers that makes all this possible. Over time web technologies have evolved to give web developers the ability to create new generations of useful and immersive web experiences. Today’s web is a result of the ongoing efforts of an open web community that helps define these web technologies, like HTML5, CSS3 and WebGL and…

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Saver is a simple and intuitive iPhone app that gives you the easiest way to track your expenses. Featuring a beautiful UI and quick data input options, Saver is the no-frills way to track your budget. Saver comes with a host of features, including • Built-in and custom tags • Attachments (notes and photos) • Beautiful graph-reports • Full-screen calendar • Powerful search with filters • Free backup and restore • Passcode protection • World currencies Saver is a fantastic option if you need to track your expenses, without hassle. Download it from the App Store for just $2.99. What’s…

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Flapcraft is a new cheerfully addictive game for iOS devices developed by the Pixelmator team. For the uninitiated, Pixelmator is a fantastic “Photoshop replacement” app for the Mac — one that’s actively developed and that will make you feel at home on the Mac when you use it. So it’s no surprise that a game designed by them is featured on Beautiful Pixels. Everything about Flapcraft has been designed and illustrated entirely in Pixelmator. In fact, the game was discovered and then developed during beta-testing of Pixelmator’s 2.0 painting engine. Like most of the graphics on the ‘Learn’ section of…

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A few weeks ago, I was looking for a bookmarking service that I could start using full-time and seriously. All this while, I used to stuff my bookmarks into Safari itself — very rarely organizing them because whenever I needed them, Safari just auto-completed the URLs for me. But I wanted to get over this habit and started looking for a service that’d make me want to use it. There was something about Delicious that never made me use it. I even attempted to use Pinboard on chairman Gruber’s recommendation, but that didn’t work out either. But then I stumbled…

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