Have you ever wanted to highlight and share only a few bits of text from a long article or maybe point someone to a typo in something they have published? May be you have wanted to tweet out an interesting quote from an article you have just read about your favorite topic. Normally, you would take a screenshot of the said text content and then highlight the relevant bits either using Preview or third-party apps like Skitch or Droplr, then share this file on Twitter. OneShot is a beautifully simple iOS app that lets you do this in a much…
Author: Preshit Deorukhkar
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
Kids today spend a lot of time watching videos on YouTube. Google’s popular video site is a treasure trove of all kinds of content, but not everything uploaded there is suitable for or targeted at kids. A few days ago, Google released YouTube Kids, a special app that was built with kids in mind. The app features a simplified design, terrific animations, playful interface sounds and is a joy to use. It features four main sections — Shows (kid-friendly YouTube channels), Music (playful songs, nursery rhymes, etc.), Learning and Explore. There’s also a Search available that lets you access other…
As we get closer to Apple’s scheduled media event on March 9th, developers around the globe are busy getting their apps ready to be submitted to Apple, whenever they officially announce the pricing and availability of the Apple Watch. Very little is known about the device internals and battery life, but Apple did make an SDK available to developers late last year and quite a few devs have been busy writing code that extends their app’s functionality onto the user’s wrist. One such app is ‘Run 5k — Couch to 5k running plan’ by Aleksandar Vacic, the Serbian developer behind…
Webydo is a web design canvas, made for designers. Specifically, it’s a professional website design platform that empowers graphic and web designers to create and manage pixel-perfect responsive websites for their clients, completely code-free. Led by a community of over 120K professional designers, design studios and agencies, Webydo enacts a radically democratic process for its roadmap. Webydoers constantly recommend new advanced features and vote on the community’s suggestions, with the most popular being developed and added to the platform. Webydo helps creative professionals concentrate on what is most important – the creative element of web building. With features like a…
In February 2013, we introduced The Platter on Beautiful Pixels. The Platter was our new series wherein we tried to bring you some great apps, websites and other interesting content. Published on Sundays, for 47 weeks, the Platter contained links to stuff that we thought you should know about or check out yourself, but probably wouldn’t have dedicated a full post for them. The feedback we received from our readers was overwhelmingly positive and it was great to see links to our Platter posts being shared on Social media. Today, we’re introducing The Platter 2.0. The Platter 2.0 will be…
Coinometer is a super simple iPhone app that lets you keep track of the Bitcoin pricing. It is designed to do one thing only and it does that excellently. Coinometer features a really neat user interface that takes no time getting used to. When you start the app, it shows you the current price for 1 BTC, which is fetches from Bitstamp. If you own some BTCs, you can keep a track of how much you’re gaining or losing by adding how many BTCs you own and at what price you got hold of them. The app then keeps track…