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

Mac

A few days ago, The Soulmen released version 1.2 of Ulysses III — their incredible plain text writing app for Mac. This release is touted as a “User Requests Update” that brings in some of the most requested features by users. The most notable inclusions in this update are: Writing Goals — Target a set goal of characters or pages and track your progress as you proceed Ulysses Style Exchange — A platform to browse and share the styles and themes supported by the app. There are already some great ones on there. You can also create/edit your own color…

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Most of us have been in a situation where we’re heading somewhere and during the time that it takes us to reach our destination, we’ve had to answer the same type of questions numerous times. “Where are you?” or “How long till you get here?” More often than not, your friends will keep pestering you by either calling you or messaging, asking about your location and it does get annoying, especially when you’re stuck in traffic or delayed due to reasons beyond your control. Routeshare is a new iPhone app that lets you easily share your real-time location with anyone,…

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Web

If you work with or create videos for a living, and have wanted to showcase your work on your own website for the world to see, Cinematico is something you should definitely check out. Created by Jason Schuller, who is known for Press75 and its gorgeous WordPress themes as well as Dropplets — the minimal markdown blogging platform, Cinematico helps video professionals create their own portfolio website powered by either YouTube or Vimeo.

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Windy is an absolutely stellar app for iPhone and iPad makes use of stereoscopic 3D audio and surreal parallax illustrations along with a story line to help you relax or meditate. The app has been brought to the App Store by Taptanium, who’ve previously produced apps like Thunderspace and Haze, both being beautifully designed apps as well. Continuing with what made Thunderspace so awesome, Taptanium have one again collaborated with Emmy-award winning nature sound recordist Gordon Hempton for the stereoscopic 3D audio used in this app. While Thunderspace created virtual thunderstorms around you, Windy, as the name suggests, brings different…

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Squarespace Metrics Gains iPad Support Squarespace is a great service that offers easy to use tools to build your own professional-looking website. Squarespace has an iOS app called Squarespace Metrics that lets you keep track of the visitors to your website and connected social accounts. Originally released five months ago, the company has just released an update to the app that adds iPad support to it. It’s now a Universal app that you can use to check your website’s stats and is available Free on the App Store.

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1Password v4.3 for Mac Along with the release of the BIG 1Password for iOS update that brings a brand new iOS 7 design and a plethora of new features, AgileBits have also released a big update to the Mac version as well. With this release, 1Password for Mac gains the following notable features: You can now choose which vault to use when saving a new Login Looking for something specific? 1Password mini now searches everything, from your usernames to your notes Fullscreen support Tons of keyboard shortcuts in 1Password mini By popular request, 1Password mini now shows Secure Notes! Master…

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