Sourcebits Blog http://blog.sourcebits.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:00:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Three iPad 3 Features We Desperately Need, and 2 We Don’t Care Much About All signs point to the iPad 3 debuting sometime in February or March, but in typical Apple fashion the company has kept basically all the specs of the new device totally under wraps. That hasn’t stopped rampant Internet speculation however, so we thought we’d round up some of the most…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/three-ipad-3-features-we-desperately-need The Top 6 Reasons Your Company Needs to be Using Google Plus

Even though Google+ has been around for several months now the newest major social network is just starting to pick up steam. While G+ was originally viewed as a Facebook clone, it has begun to carve out its own niche in the social space. Still, some companies…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/the-top-6-reasons-your-company-needs-to-be-using-google-plus The Top 5 Reasons Why Your App Isn’t Selling

Can’t seem to crack the magic code that leads to sales in the iOS and Android App stores? Can’t figure out why everyone else seems to be making a mint off of apps but you’re swimming in debt? Here are the top five reasons you may be floundering, and…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/the-top-5-reasons-why-your-app-isnt-selling Apple Announces iPhone 4S, Siri and More

Apple’s big press event in Cupertino just wrapped up so we’re going to run down the big announcements. Yesterday we laid out some predictions for what we expected to see so now we’re going to go through and hit what we got perfectly right, what…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/apple-announces-iphone-4s-siri-and-more Our Predictions for Apple’s iPhone Event

Tomorrow is going to be a big day, as Apple is finally taking the wraps off its latest iPhone model. There’s tons of speculation going around as to what will be announced at the event and what will be missing, so we figured it would be fun…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/our-predictions-for-apples-iphone-event Where Does the Kindle Fire Fit In the Tablet Marketplace?

Yesterday Amazon made waves when it announced the Kindle Fire, a 7 inch tablet which the company is offering as their alternative to the iPad. The Android-powered device sports access to 18 million songs, magazines, apps games and more, as well as free Amazon cloud storage and a brand…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/where-does-the-kindle-fire-fit-in-the-tablet-marketplace Netflix Spins Off Qwickster, Launching Game Rentals

There was quite a row last month when Netflix suddenly announced that they were splitting DVD by mail and instant streaming options and charging customers separately for each account. At the time it seemed like a greedy cash grab with the sole intention of screwing over the company’s most…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/netflix-spins-off-qwickster-launching-game-rentals Why Steve Jobs’ Resignation Isn’t That Big of a Deal

Every morning one of the first things I do is fire up Twitter and see what everyone’s talking about early in the morning. Today, judging by the condolence letters and links to “remembrances” regarding Steve Jobs I thought the poor man had died. My heart sank, I feared that…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/why-steve-jobs-resignation-isnt-that-big-of-a-deal Check Out Sourcebits on the Iterate Podcast

We’re here to give everyone a heads-up that Sourcebits’ own David Forgash appeared on this week’s edition of the Iterate podcast. You can stream the show directly from the Iterate site, download it and enjoy it later or subscribe via iTunes. This is…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/check-out-sourcebits-on-the-iterate-podcast Sourcebits CEO Rohit Singal featured on CNBC TV18 Sourcebits as the leading mobile development company, has developed over 300 apps and games and has raised USD 10 million in funding earlier this year from IDG Ventures and Sequoia Capital.
Riding on this success wave, Rohit Singal, Sourcebits Founder & CEO, was recently featured on the latest series…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/sourcebits-ceo-rohit-singal-featured-on-cnbc-tv18 Sourcebits Featured on CBS San Francisco We’re very pleased to note that Sourcebits was featured on the “Closer Look Look” segment of the San Francisco CBS news telecast last night. Here’s the video if you missed it (or if you happen to live in one of those other cities not named San Francisco).

We want…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/sourcebits-featured-on-cbs-san-francisco The Current State of the Apple App Store

Earlier today Apple announced that a staggering 15 billion apps have been downloaded over the past three years. That number is borderline unfathomable, especially considering that there aren’t even that many people on the planet. The current world population is hovering just under 7 billion,…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/the-current-state-of-the-apple-app-store A True Hacker
A True Hacker….

1. Has code flowing in his veins and is in love with FOSS
2. Is a keyboard Ninja. Despises mouse. (They love the sound of their keyboards!)
3. Absolutely loves the terminal.
4. Loves LISP and functional programming.
5. Has distaste for…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/a-true-hacker Sourcebits named in Lead 411′s Hottest Georgia Companies for 2011 We’ve done it again! And this time, we’ve done it in style! Sourcebits has been named in Lead 411’s Hottest Georgia companies for 2011! The companies were judged on the following parameters – 100% increase in revenues over the past 2 years or over $2M in funding in the…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/sourcebits-named-in-lead-411s-hottest-georgia-companies-for-2011 Are Social Networks Strangling Themselves?

Facebook. Twitter. LinkedIn. Reddit. Digg. Del.i.cious… The list of social networking sites goes on and on and more pop up every day. We’re reaching a point of saturation and it would seem that soon there will come a reckoning. Indeed, Social networking’s own popularity may indeed be…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/are-social-networks-strangling-themselves Our Favorite App Ever! (This Week): Aperture

We took a break last week to prep for our big investment news, but now we’re back with another edition of Our Favorite App Ever! (This Week). Today’s app is for all the shutterbugs out there who have a whole hard drive full of pictures…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/our-favorite-app-ever-this-week-aperture Sourcebits Secures $10 Million Investment from Sequoia and IDG

Today, just a couple weeks removed from our 5th birthday celebration, Sourcebits is proud to announce that we have received a venture capital investment of $5 million each from Sequoia Capital and IDG. This marks Sourcebits’ first ever large-scale investment from outside firms, and we couldn’t be…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/sourcebits-secures-10-million-investment-from-sequoia-and-idg Article on Scientific Programming in Linux For You My article on Scientific Programming with Python (and a bit of Lisp) has been published in the May 2011 issue of Linux For You.

At Sourcebits, we give utmost importance to innovation and creativity across various disciplines of designing and programming. While this article is all about scientific programming, we…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/article-on-scientific-programming-in-linux-for-you Sourcebits 5th Anniversary Bash “Stay the course, light a star,
Change the world where’er you are.”

Enthralled by the same spirit, Sourcebits successfully completed five years of its operation on April 27th, 2011. A company which started in a garage in 2006 has now transformed into a multi million dollar company with…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/sourcebits-5th-anniversary-bash Our Favorite App Ever! (This Week): Reeder

Wow, what a week this has been! Sourcebits celebrated its fifth birthday in grand fashion (we can’t post the pics, but rest assured it was a wild and crazy time), and of course a couple folks who are kind of a big deal in England got married. Whatever, they…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/our-favorite-app-ever-this-week-reeder Our Favorite App Ever! (This Week): Deep Green

It’s time for our new Friday tradition, picking out an amazing app we can’t live without and sharing it with all you wonderful folks. This time around we’re showcasing one of the classiest, and most classic of games, chess. There are many apps out there devoted to one of…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/our-favorite-app-ever-this-week-deep-green Apple Profits Near 6 Billion

For most companies, managing to turn over a few million dollars of profit in a year is pretty good, and tens of millions would likely lead everyone to drop everything and have a giant party. Then again, Apple isn’t just any company, and their bar is a bit higher…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/apple-profits-near-6-billion Enterprise Mobility What to consider in mobile enterprise strategy for business

We are witnessing drastic changes in operating environment of business .It has become increasingly important for the organizations to proliferate the information to the point of action( it’s team on ground ), also collect and use the data from…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/enterprise-mobility Playing with NFC API of Android NFC, or near field communication, is an emerging technology that will power mobile payment systems and Mobile wallet system. Google, Nokia, Microsoft, Apple and other big players are making concentrated effort in getting the solutions into main stream. But NFC itself is just a way to send data wirelessly between…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/playing-with-nfc-api-of-android Native or Web Application ? Introduction

Increasing usage of Smartphone as primary device to access web and to stay connected has led to many developers and corporation to rethink their web strategy . Should a business require both a website and a mobile application? Coupled with fact that developer need to think on various…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/native-or-web-application Our Favorite App Ever! (This Week): The Hit List

We’re back with another edition of Our Favorite App Ever! (This Week) and this time around we’re looking at the world of productivity. There are so many Getting Things Done (GTD) apps out there that you almost need a special organizer devoted exclusively to keeping track of…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/our-favorite-app-ever-this-week-the-hit-list Sourcebits Presents: Our Favorite App Ever! (This Week) – Fast Customer

Welcome to the first entry in our brand new series, Sourcebits’ Favorite App Ever! (This Week). Every Friday we’ll bring you an app nominated by someone on our staff which we think you just can’t live without. Sometimes the featured product will be a game, sometimes it will be…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/sourcebits-presents-our-favorite-app-ever-this-week-fast-customer Getting Into WebGL

The interwebs is currently buzzing with WebGL! Hence, we also decided to get our feet wet with it. Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you must have heard a few things about WebGL. However, I would still like to begin with a brief introduction about WebGL.

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]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/getting-into-webgl Happy April Fools Day!

Even though we had a lot of fun with the announcement of The Hipster’s Companion, it’s time for us to come clean. Though we think the app would be pretty amazing, it’s just an April Fool’s joke. Our apologies to anyone out there…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/happy-april-fools-day Sourcebits Proudly Presents The Hipster’s Companion

You’ve suffered under the thumb of non-enlightened sheeple long enough, it’s time to finally strike out on your own and declare yourself a true independent. To that end Sourcebits offers The Hipster’s Companion, the only app you’ll ever need in your new lifestyle. Just check…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/sourcebits-proudly-presents-the-hipsters-companion Tomorrow…

The wait’s almost over. The time is nearly here. Tomorrow, Sourcebits unveils its most incredible project yet. Mark our words, this is going to be THE featured app of the season, and you can fully expect to see it in the Apple Staff picks, New and Notable section of…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/tomorrow Two More Days… In two days the biggest project Sourcebits has ever embarked upon will be unleashed on the masses. We’ve heard from a couple reviewers that this is absolutely one of the best apps they’ve ever seen and will be heralded as a must-have. Don’t be late to the party, don’t be…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/two-more-days Something Awesome This Way Comes

We’re just a few days away from announcing something amazing, life-changing and utterly cool. We can’t give you all the details yet, just know that we’re going to forever change the way you look at apps. Stay tuned to this space for details…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/something-awesome-this-way-comes Apple Confirms Dates for Worldwide Developers Conference

Big news out of Cupertino today as Apple has officially announced that the annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will take place June 6-10 at Muscone West in downtown San Francisco. The event is a chance for developers from across the globe to gather in one locale and…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/apple-confirms-dates-for-worldwide-developers-conference Sourcebits Labs Project – 3D Model Loader

At Sourcebits, we always believe in pushing the envelope with our cutting-edge solutions. Sourcebits Labs is our initiative to come up with mind-blowing solutions utilizing the latest technologies and ingenious programming techniques.

Labs gives you access to some of the most creative and innovative products developed by engineers and

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]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/sourcebits-labs-project-3d-model-loader We did it again! History seems to repeat itself more than often at Sourcebits and our current success at the Mac App store is no exception. Our iPhone and iPad applications have always performed exceedingly well at the app store and we have repeated this superlative performance with Fun Booth for Mac.…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/we-did-it-again Posterous for Android developed by Sourcebits featured at 3rd place in Android Market Popular micro-blogging site Posterous recently released an Android application, which allows users to quickly and easily post text, pictures, and video to their blogs while on the go.

Posterous for Android has been developed by the engineering team at Sourcebits and we’re proud to announce that the application has been

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]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/posterous-for-android-featured-at-3rd-place-in-android-market Spot Connect device and app unveiled at CES 2011 Spot LLC recently showcased their revolutionary new Spot Connect for smartphones at the 2011 Consumers Electronic Trade show.

SPOT Connect™ turns leading smartphones into a personal one-way satellite communicator capable of sending messages with GPS position to personal contacts, social networks or to summon help in emergencies from remote areas…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/spot-connect-device-and-app-unveiled-at-ces-2011 Sourcebits ranked #38 among Top 500 Fastest Growing Technology Companies We have some great news!! Recently, Lead411 announced the fastest growing tech companies and ranked Sourcebits 38 on the list! The winners were evaluated based on percentage by which their revenues grew from the year 2007 to the year 2009.

We are very proud of this achievement as we…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/sourcebits-ranked-38-among-top-500-fastest-growing-technology-companies Essential theme elements you must know for a good web design The World Wide Web is perhaps the best way to promote and share your ideas to a wide audience. Hence, it’s quintessential to have an aesthetic and fully functional website so as to effectively communicate your ideas to visitors. However, it’s the website’s theme which creates a first impression in…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/essential-theme-elements-you-must-know-for-a-good-web-design How Much Math Should a Programmer Know?

“The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics” – Plato

There’s no denying that mathematics is one of the most essential tools in various fields like the natural and social sciences, engineering, medicine, economics, and of course computer science. When I tell

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]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/how-much-math-should-a-programmer-know Bookmark-worthy Sites for Coders Coding is fun! But if you’re reading this article then you already know that. As passionate coders, we’re always on the lookout for handy tips and tools to give our productivity a goose; today we’ll take a look at a few websites that do just that.

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]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/bookmark-worthy-sites-for-coders Night Stand: past, present, future.

Press materials for the SDK announcement.

In 2007, the first iPhone was introduced sans support for 3rd party apps, which was quite a shock for us being – *ahem* – the 3rd party.  But in March 2008 Apple pulled a complete 180,…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/night-stand-past-present-future Juicy Pixels Overflow Hey everyone!

I updated my Violet Violence desktop picture to iPad format a couple days ago, and whilst digging through my stuff I found a few more pieces that I thought were worth sharing. Go on then, click this bunch of iPads hugging each other below to download. Nine…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/juicy-pixels-overflow Beast Farmer… Homicidal Swamp Chickens FTW! Hop Tamagotchi, Yoshi, and Ryu from Street Fighter in a food processor set to HIGH for a few minutes and you begin to get the idea behind Beast Farmer, the awesomely fun first release by new gamehouse, Industrial Brothers.  In Swamp Chicken Edition, Beast Farmer’s first…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/beast-farmer%e2%80%a6-homicidal-swamp-chickens-ftw Next Gen Trends in Web UX/UI Breezing into summer we’ve seen some pretty thorough roundups of the latest Web and UI design trends.  Horizontal scrolling enjoys it’s day in the sun, while Web fonts and online typography have gotten huge this year.  Unabashed design geeks ourselves, we’re always in…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/next-gen-trends-in-web-uxui Skyfire 2 Opens Big on Android Skyfire, the award-winning smartphone browser for Symbian and WinMobile came out for Android last week like a herd of stampeding wildebeests, commandeering the front page of nearly every popular tech blog with incredible reviews and cruising to the heights of the Android App Marketplace.  Like another of…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/skyfire-2-opens-big-on-android Sourcebits’ Secret Sauce

Our own Brian Meehan returns from last week’s ThinkMobile 2010 in New York City to share his talk about Sourcebits’ recipe for App Store success.  With examples from our best-selling app for iPhone and Android, Knocking Live Video, Brian outlines 10 key ingredients of what he…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/sourcebits-secret-sauce-2 m.sourcebits.com

Check out our streamlined new mobile page, live at http://m.sourcebits.com. 100% iPhone-optimized, rocks da house on Android and WebOS. Dig the barely there animations and intuitive touch-friendly UI controls. Sticking to a clean, less is more esthetic, all the key content of our main page is available but never more

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]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/m-sourcebits-com The Roots 2009 was a massive year for Sourcebits. Hands down our best yet. We published almost 100 totally original apps for iPhone and Android and enjoyed some great press from Apple, Macworld, PC World, IGN, The Times, and Tech Crunch, earning awesome reviews while putting our incredible team leaders in the…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/the-roots Adobe AIR to be launched on Mobile Devices As a part of the Open Screen Project drive, Adobe AIR is set to be launched on all popular mobile devices (except for the iPhone) in the coming days. The runtime is expected to be ready for public release on the Android OS by 2010;…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/adobe-air-to-be-launched-on-mobile-devices Mixing Bowl – Social Food App for iPhone Mixing Bowl is an iPhone application that allows you to get in touch with people who love cooking. Housewives, moms, dads, professional cooks, and bakers can all swap recipes, get cooking tips, and enter recipe contests with Mixing Bowl. Review recipes, upload photos, join recipe groups, invite your friends and…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/mixing-bowl-social-food-app-for-iphone NEW STUDY REVEALS SUCCESS OF KNOCKING™ LIVE PIC SHARING DEVELOPED BY SOURCEBITS Sourcebits Enables Pointy Heads Software to Launch a Top 50 iPhone Application

BANGALORE, India – December 22, 2009 – Sourcebits, one of the world’s top destinations for iPhone, Mac, Android and Web software development, today revealed a case study that outlines their approach to developing a highly successful photo sharing…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/new-study-reveals-success-of-knocking%e2%84%a2-live-pic-sharing-developed-by-sourcebits Knocking Pic Live – Revolutionary Picture Sharing for iPhone Knocking Pic Live is an iPhone application that lets you share pictures in an instant with your friends and family. All this using an interface even a kid can use, share all your pictures with just a couple of quick taps. And the innovation does not stop here, not only…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/knocking-pic-live-revolutionary-picture-sharing-for-iphone Art Whirled – Creative Painting App for iPhone Art Whirled is the most ingenious and creative application ever made for iPhone. With the use of iPhone’s accelerometer technology, you can make beautiful paintings in no time, and with an experience that is as close to reality as possible. Try it out!

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/art-whirled-creative-painting-app-for-iphone Chicken Kazoo – Create Chicken Music on iPhone Chicken Kazoo is an iPhone music application for kids which allows them to learn music – the chicken way. Kids can learn various songs using this app with key visual and audio cues. All they have to do is blow air in the mike and follow the visual cues.

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/chicken-kazoo-create-chicken-music-on-iphone Magic EarthWand – Fun 3D Game for iPhone and iPod Touch Magic EarthWand is a beautiful 3D game developed with the Unity 3D Engine for iPhone. The game is played using the accelerometer and touch controls.

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/magic-earthwand-fun-3d-game-for-iphone-and-ipod-touch Set The Spread – Sports Betting App for iPhone Set The Spread is a sports betting application. In this iPhone application you can buy credits and bet on your favorite sports team.

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/set-the-spread-sports-betting-app-for-iphone AF Striper – Navy Quiz Web Portal AF Striper Web portal is developed by Sourcebits. This portal helps Air Force personnel prepare for promotions by taking online quizzes, studying flashcards, etc. The Web portal is developed using object oriented PHP Zend Framework, MySQL Database, HTML and CSS.

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/af-striper-navy-quiz-web-portal Handy Resources for Those Who Like to Doodle Ladies and Gentlemen,

This post is an extract of message which I posted on Sourcebits’ internal Basecamp a while ago. It serves as our small library of wisdom, which each designer can access whenever they want and hopefully find answers to unknowns…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/handy-resources-for-those-who-like-to-doodle Fun Booth iPhone App on iTunes App Store Home Page Fun Booth iPhone App was chosen as a staff favorite and featured on the iTunes US App Store Home page. This is a proud moment for Sourcebits as it is third time that an app developed by Sourcebits has been chosen as a favorite by Apple staff. No…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/fun-booth-iphone-app-on-itunes-app-store-home-page Ringtone Expressions – Ringtone Nirvana! for Facebook Ringtone Expressions is the ultimate way for you to create and express your mobile ringtones. Sourcebits is responsible for developing the Facebook application for Ringtone Expressions that lets you share your ringtone with your friends and allows them to play your ringtones. This Facebook application was developed using…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/ringtone-expressions-ringtone-nirvana-for-facebook MyScanner – Scanner for your iPhone MyScanner is an unique iPhone application developed by Sourcebits for Certifiable Solutions. This app lets you take photos of your documents and then allows you to crop, color optimization and ultimately let you convert them into high resolution PDF documents for saving or emailing.

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/myscanner-scanner-for-your-iphone “The Plateau Game” for Facebook Reviews Some of the popular gaming sites like Inside Social Games and Gamers Intuition reviewed the Plateau game for Facebook. Few quotes from those reviews: ,” Suffice to say, this game is fantastic. It’s simple, it’s beautiful, it’s challenging, and above all, it’s fun. Whether you play…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/the-plateau-game-for-facebook-reviews Karaoke Gold Hits – Music Application for iPhone Karaoke Gold hits is a music application for your iPhone / iPod Touch. The app includes popular songs along with lyrics. The lyrics light up when it is time for you to sing and to the best of our knowledge. this is the best way to satisfy your karaoke needs…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/karaoke-gold-hits-music-application-for-iphone FitOrbit – Physical Fitness & Healthcare iPhone Application FitOrbit iPhone application allows you to have the services of real personal fitness trainers right within your iphone. Get that one to one fitness treatment to get in shape quick and fast. Some of the advanced features include; complete online access to FitOrbit trainer, real feedback when you need it,…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/fitorbit-physical-fitness-healthcare-iphone-application MatchStats – A Tennis Sports iPhone Application MatchStats is a great tool for all tennis enthusiasts who either play tennis themselves or are parent of children who play tennis or they are coaches. MatchStats indexes all your tennis games and then represent the entire game to you in the form of visual and numerical statistics. This…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/matchstats-a-tennis-sports-iphone-application TopTen – List Maker for iPhone TopTen iPhone application allows you to view top 10 lists created by users and at the same time allows you to make your own list that you can share with other users.

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/topten-list-maker-for-iphone iTrip – Trip Planning Facebook Application iTrip is a Facebook application that helps you plan, manage and share trips on facebook; perfect for people who like to go on trips with their friends frequently. The application maintains a list of trips you have planned with their details like map location, duration, destination and many more.

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/itrip-trip-planning-facebook-application The Plateau – New Game for Facebook! The Plateau is an engaging and exciting new game for Facebook. Set in the outer space with a soundtrack to match, The Plateau challenges you to untangle space orbs connected by energy lines on four sides. There are 55 levels in the game, with each level introducing more and more…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/the-plateau-new-game-for-facebook AhhFone for iPhone – The most innovative messenger ever! Ahhfone allows you to communicate with your friends not through chat or voice but with actual emotions using vibrations and recorded sounds. Possibilities are unlimited to think of it. The best part is, you can try it for free by downloading the free version available on the iTunes Appstore –…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/ahhfone-for-iphone-the-most-innovative-messenger-ever PhotoScatter & BlowUp iPhone applications – Now available in AppStore After a long review process, Apple finally approved PhotoScatter and BlowUp for iPhone. Both the apps are now available in the AppStore. PhotoScatter is an application for photography enthusiasts and is the easiest way to upload photos to popular social networking sites. BlowUp is an entertainment app, that…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/photoscatter-blowup-iphone-applications-now-available-in-appstore Fun Booth for iPhone – Released in iTunes AppStore Fun Booth for iPhone is a companion to hugely successful mac application by the same name. The application lets you shake your iPhone and automatically apply props accurately on your face, using automatic face detection. It also let your pampered face photo to be emailed, to be posted on flickr,…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/fun-booth-for-iphone-released-in-itunes-appstore AndroidBook – A full featured FaceBook client for your Android Device AndroidBook is the first full featured Facebook client application for Android platform, that matches the features and functionality of official email client on iPhone and dare we say the Android version is better than the iPhone :)  The rich client interface will leave you spellbound!, and…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/androidbook-a-full-featured-facebook-client-for-your-android-device Adobe Air Application GeeMail v1.0 Released We are proud to announce the next version of Geemail application, that is now completely recoded from scratch. The new feature list includes

+ Brand New User Interface Design: Dare we say its better then Gmail itself?
+ Localization supprt for Dutch, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Japanese]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/adobe-air-application-geemail-v10-released Fun Booth 2 for Mac is Released After 6 months of intensive design and development, Fun Booth 2 is finally released. Fun Booth 2 is designed and developed by Sourcebits and is published by SpoonJuice. New features ? Well everything is changed. Brand new interface, stunning new functionality like ichat video conferencing support, draw…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/fun-booth-2-for-mac-is-released Meet Sourcebits Design Team! Hey everyone!

This is Piotr, VP of Design at Sourcebits. I’d like to take this opportunity and talk a little bit about our design team. Why would I do that? Well, to be honest — there’s quite a lot to brag about!

My goal when I was beginning to complete…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/meet-sourcebits-design-team Night Stand for Blackberry Storm The most popular digital clock application,”Night Stand” is now available on Blackberry Storm. The application is available for download in Blackberry App World and is priced at $2.99 USD.

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/night-stand-for-blackberry-storm Gold Card- World’s first Digital VIP & Hospitality Card Gold Card is an iPhone digital VIP card that lets you gain entry to check-out bars, VIP lounges, nightclubs, restaurants and hotels. Within the app, you can also access special events which are updated by establishments themselves. Currently this application is available only for iPhone users in Canada. Download it…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/gold-card-worlds-first-digital-vip-hospitality-card Bal-loon – A fun entertaining app for your iPhone Bal-loon is an advance blowing simulator developed by Sourcebits and published by SpoonJuice. Balloon uses microphone of iPhone to record the audio levels, detect the blow and translates them into the air to blow the balloon to give a rich entertaining experience for all users. The application is developed using CoreGraphics, Custom…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/bal-loon-a-fun-entertaining-app-for-your-iphone TweetGlobe – Visually Stunning Twitter client for iPhone TweetGlobe is a twitter client for iPhone that is designed and developed by Sourcebits using OpenGLES and other advance native iPhone technologies. TweetGlobe shows you actual location of your followers on a moving 3D globe as and when they tweet. Also besides the visual candy, it has all the functionality…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/tweetglobe-visually-stunning-twitter-client-for-iphone An article on iPhone Development in India: Indian Express India’s leading newspaper Indian Express published an article on 16th May; about the iPhone development in India particularly mentioning Sourcebits and the successes that it has achieved in the iPhone and Mac development. Read the complete article here.

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/an-article-on-iphone-development-in-india-indian-express The Plateau Game – Available in Android Market! The Plateau is a weaving game where each puzzle is a system of nodes connected by threads that must be untangled. You slide the spherical nodes around the screen, trying to position them so that no two threads cross paths.  The game is now available in Android market for a…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/the-plateau-game-available-in-android-market Night Stand – Updated! Version 2.5 of Night Stand is published on iTunes Store with two rocking new themes, Classic and Binary, support for two different time-zones and numerous other fixes. Go grab it now.

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/night-stand-the-most-popular-utility-app-on-itunes-store-is-updated Call Quick, Mail Quick & SMS Quick Applications for iPhone Three small but extremely useful applications Call Quick, Mail Quick & SMS Quick developed by Sourcebits for Kidrobot are available now on iTunes Store. These applications let you perform usual tasks on iPhone like mail, sms and calling with just a single finger tap.

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/call-quick-mail-quick-sms-quick-applications-for-iphone Night Stand for Android We are pleased to announce that the most acclaimed and beautiful clock (with more then 4 million downloads on iTunes Store) is now available for Android. The entire look and feel of the original is retained in the Android version. Plus there is added functionality on the Android version that…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/night-stand-for-android Google Android Application – United We Smack United We Smack is the first android application developed by Sourcebits for its clients Rubber Chicken Tech. The app is a political satire on the wrong financial policies followed by the politicians in the Bush era. Check the application video here.

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/google-android-application-united-we-smack Android Development Blog – AndroidKit.com The Androidkit blog promises to be the most ‘happening’ place for anything to do with Android Development and only the latest news of high value to the Developer community.

The Android, the first complete, open, and free mobile platform, a product of a group of 47 technology and mobile…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/android-development-blog-androidkitcom iTraveler – iPhone application for frequent travelers iTraveler is a native application for iPhone and iPod Touch that lets you quickly find flights, hotels and cars by searching Expedia, Orbitz and CheapTix sites. A must for frequent travelers.

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/itraveler-iphone-application-for-frequent-travelers SK8 Dice – iPhone Sports Application SK8 Dice is an iPhone sports application developed by Sourcebits using Unity 3D framework. The application lets you determine a trick by rolling four dices in 3D. The insturctions are simple, roll the dice and do the trick on your skates.

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/sk8-dice-iphone-sports-application-for-skate-players PocketBracket among Top 100 Paid Apps on AppStore Another iPhone application,” PocketBracket” developed by Sourcebits has reached Top 100 Paid apps among all the apps on iTunes AppStore. This is third app developed by Sourcebits that has reached Top 100 and we are sure there are more to come from our Creative factory.

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/pocketbracket-on-top-100-paid-apps-on-appstore We are Thrilled ! First, it was NightStand iPhone application, that conquered the iTunes App Store, reached number 2 among all applications on AppStore in 15 days time and now its the turn of SnakeXT iPhone game, within 10 days of its release it has reached Number 27 on All apps on…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/we-are-thrilled NightStand reviewed by MacWorld Hello everyone!

I’m proud to announce that our flagship iPhone application Night Stand was reviewed by the biggest online Mac magazine — Macworld. Rob de la Cretaz gave our baby 4 of 5 stars! Have a look at the excerpt of the review:…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/242 English at Work Language Course for iPhone English at Work is a modular english course to help second language english students practice and improve their use of workplace english and business english. The various exercises in this native iPhone application includes warm up, story task, comprehension, put it in order, matching, fill in the blanks, definition roller…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/english-at-work-language-course-for-iphone Desktop Picture: Violet Violence Hello everyone!

To celebrate the release of new Sourcebits website, I have decided to prepare a few goodies for you. This week I present you with Violet Violence a desktop picture with organic waves motif from our Nerve Store website design.

Click the preview to download:…

 http://blog.sourcebits.com/desktop-picture-violet-violence SnakeXT – Classic Game in iPhone Glory SnakeXT – This game lets you relive your old memories in an iPhone way. One tap of Snake Xtreme and you will get all wrapped up. Objective is to eat as many pellets as possible, avoid the obstacles at all costs and watch your tail grow. Game features include stunning…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/snakext-classic-game-in-iphone-glory CNET News – Sourcebits Geemail puts offline Gmail on your desktop CNET News, the technology news leader today reviewed Sourcbits Geemail app that lets you work on your Gmail account both offline and online. Though the application is in early beta, CNET gave a positive review for our app. Quote,’“Unlike Google’s official offline solution that uses Gears, GeeMail is…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/cnet-news-sourcebits-geemail-puts-offline-gmail-on-your-desktop iPhind v 2.0- The native contacts search app for iPhone Just two months back we released version 1.0 of iPhind for Sookie Solutions and then we got a lot of feedback from the application userbase. And we listened because we believe this is what makes a perfect app. We have incorporated all the feedback we got and this is a…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/iphind-the-native-contacts-search-app-for-iphone-touch PocketBracket – Keep track of your bracket results on iPhone PocketBracket a native iPhone app, developed by Sourcebits for Pure Concepts is released today in iTunes App Store. The app lets you keep track of your bracket results, create pools and get ranked all with iPhone / iPod Touch convenience.

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/pocketbracket-keep-track-of-your-bracket-results-on-iphone GoodFoodNearYou – Find healthiest food near you GoodFoodNearYou, an iPhone application developed by Sourcebits for GlobalFitnessMedia lets you get instant access to the menus and nutrition information for popular casual dining restaurants, fast food restaurants, grocery stores and convenient stores.

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/goodfoodnearyou-find-healthiest-food-near-you How to make Photoshop CS4 actually usable Hello everyone!

This is my first post here, so let me introduce myself — I am Piotr, the new art director at Sourcebits. My job is to make sure that pixels ordered by you look lovely and make sense :-)

I’d like to share a…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/how-to-make-photoshop-cs4-actually-usable GeeMail and LiveQuotes on Adobe Marketplace The Adobe AIR applications developed by Sourcebits are now approved and available on Adobe Marketplace. Check them out.

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/geemail-and-livequotes-on-adobe-marketplace Sourcebits GeeMail – Adobe AIR Rich Internet Desktop Application for Gmail GeeMail is a cross-platform desktop client for gmail developed in Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR). Ready to be used out of the box, requiring no configuration of any kind, GeeMail supports the familiar gmail user interface and supports working offline.

GeeMail is developed for the AIR runtime using the…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/sourcebits-releases-goair Sourcebits releases Live Quotes We are pleased to announce the release of a stock data tracking and analysis tool – Live Quotes.

Live Quotes is a feature-rich tool for those interested in the stock market. Live Quotes features an intuitive user interface for adding stock symbols of your interest and displaying the relevant…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/sourcebits-releases-live-quotes Beautiful and Creative Six revision posted an article titled Beautiful and Creative Examples of Vibrant Web Designs and Sourcebits TangledDecals made it to the list. As per the author, In this collection, you’ll find 30 brilliant web designs from all over the internet with vivid and colorful themes that evoke feelings of…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/beautiful-and-creative The Plateau makes it to Digg and TUAW TUAW wrote an article Six iPhone games still worth playing and guess what The Plateau is one of the 6 games which TUAW writers think, possesses a high replay quality.

And the icing on the cake is, the article made it to the Digg Front Page,…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/the-plateau-makes-it-to-digg-and-tuaw IGN Reviews “The Plateau” I have to admit this is the proudest moment for us, since the time we started Sourcebits and now in collaboration with Spoonjuice, IGN, the holy grail of gaming has not only reviewed “the Plateau” but also gave it a score of 8.5 out of 10.

A few excerpts…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/ign-reviews-the-plateau Mac Games Arcade – Revolutionary Digital Mac Games Download Application Mac Games Arcade developed by Sourcebits for the biggest games store on mac Mac Games Store, is a revolutionary digital download application that allows you to browse, download, purchase and maintain Mac games, all in an easy to use Mac interface!

Mac Games Arcade 1.0 is now shipping!…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/mac-games-arcade-revolutionary-digital-mac-games-download-application The Plateau – Most beautiful Puzzle game for iPhone Sourcebits products brand SpoonJuice in collaboration with Apple Design Award winner Piotr Gajos has launched its first game on iPhone / iPod, The Plateau.

The Plateau is a non-area, a corridor between worlds.
Immerse yourself in the mind-bending space challenge. Unravel holographic structures of orbs connected…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/the-plateau-most-beautiful-puzzle-game-for-iphone Awesome !!! Night Stand # 10 on iTunes App Store Night Stand, the iPhone app that we launched under SpoonJuice brand is #10 on iTunes App Store within 4 days of its release. This is really a proud moment for all of us. We are soon (in a day or two) going to launch our first game “The Plateau”…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/awesome-night-stand-10-on-itunes-app-store Night Stand – Most beautiful clock app for iPhone Sourcebits products brand SpoonJuice. in collaboration with Apple Design Award winner Piotr Gajos has launched its first application on iPhone / iPod, Night Stand. This is a beautiful digital clock for your iPhone or iPod touch. Best part is, it is free and right under your fingertips.

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/night-stand-most-beautiful-clock-app-for-iphone iPhind – The native contacts search app for iPhone / Touch iPhind is a native contacts app developed by Sourcebits for Sookie Solutions. As the perfect iPhone companion, iPhind is a quick and easy search program that enhances the power of your iPhone contacts application. With just a couple of taps, iPhind will find the key people you’re looking for…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/iphind-the-native-contacts-search-app-for-iphone-touch-2 SpoonJuice.com – Our iPhone Products Site In collaboration with Apple design award winner Piotr Gajos, Sourcebits has launched its iPhone products site SpoonJuice.com. Our motto is no compromise in regards to design, workflow, gameplay and sheer joy from multi-touch experience. We strive to provide you the best apps possible — each idea is carefully…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/spoonjuicecom-our-iphone-products-site OnTheGo – Native Navigation app for iPhone OnTheGo is a native iPhone app developed by Sourcebits for WCD Enterprises. With this application you can view gas at any location by either automatic geolocation or manually entering the zip code.

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/onthego-native-navigation-app-for-iphone Conversation English – Native Education app for iPhone Conversation English is a native iPhone app developed by Sourcebits for Redriver Press. With this application you can practice and improve your english conversation skills with 20 complete Conversation English Lessons. Each lesson has Tasks in 5 important skills – Conversation Listening, Conversation Reading, Comprehension, Vocabulary, and Sentence Completion.…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/conversation-english-native-education-app-for-iphone Amazing Wallpapers – A native system app for iPhone Amazing Wallpapers is a native iPhone app developed by Sourcebits for GX5. Using this application you can apply the most captivating wallpapers to your iPhone with an unmatched and refreshing new user interface.

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/amazing-wallpapers-a-native-system-app-for-iphone GreenPrint – The green printer for Mac GreenPrint is a printer driver along with the client application for Mac platform developed by Sourcebits for Greenprint Technologies, LLC. GreenPrint eliminates wasteful pages in any printout automatically, saving you time and money, and maybe more importantly, saving trees, reducing greenhouse gasses, and decreasing waste.

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/greenprint-the-green-printer-for-mac WebDevelopmentBits – Web Development Blog Sourcebits have opened a new web development blog, WebDevelopmentBits. With a strong team of over 35 web developers contributing to this blog, it will carry original posts on HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, ActionScript, Flash, Flex, PHP, Zend Framework, WordPress, CakePHP, Ruby on Rails, and Python!.

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/webdevelopmentbits-web-development-blog Our iPhone development blog – iPhoneDevelopmentBits.com We are pleased to announce our new blog iPhoneDevelopmentBits, where our expert developers will post news about iPhone development, resources for development and also iPhone development tutorials. Stay tuned ! and subscribe today.

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/our-iphone-development-blog-iphonedevelopmentbitscom-2 TangledDecals on Smashing Magazine TangledDecals, a Rich internet application developed by Sourcebits in Adobe Flex is featured on Smashing Magazine,.

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/tangleddecals-on-smashing-magazine iSearcher – Native Search App for iPhone iSearcher is a simple and easy way to search your favorate sites! Touch to search through Google, Amazon, eBay, and Wikipedia. It is developed by Sourcebits for TouchToSearch.

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/isearcher-native-search-app-for-iphone Bobble Head – An entertainment app for iPhone BobbleHead, a native entertainment application developed by Sourcebits for JES Group, is a fun blast for kids and adults alike. It lets you take snaps, use your existing photo library, lets you crop heads, put them on whacky props or your own pictures and finally lets you bobble them…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/bobble-head-an-entertainment-app-for-iphone Track My Shipments – iPhone Native Application Track My Shipments is a native iPhone application developed by Sourcebits for Mr. Andrew, that tracks your shipments with all the major shipping companies and keeps you up to date via email on each shipment’s status, location and any delays. (SMS Updates are also available with our PRO…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/track-my-shipments-iphone-native-application Sourcebits DMG Architect v1.5 The easiest and most creative DMG Package maker program for Mac OS X just got better. Sourcebits is pleased to announce the immediate availability of version 1.5 of DMG Architect. This is a free update for all registered owners of previous versions.

Change list includes:
1. Complete…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/sourcebits-dmg-architect-v15 Sourcebits TangledDecals Sourcebits TangledDecals is a perfect place to make your iPhone, iPod, T-shirts groovy. This is a rich internet application developed by Sourcebits for showcasing the finest of User Interface design and Adobe Flex Programming.

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/sourcebits-tangleddecals War of The Worlds Now the big headache for Microsoft and Mozilla… Master of all trades ‘Mr. Google’ is now rewarding the world with new Gift today 02/09/2008… it is ‘Google Chrome’.

‘Google Chrome’ is a new web browser from Google which is open source and based on open source ‘Web-Kit’ rendering engine. Google…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/war-of-the-worlds MProfs – A native Business iPhone Application Marketing Professionals is the home of thousands of marketing articles, case studies, templates and seminars. More than 300,000 business professionals rely on MProfs to keep them up to date on marketing best practices. Sourcebits developed a native iPhone application for them called as Marketing Profs and now when you…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/mprofs-a-native-business-iphone-application NrMe – Location based social network application for iPhone NrMe an iPhone native application developed by Sourcebits for NrMe LLC is now available at iTunes App Store. Within 7 hours of going live on Appstore, NrMe is featured as frontpage news on TechCrunch

The service behaves like a regional Twitter, but is geared towards sharing information…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/nrme-location-based-social-network-application-for-iphone A moment to be proud and have a beer ! The music store developed by Sourcebits, Nerve Music Store got featured on Smashing Magazine.
Comments by the authors on our store, “Nerve is an Ajax-based music store with vibrant colors, nifty JavaScript-effects and beuatiful hover effects. Nice and memorable design.”

Thank you Smashing Mazagine

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/a-moment-to-be-proud-and-have-a-beer Seperation of Web It’s cool that mark-up based web is going to receive two humble gifts from great thinkers of web standards. Not to mention one is HTML-5 (Web Application 1.0) and other is XHTML 2.0. XHTML 2 is effort towards making web more robust, so web can be utilized…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/seperation-of-web MilkyDomain – iPhone / iPod Web Application MilkyDomain is an innovative application that will let you find the domain you been looking for so long.

As per research the most memorable domain names on the net are the ones that are combination of meaningful words like Facebook (Face + Book), Basecamp (Base+Camp), Campfire (Camp+Fire), iPhone (i +…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/milkydomain-iphone-ipod-web-application Apple iPhone Developer Program Whoa :) Apple has approved Sourcebits for iPhone Application Development. Developers outside USA are still not eligible for the program, so getting an approval for this is really exciting stuff for Sourcebits.

Looking forward to making the Best Games / Applications on iPhone / iPod Touch.

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/apple-iphone-developer-program Nerve Music Store Nerve Music Store is a demo shop for showcasing the finest of User Interface design and Programming using HTML, CSS & JavaScript.

We hope you will enjoy this site.

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/nerve-music-store UI Retardation at Camp Redmond Microsoft believes you SHOULD keep the site you loaded in the single tab (IE 7) open all the time.

El Retardo

This exceptionally brilliant ‘feature’ may have nothing to do with me as a web developer, but the UI retardation was too much for me to resist making a remark…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/ui-retardation-at-camp-redmond DMG Architect – Leopard Disc Images Made Beautiful The easiest and most creative DMG Package maker program for Mac OS X just got better. Sourcebits is pleased to announce the immediate availability of version 1.5 of DMG Architect. This is a free update for all registered owners of previous versions.

Change list includes:

• Complete apple…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/dmg-architect-leopard-disc-images-made-beautiful The iPhone App – iClueless Finally we did it. We are among the first few to create applications specifically for iPhone Platform. This required a good learning curve but results are more then satisfying. The application iClueless is a search portal designed only for iPhone with all the cool effects and functionality that you…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/the-iphone-app-iclueless Logo Design Studio Pro We are proud to announce the completion of Vector Logo Designing Application LDS Mac Pro for Mac Platform. This is a complete vector design application with all the features that you expect from a professional application. Using this app any kind of vector drawing can be…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/logo-design-studio-pro Fix for form field going loco in iPhone Safari Observation: Text starts to overflow in form input fields under certain conditions in iPhone Safari, instead of scrolling within the field.

Solution: Contain the input field in a relatively positioned div and absolute position the input field.

Rejoice!

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/fix-for-form-field-going-loco-in-iphone-safari Creating Objects from JSON – without using eval() Ever wanted to create a JavaScript object from JSON, but was afraid to do so cos you might execute a potentially dangerous code? Fear not, for the Code Ninja from Bangalore has come to your rescue!

This function will taken in a JSON string and return you a…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/creating-objects-from-json-without-using-eval ActionScript 3 Tips – part I This will be an updated post on ActionScript 3 tips.

1. How do I remove all the children from a DisplayObject (MovieClip etc)?

while (my_mc.numChildren) {
my_mc.removeChildAt(0);
}

2. How do I instantiate a class dynamicall?

import flash.utils.getDefinitionByName;

var cs:String = ‘Part_’+i;
var DynamicClass:Class = flash.utils.getDefinitionByName(cs) as…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/actionscript-3-tips-part-i Universal fix for Safari jQuery bugs? Details: Safari 2.0.4 on Mac, JQuery 1.2.1

I had a good time breaking my head over jQuery rendering bugs in Safari. Somehow I managed to find the fixes for the bugs I encountered. I hope this post will come handy to those who WILL come across the bugs. The…

]]> http://blog.sourcebits.com/universal-fix-for-safari-jquery-bugs Welcome To Sourcebits Blog Hey everyone ! Thanks for visiting our blog.
We at Sourcebits are all technology enthusiasts and open source technologies helped us a lot in maintaining our geeky appetite. So in keeping up with the open source spirit, we will be using this blog to share some of the…

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