Why Do Bathroom Keys Go Missing

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MAY 29, 2017

A few months back, the management of the office building we lease from made a decision to lock the bathroom doors by our office.  The building gave us a key and told us to make copies so our employees can access the restroom...

Scheduling A Company Party

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MAY 25, 2017

Every year our company tries to do an annual get-together with all the employees and families and friends.  In the past, we hosted this event at Ronnie's home and had a company wide BBQ...

Happy Shavuos 5776

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MAY 31, 2016

Shavuous Shazak Parsha App Special!

Download On: iOS - Android

Looking for something amazing to inspire your kids for Shavuos?

There is a special Ten Commandments Shavuos section added to the acclaimed Shazak Parsha App for FREE to...

Google Inside Street View

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JANUARY 4, 2016

I am very excited to say we, RustyBrick, is on Inside Street View within Google Maps.  That means that you can walk through our front door and into our office, explore our main programmer pit, our gaming area, our conference room and even our brick wall - all virtually on Google Maps...

Happy Chanukah 5776

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DECEMBER 7, 2015

Chanukah Shazak Parsha App Special!

Looking for something amazing for your kids to do during Chanukah?

It's here for a limited time! Parshiyos Mikeits, VaYigash, VaYechi, and Shmos of the acclaimed Shazak Parsha App are now FREE to enjoy during Chanukah!

That's 96 full-colored...

7th Birthday Siddur Sale

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AUGUST 5, 2015

The iPhone Siddur is now seven years old, we originally launched it for the iPhone (now iOS) platform in August 2008.

 

Since then, we have launched countless updates to the Siddur app and also brought to you the Android Siddur...

Free Artscroll Siddur For RustyBrick Siddur Owners

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JULY 8, 2015

Earlier this year Artscroll and RustyBrick released the ArtScroll Smart Siddur - Wasserman Edition for iOS app. We are excited to announce the ArtScroll Smart Siddur - Wasserman Edition is now available in the Android app as well...

New iOS Siddur

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

Our Siddur app for iOS was one of the first Jewish apps available for the iPhone. We first introduced it back in July 2008, that was over six years ago. Since then we’ve made hundreds of updates to the app but today, we are introducing our largest update yet...

Free Tehilim App

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JULY 21, 2014

Due to the crisis situation in Israel, RustyBrick is making our Tehilim/Psalms app available for free for users to download to their mobile devices...

Shabbos Clock iOS Update

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MAY 26, 2014

We've made some huge changes and updates to our Shabbat Clock for iOS (iPhone, iPod and iPad). We've completely overhauled the design, making it iOS 7 friendly, we now support iPads, iOS7 and iPhone 5 sizes. We also added tons of features to make the app work better with devices...

Coder Alcove

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APRIL 4, 2014

She said knock down the wall. I said knock down the wall!? Well it turns out that when we knocked down the wall in our new office, we created the “Coder Alcove...

The Jewish Museum Awards RustyBrick

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DECEMBER 31, 2013

The Jewish Museum has put us on the very short list of the JM26. The JM26 is The Jewish Museum's "thought-provoking and entertaining list of 26 events, people, and ideas that have made a mark in 2013...

Israel's Rusty Snow Man

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DECEMBER 15, 2013

As some of you know, New York, the RustyBrick headquarters, was blanketed with snow over the weekend. But did you know that Israel had their worst snow storm in decades this weekend?

Many are without power and basic resources...

Reactions Towards Your Presentation

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

Last night, I spoke in New Haven, Connecticut to about 50 or so small business owners on the topic of SEO. The presentation was named "What startups need to know about seo." It was for SEMNE.org and you can see the presentation slides at slide share...

Siddur Sale: Happy Chanukah From RustyBrick

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NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Tonight is the first night of Chanukah (Hanukkah) and tomorrow is the unusual circumstance where Thanksgiving and Chanukah fall out on the same day (Chanukah normally falls out in mid-December). That being said, we have some apps you can use for the holiday...

Android Siddur 2.0

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NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Today we are releasing a major update to our Android Siddur, version 2.0 of the RustyBrick Android Siddur...

LTE Speeds At RustyBrick

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NOVEMBER 14, 2013

This morning I noticed that my wireless provider, AT&T, finally has LTE data speeds at RustyBrick's offices. T-Mobile added it a couple months ago, Verizon and Sprint had it here for ages.

So I decided to run a speed test, using all four networks, on Android devices, via the SpeedTest app from...

Menorah & Jewish Radio Apps Updated

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NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Chanukah is just around the corner and we wanted to push out some updates to our Menorah App and Jewish Radio app for the season.

We've given them both a fresh and clean new look, cleaning up some code to work nicely with iOS7 and the taller iPhone 5(s) devices...

Siddur 6.0

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

Today we are excited to announce one of the largest upgrades to the core of our iOS Siddur since we launched the Siddur back in August 2008. The core backend and engine for Siddur has been rewritten, mostly because Apple forced us to with iOS 7...

RustySukkah

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

This week it is the Jewish holiday of Sukkot and observant Jewish males are required to eat in a temporary house, also known as a Sukkah.

For any observant Jew who is at work during the holiday of Sukkot, they know all too well how hard it is to manage eating while at work...