AUGUST 12, 2013
As you may have seen, we officially announced the launch of JewGlass, our first Google Glass app for Jews, this past week. The response has been a huge success...
As you may have seen, we officially announced the launch of JewGlass, our first Google Glass app for Jews, this past week. The response has been a huge success...
Tomorrow Today (Sunday), August 4th, is the fifth birthday of our iPhone Siddur and we wanted to run a special and very very rare sale for those who have not yet had the opportunity to give our Siddur a try. We are running, for today (August 4th) ONLY a 50% off sale.
Again, this is a rare sale...
As many of you know, we produced the Bedtime Shema App in the memory of our mother, who suddenly passed away last October. Shortly after, we produced the same app for Android users and even Kindle Fire users...
Google announced the winners of those who are accepted into the Glass Explorer program and we are lucky to have been invited into the program.
I received notification at 2:24am EDT this morning on the application I submitted via Google+ named Jew Glass...
Artscroll has announced they are giving way a complete volume within the Artscroll App!
This is your chance to see first hand how this app has revolutionized the way you learn the Talmud...
As many of you know, we released the Artscroll App back in July of last year and as you know, good enough, is never good enough for us. We are always looking for ways to utilize technology to enhance the app experience, especially when we build apps that can improve Jewish life and learning...
One of the more common questions we get from companies looking to hire us to build app development is where do they start first? Do you start with iOS development or Android development.
The answer is not always clear cut, it depends a lot of the market you are trying to reach...
The RustyBrick YouTube Channel has surpassed 5 million views on YouTube after 5 years of being on YouTube. I think there is a special club or something for reaching 5 million views...
We are very happy to announce a new version of the iPhone Siddur is available. Version 5.2 brings Kehot (Chabad) English upgrade, an updated Tefillin mirror for the iPhone 5, a ton of Nikud (vowel) cleanup, a ton of crash fixes and many more updates...
I am a paranoid person - not at a level that is unhealthy, but I am paranoid. In fact, as soon as Google came out with two step verification (commonly known as two-factor authentication - I set it up with my Google Apps account...
A couple weeks ago, we received the new iPad Mini at the office. I wanted to let you know how it felt switching from an iPad 3 (iPad Retina Display 2011) to an iPad Mini (without Retina display).
I am not a typical iPad user, I use it pretty much for two purposes...
Nick Harper from JN1 (Jewish News One) in New York interviewed us last week about our Jewish iOS Apps and he honored us by saying we "are at the forefront of Judaism's digital age...
August 4th is the 4th anniversary/birthday of our first iOS (then iPhone) app, the iPhone Siddur.
It is hard to imagine, we've developed a few hundred apps since, about 70 that we own and sell directly and the rest was done for our clients...
A few weeks ago we moved into our new space and part of our new space was to make sure we had a more manageable server room. Note: We don't manage our production servers in our office but most of our development work is housed internally...
We are all moved in to our new office and now we need to make decisions on the 'less important' things. One item is indoor signage.
As you can see from our 360 views, we have a nice brick wall when you walk into our office. It wasn't cheap but we like brick...
As many of you know, after ten years, we finally moved to a new space. It has been a bit hectic but we are all moved in now and things are settling down. We still have a lot more to do, like get signage, new chairs for some of the areas, new conference room table and a lot of small things - but it is shaping...
We are moving and this Monday, we will be in our new space. Yesterday, the Cable company came to install our Internet and SIP based phone lines. So last night, we wanted to make sure to test to make sure the network jacks and various devices were up and running in proper order...
About ten years ago, RustyBrick moved into the offices we are in today. You can see some pictures of the office in 2002 and with me without a goatee. On Monday, July 2nd we will be in a new office space. A space that is more fitting for the company culture and that can fit a lot more of us...
I am so excited and a bit relieved to say that the RustyBrick baby girl streak is officially over!
Mordy had a healthy baby boy a few days ago!
About two months ago, Ronnie had the tenth baby girl and then about 4 weeks ago, I had the eleventh baby girl born to the RustyBrick family...
On a recent trip to my inlaws, my wife, Civia, discovered a gem of history.
Turns out her 1st grade notebook was wrapped in an Apple II ad that read, "IIe or IIc. That is the question." The journal also features a Apple logo on the back and is dated August 1987 - June 1988...