With the markets for mobile devices and applications growing and changing so quickly, it’s difficult to see too far into the future except to say “more.” An article from FastCompany shows that the average smartphone user is consuming 435MB each month, increasing 89% over the last year. Popular apps such as Netflix and Pandora can [...]
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Dribbble Invite Giveaway
Update (18 Jul, 2011). The contest has ended. Thanks to everyone who participated in our Dribbble contest. See the result of the contest. Hello Fellas! We are proud to announce our first contest to give away one Dribbble invite. Dribbble is a very popular design community where creatives can show cool stuff they are [...]
Will Apple iCloud API support Android, Windows?
At WWDC 2011 Steve Jobs introduced iCloud and mentioned a couple of things while doing so that made people wonder if iCloud will be an iOS an OS X specific technology or if it will be made available to 3rd parties platforms and establish itself as an industry standard instead. Apple’s CEO mentioned iCloud would [...]
How to Sync (synchronize) iPhone and Mac OS X Address Book with Android, Windows Phone 7, Nokia through Google’s GMail
If you’re like me, you may have iPhones, Android, Symbian and Windows Phone 7 devices hanging around. So you got a new Android or Windows Phone 7 device and want to transfer your existing address book as is on your iPhone or Mac with all your contacts to your new smart phone. Assuming hat you [...]
Understanding Your Audience
I drove past this sign on my way home from work today and I laughed out loud. No, I don’t want my clothes coming back smelling like diesel exhaust! Why would anyone even ask that? On closer inspection one could determine that those are in fact signs from two different companies, a dry cleaner and [...]
Bible App: The Best Mac Bible Reader Software on the Mac App Store
Developed by Surgeworks in partnership with the Divine Office Catholic Ministry, this beautifully crafted, simple to use Bible Reader Software for Mac is now the Top Paid Reference App in the Mac App Store. Bible App is so easy to navigate, you don’t need to be a scholar to use it. It’s the Bible reader [...]
Surgeworks.com Redesign
By now you’ve noticed our great new design and while we’re certainly loving the positive feedback we’re getting, the redesign has been about more than a drastic change of colors. For the last several years our design team has grown and flourished alongside our developers and we are happy to show off their work now [...]
Steve Jobs to introduce iCloud, iOS 5, Lion at Apple’s June 6 WWDC keynote
The Worldwide Developers Conference keynote will begin Monday, June 6 at 10 a.m. Pacific Time. Apple confirmed that it will show off iCloud, “Apple’s upcoming cloud services offering.” The Cupertino company also announced today that Steve Jobs will return to the stage to present Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, iOS 5 and the above mentioned [...]
How to build your own Nokia Symbian App with the Ovi App Wizard
Building mobile apps for iOS, that’s what we have been doing for years. With the Divine Office products line and for the Divine Office Catholic Ministry, we have built recently our first Android app and we have been asked to support more and more platforms. Some people asked for a Nokia app. I don’t think [...]
How to find out your Facebook Page and Twitter RSS Feed URL
You can still get RSS/ATOM feeds out of the two most popular social networks, it’s just not reachable through a link anywhere. Here is how to build up your URL to access your RSS feed of status updates for both Facebook and Twitter. To get an RSS feed for a Facebook page, use this URL: [...]
Surgeworks’ first Android App is the Best Catholic Mobile Application
The long awaited Android version of the Divine Office award-winning mobile app is now available for a one-time purchase price of 14.99 USD on the Google Android Market and on the Amazon Android Appstore. This app is an opportunity for you to participate in the recitation of the Liturgy of the Hours: the public prayer [...]
Surgeworks launches “Bible App” for Mac OS X on Mac App Store (press release)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, (May 31, 2011)—The Divine Office Catholic Ministry in partnership with Surgeworks, a Salt Lake City-based application developer and graphical interaction design firm, has announced a new app for the Apple Mac App Store based on 20 versions of the Bible in six different languages. The Bible App features scriptures in English, [...]
Get positive, 5 star reviews for your iPhone or iPad App with Request a Review Alert for iOS SDK
Invite your happy users to leave a review for your app, after 10, 20 or 30 days of use. An alert will pop up, similar to the image above, and the user will have the option to go to the App Store in order to leave a review, hide the alert temporary or permanently. Analyzing [...]
Market Research: iOS Digital Magazines and Content Delivery with Subscription Business Model Through App Store In-App Purchases.
Why should we look into in-app purchases? Most of the top grossing apps in the iTunes App Store are now driving revenue with in-app purchases. Of the top 20 grossing game apps, 12 (60 percent) drive revenue with in-app purchases – nine (45 percent) of them are free apps with the only revenue source being [...]
Divine Office Wins About.com Readers’ Choice Awards for Best Catholic Website, iPhone App, iPad App, Podcast (press release)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, (March 15, 2011)—The readers of The New York Times Company’s About.com Website have selected a suite of offerings from the Divine Office Catholic Ministry as “The Best Catholic Website,” “The Best Catholic iPhone App,” “The Best Catholic iPad App” and “The Best Catholic Podcast” for 2011. With more than 800 topic [...]