Surgeworks has been selected as a finalist in the About.com Reader’s Choice Awards! These awards recognize the Internet’s most popular apps, websites and more – it’s a big honor for us and we are excited to see that some of the work we’ve done for the Catholic community is recognized and appreciated. You can read… →
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Divine Office iPhone and iPad App, Podcast and Web Site finalist at About.com’s 2011 Readers’ Choice Awards
About.com’s 2011 Readers’ Choice Awards will showcase the best products, features and services in multiple categories, from technology to hobbies to parenting to religion. Nominations were accepted from January 13, 2011, until February 4, 2011. DivineOffice.org has been selected as one of the five finalists for Best Catholic Website in the 2011 About.com Catholicism Readers’… →
iTunes Connect Error: “Upload Aborted or Timed Out.” when uploading app’s screenshots
When I first saw “Upload Aborted or Timed Out.” I was trying to replace a screenshot for Divine Office Mac on the iTunes Connect interface for the Mac App Store. But googling around I learned this also applies to iPad and iPhone apps. Here is how I solved the issue. After trying the usual stuff… →
Changing MySQL socket to fix 'Error Establishing a Database Connection' error in WordPress
When I work on WordPress sites, if I don’t do an undocumented trick, I can’t get WordPress to connect to the database. I get the ‘Error Establishing a Database Connection’ error. If you’ve double-checked your wp-config.php settings to make sure the host, username, password and database match exactly, and you’re able to connect with the… →
Develop your Angry Birds clone over a weekend with Corona SDK or GameSalad
If you have any interest in iPhone gaming development, you must have heard of Robert Nay, the 14-year-old developer from Utah that created Bubble Ball, a physics based puzzle game that reached the top #1 free game on the App Store in a matter of days, getting well over three million downloads. The moment I… →
Where are you from? Top 10 cities generating traffic to Surgeworks.com
I pulled the data from the Google Analytics and made an overview of where you came from during 2010. Most of the cities on the list were expected but some of them might come as a surprise to you:
Core Data
Core Data is a framework that allows creating relational data base. How to create a project using Core Data is shown on example which stores names. Create new project, choose “Window-based Application” and “Use Core Data for storage” (image 1). In “Resources” you will find xcdatamodel file in which you can see entities, attributes and… →
Custom Magento Design and Development
Inchoo is our expert eCommerce solutions division. With our core corporate specialization in Magento development, you will be in safe hands. We are recognized professionals in the growing community of Magento developers and merchants, and proud of it. Visit Inchoo Website… Get the most out of Magento Over 65,000 people searching for Magento related solutions… →
Divine Office Mac in the top 10 for Reference Category of the Mac App Store
Ever since the first few hours after the grand opening of the Mac App Store, our Divine Office for Mac OS X has been in the top 10 for the reference category. Divine Office apps bring together thousands of people each day into prayer with some days exceeding 30,000 audio prayer downloads by people joining… →
Mac App Store: a win-win scenario for developers, users and of corse, Apple.
“With the Mac App Store, getting the apps you want on your Mac has never been easier. No more boxes, no more disks, no more time-consuming installation. Click once to download and install any app on your Mac. The Mac App Store is now available as a software update for any Mac running Mac OS… →
Android Marketshare Tops iPhone
Google’s Android mobile platform just stepped ahead of Apple’s iPhone among smartphone subscribers. That’s what the latest figures from from comScore‘s mobile phone trending research are showing for November 2010. Although both platforms trail BlackBerry’s 33.5% market share, Android jumped more than 6% to secure 26% of the market while the iPhone grew just 0.8%… →
Divine Office, Audio Catholic Liturgy of the Hours now available on the Mac App Store
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, (Jan 6, 2011)—The Ministry of Divine Office, a non-profit group that offers the “Liturgy of the Hours” collection of Roman Catholic prayers online and via the iPhone, iPod, and iPad, in partnership with Surgeworks, Inc. provides an iOS app that takes the full text and audio for the Liturgy of The… →
Cool in Review
I come across a lot of clever ideas and products and most of the time I never share them with anyone, I just think to myself, “that was cool” and move along. Well, there is something to see here! I’ll publish additional Cool in Review posts as the ingenuity of others permits, but for now,… →
Our Lady of Medjugorje iPhone App featured on RTL TV network in Croatia!
Ivan Kalaica, Ana Gabric from the iOS team and Tomislav Bilic, Surgeworks’ Inchoo team lead, were interviewed earlier this week by RTL — the main national TV network in Croatia — about the release of our latest app: Medjugorje – Messages from Mary Queen of Peace.
Our Lady of Medjugorje, Top #1 Reference App In Italy and Croatia
The Medjugorje app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad — which features over 28 years of messages in English and Italian through an easy-to-use, immediate user interface. — has been the #1 App of the Reference Category on the App Store in Italy and Croatia and is still #1 in Croatia and #4 in Italy… →