An Apple store is set to open in Williamsburg -- the first one in Brooklyn. It opens at 10 am on July 30th. The location is 247 Bedford Avenue, at the corner of North 3rd Street, just 4 blocks from the Bedford Avenue L train stop. It's across the street from the new Whole Foods. So Williamsburg ...
Customize Notification Center in iOS 8
We finally advise that it’s safe to upgrade your iPhone or iPad to iOS 8. The number of problems after the upgrade has quieted down after Apple’s updates. I just upgraded my iPhone to iOS 8 and am taking advantage of the Notification Center. What is the Notification Center? Put your finger at the ...
IvanExpert in the news, talking security
The science and technology correspondent for FoxNews.com called me to get my take on the current state of security: The cyberattack that targeted stars such as Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton may be just the tip of the iceberg, predicts a security expert, warning that hackers are becoming more ...
Quicken 2015 for Mac…exists
Frankly, I thought Quicken for Mac had been abandoned by Intuit. It's long been a second-class citizen compared with its Windows versions, with longstanding complaints of bugs, slow updates, poor support, and file format incompatibilities. Still, it was Quicken, the name brand of personal finance ...
Ivan Drucker on CBS New York Discussing Latest iPhone Hack
CBS New York interviewed me on May 28th for a story on the latest iPhone scam: Hackers are logging in to people's iCloud accounts (usually because those passwords aren't very strong), and are then using the Find My iPhone feature to lock their iPhones and demanding ransom payments to unlock ...
Heartbleed Guide for Apple Users
If you use a Mac, iPhone, or iPad, do you need to do anything special to protect yourself from the Heartbleed security flaw? Good news: The OSX operating system on the Mac, and the iOS operating system on the iPad and iPhone, are not specifically vulnerable to Heartbleed. If you’re running a Mac ...