Amazon’s new ‘same-day nodes’ will displace postal deliveries

By Brian Livingston The market dominance of Amazon in online retail is well known. But what’s less understood is the effect the corporate giant’s expansion into superfast delivery services will have on the US Postal Service and private parcel companies. Marc Wulfraat has extensively studied Amazon’s plans in the United States and 22 other countries…

Set up a guest network that’s actually secure

From the February 1st Plus newsletter By Brian Livingston In the computer industry, too many things that should be simple and easy are instead complicated and hard for the average person to understand. Take Wi-Fi routers — please! In my column on January 25, I showed you a way to protect your most essential computing devices…

Find the cable modem that’s just right for your ISP

From the January 18 edition of the AskWoodyPlus newsletter By Brian Livingston It’s hard as hell to find out the best device you can obtain to connect to an ISP. This can save you hundreds of dollars that you’d ordinarily pay over time for “renting” one. In last week’s column, I gave you Steps 1, 2, and…