Author: Brian Murray

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Brian Murray; NordVPN currently sits in the silver-medal position on our best VPN list. If you head over to our NordVPN review, you’ll see that we are impressed by almost every aspect of it. The security is reliable, and it offers ample features for almost anyone, while still being easy to use.  ProtonVPN sits further down the rankings, but it offers a few things that NordVPN doesn’t. As you can read about in our ProtonVPN review, it has a free plan with unlimited data and a well fleshed-out split tunneling system. We want to see if those ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Brian Murray; At the moment, NordVPN occupies the number-two spot in our overall VPN rankings. If you read our NordVPN review, you’ll see we love it for a number of reasons, some of which include the affordable long-term pricing, ease of use and excellent security.  Mullvad, on the other hand, hangs out much further down the totem pole of VPNs. However, if you check out our full Mullvad review, you’ll find there is a variety of interesting quirks about it that offer levels of privacy and affordability that most providers cannot.  With this in mind, we decided ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Brian Murray; NordVPN currently ranks second in our list of VPN reviews, holding the title of “best budget VPN.” If you read our NordVPN review, you’ll see we love it for its sleek and easy-to-use interface, as well as the excellent security and privacy policy.  For now, TorGuard occupies the number four spot on our overall rankings and also makes some of our best-of lists, such as our best VPN for gaming roundup. You can head over to our full TorGuard review to read more. Its high speeds and feature-rich design are what earns it so many ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Brian Murray; NordVPN holds the No. 2 spot on our list of VPN reviews, falling just short of ExpressVPN. If you read our NordVPN review, you can see we love it for its easy-to-use design, reliable security and excellent long-term pricing.  PureVPN, on the other hand, is much further down the rankings, but if you check out our PureVPN review from over a year ago, you can see things were improving. Since then, the pricing and some of the features PureVPN offers have changed.  With that in mind, we decided to give PureVPN a shot at the ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Brian Murray; NordVPN has held the second spot in our VPN rankings for a while. As you can read in our NordVPN review, it offers excellent long-term pricing that gives users great value for the money. It also has a user-friendly interface with just enough features for the average user. Where it fell flattest, though, was speed.  TunnelBear, on the other hand, is ranked much lower than NordVPN, so this might seem like a mismatch at first glance. If you read our TunnelBear review, though, you’ll notice that it shares many of NordVPN’s strengths and weaknesses.  It ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Brian Murray; ExpressVPN has been on a long win streak in our head-to-head matchups, and there are good reasons for that. If you read our ExpressVPN review, you’ll see that it offers a user-friendly experience that’s easy for anyone to pick up and use but still packs in tons of features. It’s our favorite VPN and has proven itself worthy of that position. Astrill, on the other hand, is generally geared toward those who want a VPN with maximum functionality. That comes at a cost in terms of price and the ease of use, though, as you ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Brian Murray; Of the dozens of virtual private networks we’ve tested, ExpressVPN has proven itself to be one of the most reliable options. It offers solid features combined with a sleek client and high speeds, which you can read more about in our full ExpressVPN review. Since we started doing our matchup articles it has beaten every opponent it has taken on.  In this face-off, it’s up against TunnelBear, which is one of the better known VPNs. In our TunnelBear review, we found the VPN’s speeds lackluster, but the client was nice and the generous free plan ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Brian Murray; Every time you type a website address into the URL bar of your browser, it triggers a complex series of events that connect your computer with the website. Part of the process is for your computer to retrieve the IP address of that website’s server. This information is given to your computer by a DNS, or domain name system. It’s a “middleman” reminiscent of an operator on old-timey phone exchange. Your computer contacts the DNS and tells it the URL for the website you are trying to reach. The DNS then provides the address of ... Read More