Author: Jacob Roach

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; DreamHost is easily one of the best web hosting services we’ve reviewed. It offers a long list of plans, each feeling well-rounded with its price, in addition to excellent speed, superior security and inexpensive pricing. HostGator, on the other hand, has a few problems, namely in the privacy and speed departments.  In this DreamHost vs. HostGator comparison, we’re going to see how they stack up step-by-step, isolating the variables that make them shine and the ones that make them sink. At the end, you’ll know which is the best option for hosting your site. That ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; SiteGround and DreamHost are two of the best web hosting providers available. Both offer a long list of features, competitive pricing and fantastic speed, earning each spots in our best web hosting for small business and best web hosting for WordPress guides. While both are excellent services, there can only be one winner in this SiteGround vs. DreamHost comparison. We will throw the providers into the ring to duke it out over a series of rounds. However, unlike our DreamHost vs. Bluehost or SiteGround vs. HostGator comparisons, the match hasn’t been decided before the bell ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; SiteGround is rated highly in our best web hosting guide, and it’s easy to see why. In addition to dominating in our SiteGround vs. Bluehost matchup and displaying a masterclass in our best web hosting for WordPress guide, SiteGround proves that you don’t need to spend a lot of money to get excellent service.  InMotion Hosting is just as impressive. Like SiteGround, it’s an independent host that focuses on providing the best service for the least money. That said, though the two succeed in their goals for the most part, they’re different services. In this ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; In the last few years, hard drives have gotten a lot cheaper. Mechanical hard drives have reached their performance peak and flash storage has gotten less expensive to manufacture, meaning you can now get fast, inexpensive, multi-terabyte external storage for cheap. In this guide to the best external hard drives, we’re going to showcase our favorites. That’s a challenge, though, because the external hard drive that’s best for you is largely based on what you’re using it for. Throughout this guide, we’re going to give our top three picks in four categories: features, pricing, speed ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; SiteGround and GoDaddy are two very different web hosting services. On the one hand, you have SiteGround, which focuses its service on a concise lineup of plans and direct support, and on the other, you have GoDaddy, which offers almost every service a small business could need. Even so, only one made it onto our best web hosting shortlist. To find out which, keep reading our SiteGround vs. GoDaddy comparison. We’ll throw the providers into the ring to duke it out over multiple rounds. At the end, whichever won the greatest number of rounds will ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; As part of our ongoing journey to find the best web hosting out there, we’re comparing two of the biggest names in the business: SiteGround and HostGator. Both have accolades, with SiteGround earning a spot in our best web hosting for WordPress guide and HostGator taking the crown in our best web hosting for small business guide.  There’s only one way to know which is best for you, though, and that’s pitting them against each other in a SiteGround vs. HostGator showdown. We’re going to compare the two providers over a series of rounds to ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; No matter how extensively we test our best external hard drives for errors, some units will have problems. It’s the nature of the beast, unfortunately, and though it can be disappointing to see nothing after unboxing your shiny, new external hard drive, the solution is likely only a few clicks away.  In this guide on how to solve an external hard drive not showing up, we’re going to go over the major troubleshooting steps you should take before returning your disk. The steps are mostly the same for Windows and macOS, but we’ve covered both ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; If you’ve run into issues with your hard drive, formatting is one of the first steps you should take to troubleshoot it. Formatting allows you to overwrite all data on the hard drive, resetting the file structure and how the drive interacts with the operating system. It can also be used to prep a hard drive for use with another OS.  In this guide on how to format an external hard drive, we’re going to help you make sure your portable disk works with everything. We’ll show you how to format your hard drive on ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; Mr. Robot is one of the more interesting shows made in the past decade, and though it has a few unexpected, and occasionally off-putting, turns, it has garnered a 93 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. If giving the finger to the powers that be in an even more dystopian version of our society sounds like your cup of tea, read on to find out how to watch Mr. Robot. The show follows Elliot, a cybersecurity engineer by day and hacker by night. Though his anti-social attitude leads to small issues in the workplace, Elliot faces more ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; Things aren’t okay in the town of Riverdale, even outside of the teen drama that plagues Archie Andrews’ gang. With enough references to times past and neon lights to make even Stranger Things blush, Riverdale is worth a watch (read our how to watch Stranger Things guide). In this short tutorial, we’re going to show you how. There are a few ways to stream the show, some of which are legitimate and some that aren’t. Finding the show on its network, The CW Network, can often pose more problems than it’s worth, though, especially with ... Read More