If you have an urgent need to go online while being away from home, it’s not always an easy job to do. Even these days, when the Internet seems to be available almost everywhere, finding a Wi-Fi hotspot nearby can be challenging. Moreover, once you manage to connect to a free network, your online security can be compromised, as unprotected...

When you are a happy owner of any Mac device with a reliable VPN service like VeePN, it seems that no problem may happen to it. But one day, you start noticing strange things. Your favorite device is not as quick as earlier. You start to get nervous and feel tired because of slow work and other related inconveniences. Stop...

Skype was once the king of video conferencing, but since Discord, Microsoft Teams, and Slack have risen in popularity, Skype has fallen by the wayside. If you no longer use Skype, you might have thought about deleting your account, but it’s much easier said than done. Microsoft acquired the rights to Skype, and that means it’s part of your overall...

We’re all familiar with www, which is the abbreviation for the world wide web. However, many people are still confused about the meaning of this term. Despite a common misbelief, www is not another name for the Internet. In fact, it’s the prefix of a domain name you can see when opening any web page. Ok then, but what is...

Ad blockers are software that you can install on your device to manage ads and pop-up scripts while browsing the web or using various applications. Pop-ups are annoying because they interrupt your thought process and are sometimes dangerous because they increase page load times and allow unknown third parties to invade your privacy by tracking your browser movements across the...

A subnet is a physical segment of a TCP / IP network that uses IP addresses with a common network identifier. To subdivide a network into multiple subnets, you must use a different network ID for each segment. Unique subnet IDs are created by splitting the host ID into two groups of bits. The first of them serves to identify a segment of the interconnected network, the second – to identify a specific node. This mechanism is called subnet working. It is not necessary on an isolated network (i.e., not connected to the Internet).