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June 13, 2016 by IP Location

What is a Webmaster?

Webmaster

A webmaster is the position given to a person responsible for maintaining one or more websites of a company. The position came about for the need of having someone to fulfill these duties and after once it was required for there to be a single point of contact for those who administered a domain and as such, the "webmaster" title unofficially became tied to...

May 14, 2016 by IP Location

What is PHP?

PHP

PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP for short) is a language made for server-side scripting with a focus on web development; although, it can also be used as a general language tool. Although originally created by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994, its reference implementation is now managed by The PHP Group. Originally, “PHP” stood for Personal Home Page but since then,...

May 7, 2016 by IP Location

How to defend Wordpress from DDoS attacks?

Defend Wordpress from DDoS

Wordpress is one of the most popular CMS platform available today with over 75 million websites powered by it. The popularity comes with risks as vulnerabilities and weakness of such platform will be shared amongst hackers and script kiddies, and automated bots will be searching for websites built on Wordpress platform.

April 2, 2016 by IP Location

How to track your lost Android Smartphone?

Track lost Android smartphone

Did you lose your Android smartphone without installing a tracking app? If you're like most people, you realize that there are anti-theft or phone tracking app available for your Android smartphone after it's stolen or lost. It would be easier to track your phone if you have such app installed, but you still have a chance to track your phone and recover it....

March 18, 2016 by IP Location

How to track your lost smartphone with an IP address?

Track lost Smartphone via IP Address

Our readers have been inquiring about retrieving lost or stolen smartphones by tracking down the IP address of the phone. Is it possible to track the phone using an IP address? The answer is Yes. But, can you recover the lost phone by tracing the IP address? The answer is unlikely. If you lost an Android Smartphone, you still have a chance to recover it by...

October 11, 2015 by IP Location

What is Internet?

Internet

Internet can be defined as the worldwide network where machines like computers, servers, and smart devices are connected together for communication and data exchange purposes. In the layman's terminology, the Internet is the network of networks interconnecting computing devices located throughout the world. These networks use some communication protocols to...

October 9, 2015 by IP Location

How to Protect Yourself on Public Wi-Fi?

Protect from public Wi-Fi

Public Wi-Fi is a lifesaver if you're trying to save on data usage or you need the Internet access, but sometimes the consequences of using public Wi-Fi can outweigh its convenience. Whether you're in a coffee shop, public library, university or an airport, all free Wi-Fi hotspots are equally susceptible to hackers and other data thieves. To mitigate these r...

October 9, 2015 by IP Location

What is the private IP address?

Private IP Address

The private IP addresses are the reserved IP address blocks that cannot be routed through the internet. Since private IP addresses are only intended to be used in private networks, they are not globally unique. The private IP address must be unique within its network (usually LAN) so that there is no conflict between two computers within its network. Due to...