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About Vineesh Mohan

A Technical Support specialist with strong customer service and good communication skills. I live in the city of Cochin, which known as the Queen of Arabian Sea.

Skype to restrict voice calls in India from November 10

Internet-based calling service Skype will stop delivering calls on landline and mobile phones in India from November 10. The Microsoft-owned company did not give any reason for this move. Skype users in India will still be able to call landlines


LinkedIn releases its first SlideShare iOS app

LinkedIn released an iOS app for SlideShare, a first for the company’s presentation service. The app includes a personalized feed of decks shared and liked by people in your network. You’ll also see picks from categories and SlideShare’s own editors.


Office 365 introduces new plans for small businesses

Microsoft announced three new Office 365 plans for small and Midsized Businesses. In typical Redmond naming fashion they are called Office 365 Business, Office 365 Business Essentials, and Office 365 Business Premium. The new Small and Midsized Business (SMB) plans


Facebook is reportedly working on healthcare features

Reuters has revealed that Facebook is planning to release healthcare-related features that would take user data to create support communities as well as ways to promote preventative care. The report from Reuters cites three people close to Facebook, and those


Yahoo reportedly investing in Snapchat

After snatching up Tumblr, Yahoo is reportedly chasing another teen-focused phenomenon for investment: Snapchat, according to The Wall Street Journal. Yahoo just came into some money with Alibaba’s IPO. Sources told the Journal that Yahoo is in talks to lead


eBay and PayPal to split into two separately traded companies

eBay and PayPal to split into two separately traded companies eBay has announced that it’s to spin out PayPal as a separate publicly traded company in 2015. The e-commerce giant acquired online payment provider PayPal for $1.5 billion back in


Google’s Chromebooks Get Adobe Photoshop Streaming

Google announced a version of Adobe Photoshop that Chromebook owners can stream. The company says that for now, the beta will only be available to Adobe education customers in North America with a paid Creative Cloud subscription. That’s pretty restrictive,


How to turn on gnone-panel in Ubuntu

If gnone-panel is missing in your Ubuntu, you can simply turn it on by running following command on your terminal Once done, open “Startup Applications” either from the Unity Dash or the menu in Gnome Classic. Then click “Add” and


Internet tips and tricks you might not know

Here is a list of some tricks that you would wish you had known before. 1. Ctrl Enter When entering an Internet address you do not need to type http:// or even www. in the address. Just enter the name


Jolla Sailfish OS smartphone arrives in India for Rs 16,499.00

As expected, Jolla’s Sailfish OS-powered smartphone is now on sale in India, available exclusively through Snapdeal.com, one of India’s major online marketplaces. Founded by a group of ex-Nokia employees who believed that MeeGo deserved a second chance, Jolla is the