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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 7 For Mac And New Skype Preview For Windows

Skype has been quickly iterating its applications for Mac, Windows and mobile and today it announced Skype 7 for OS X and a preview version for Windows. The new version of Skype for the desktop resembles the mobile version of


Facebook Mobile now highlights your most liked photos

Facebook has started rolling out an update to the layout of its iOS and Android apps to display your most popular photos more prominently. Now when looking through photos of someone in your friends list, their most-liked photos will show


Yahoo starts fresh layoffs in India, affecting hundreds

Internet firm Yahoo has started a fresh set of layoffs in India, affecting hundreds, as it seeks to consolidate its product engineering teams at its headquarters in Sunnyvale. While senior executives will be offered a position in Sunnyvale, a majority


Facebook reportedly working on anonymous mobile app

Social Media Giant Facebook recently came under fire for its Real Name Policy and how it enforces that policy. Now it looks like the company is exploring another way to interact on its billion-strong social network. The New York Times


New York City now has its own top-level domain: .NYC

New York City today celebrated the launch of the .NYC top-level domain, making it the first US city with a custom extension. To register a domain with .nyc extension, you’ll need a physical address in NYC. Price starts at $29.99.


Google introduces News & Weather app for iOS

A new app for iOS has been introduced by google which displays local news and weather. It ’s like the nightly local news except on your iPhone or iPad. According to Google, the News & Weather app for iOS is


Google offers a camel’s eye view of Liwa Oasis

Google adapted its Street View Trekker, a colorful contraption for capturing 360-degree photos, to rest on a camel so it could capture new images from the beautifully sparse Liwa Desert in Abu Dhabi. Most images for Google Street View are


Facebook Closes WhatsApp Acquisition

Facebook’s acquisition of mobile messaging giant WhatsApp is complete. After getting the green light from Europe’s antitrust regulator on Friday, the $19 billion deal has formally closed in the United States. Today’s filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)


HP officially splitting into two companies

HP (Hewlett-Packard) announced that it would be splitting its company in two. The iconic technology firm will be separated into a consumer-focused PC and printer company, called HP Inc, and a business-centered one, called Hewlett-Packard Enterprise. Meg Whitman, who has


Facebook messenger app may soon allow money transfer between users

Facebook Messenger is all set to allow friends to send money to each other, a report said on this Sunday. According to the website, payments would send the same way you can now send a photo. You’ll be able to