Website tracks F-bombs on Twitter

Curious about how many times and where F-bombs are dropped around the world? Fbomb.co tracks where the F-word is said around the world on Twitter. Leading offenders are the Americans and British with New York as the biggest cursers there are. But curses seem to be used frequently in non-English speaking countries as well.

Site creator Martin Gingras, a junior from Carleton University in Ottawa, told CNET: "I'm really happy about how widespread the views for this application have spread and I hope people get some entertainment out of it. However, I also hope that people take a moment to read a few of them and realize how ridiculous they can sound and think twice before just saying the first thing to come to their mind using social media." 

Microsoft offering free Skype group video calls, worldwide call minutes for Xbox One

Microsoft is offering Xbox Live Gold subscribers with Xbox One consoles some Skype perks for the next six months. Group video calling will be free as well as 100 worldwide minutes per month for the next six months, which will allow you to call landlines and mobile devices in over 50 countries with 1080p video using the Kinect sensor.

Source: Skype

Netflix to introduce new Marvel shows

While U.S. TV network ABC has Marvel’s Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., Netflix is set to have four different 13-episode shows on the streaming site. The new shows will be based on lesser-known heroes: Daredevil, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, and Jessica Jones. It will start streaming from 2015 onwards and then will also have a fifth mini-series featuring all the four characters and will be called The Defenders.

Source: BBC UK

Yahoo! adds multitasking capabilities to Mail

 

Yahoo! has updated its Mail app for the Web by adding multi-tasking support. There is now a “Recent” view feature that shows you three different sets of the most recent activities you’ve done, including composed messages, messages in drafts, search inquiries and recently opened mail. You can also use keyboard shortcut Ctrl+[ and Ctrl+] for Windows and ⌘+[ and ⌘+]. There is no announcement yet on when the feature will be available for Yahoo! Mail's mobile apps.