Facebook Messenger Lets You Go Stealth with Secret Conversations

Newsfactor | 2016-07-09

Social media giant Facebook announced that it is testing end-to-end encryption on its Messenger app through a feature called Secret Conversations. The encryption will be powered by the Signal Protocol developed by Open Whisper Systems. But the way Facebook has chosen to deploy the feature may...

New iPhone update could save lives with 'just a few taps'

Deseret News | 2016-07-09

With phone updates often come complex new programs like the much-disputed Stocks app or seemingly unneccesary features like iTunes U. But one iOS update coming this fall will help iPhone users save lives with “just a few taps.” When the regularly scheduled software update becomes...

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What you need to know about mosquitoes, Zika virus and repellents

The Miami Herald | 2016-07-09

Slap. Scratch scratch scratch. Slap, slap. All right, calm down. Unless you are headed to Brazil or Puerto Rico, your chances of winning the Powerball are greater than getting the Zika virus right now. To date, not a single person has been known to contract the disease from a mosquito within the...

Jerome Boateng could miss start of Bayern’s season with injury

Modern Ghana | 2016-07-09

By www.ghanasoccernet.com Jerome Boateng says he could miss the start of the new season with Bayern Munich after suffering a thigh...

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Murphy homers again vs Mets, leads Nationals to 3-2 win

The Associated Press | 2016-07-10

NEW YORK (AP) -- Daniel Murphy kept answering the Citi Field boos with booms, hitting his seventh home run this year against the team that let him go last winter and leading the Washington Nationals over the New York Mets 3-2 Sunday. Murphy tops the majors with a .348 batting average at the All-Star...

Contador quits Tour de France

Sporting Life | 2016-07-10

The two-time Tour winner, one of the pre-race favourites, climbed into the Tinkoff team car with 100 kilometres of the 184.5km ninth stage between Vielha Val d'Aran and Andorre Arcalis. The Spaniard had been suffering with injuries suffered in crashes on stages one and two, and...

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