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Mobile Minutes: Square; Yahoo and NHL; Developers and encryption; Massage apps

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Yahoo, NHL enter pact to stream four live games a week
Yahoo Inc has entered into a partnership to stream live National Hockey League broadcasts, part of its push to use sports to draw in millennial viewers and the advertisers who want to reach them.
Read more on Reuters

Amid Apple’s FBI fight, app developers are ramping up encryption
While Apple fights the demands of the FBI over encrypted iPhone data, the companies that help users communicate privately between such devices are working hard to dramatically increase their methods of security.
Read more on Bloomberg

On-demand massage apps are thriving
Victoria Land’s back aches. It’s been a month since the 31-year-old public-relations manager’s last massage—her schedule’s unpredictable.
Read more on Bloomberg