Sharing Photos Is Even More Fun, Exciting And Safe With Yovo's Four New Breakthrough Screenshot Scrambling Filters

PLANO, Texas, Nov. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- ContentGuard, a subsidiary of Pendrell Corporation (NASDAQ:PCO), announced today enhancements to Yovo, its breakthrough ephemeral messaging app, so that users can enjoy secure and regret-free photo sharing.  Yovo now offers users five options, including cypher, disco, hex and wavy patterns, along with an upgraded D-fence screenshot protection feature that give users unprecedented flexibility to scramble images and avoid unwanted copying via patent-pending technology.

With Yovo, users can share pictures and messages that self-destruct and cannot be forwarded, both privately within the Yovo app and publicly with friends across social media, including Facebook and Twitter, and even through mobile email and SMS.  With Yovo, users can also easily blur all or a portion of photos and selectively choose who can discover what is behind the blur. A self-destruct timer can be set from one second to 24 hours and works even if the recipient of the image is no longer connected to a wireless network.  To provide enhanced security, images are deleted from Yovo servers based on the expiration settings set by the user (or the default setting of 24 hours), offering a critical layer of protection not available in other apps.  And, Yovo features 256-bit AES encryption and a proprietary format that can only be viewed within the app itself versus a common format such as .JPG.

"With self-destructing messages and the ability to delete images from Yovo servers, we offer more choices for privacy control and social sharing than any other ephemeral app," said Scott Richardson, ContentGuard's chief product officer. "Plus, the new enhancements to our patent-pending screenshot scrambling capabilities give consumers the advanced privacy protection features that only Yovo delivers."

The Yovo app is available for free across all iOS devices (iPhone, iPod and iPad) from the App Store or from www.yovo.me. In the coming weeks and months, new versions of Yovo will be released, which will include enhanced messaging and video capabilities, as well as Yovo for Android.  For a demonstration of how Yovo screenshot scrambling works, click here http://youtu.be/OO_4uRwOSvE.

About ContentGuard
ContentGuard is developing software and services for the emerging Internet privacy segment targeting both consumer and business solutions. Spun out of Xerox PARC, ContentGuard is a leading inventor, developer and licensor of content privacy and control technologies with more than 300 issued patents worldwide. With Yovo, the company is leveraging its rich history of innovation to safeguard consumers' privacy when sharing content with friends, family or colleagues, by combining its proprietary rights technology with 256-bit AES encryption. ContentGuard is owned by Pendrell Corp. (NASDAQ: PCO) and Time Warner, and is headquartered in Plano, Texas. For more information, visit www.ContentGuard.com or www.yovo.me.

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