#Gradia is a Slick New #screenshot Annotation Tool for Linux
▻https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/gradia-linux-screenshot-annotation-tool-app
Gradia is a new screenshot annotation tool for Linux that you can use to create engaging visuals for app stores, blogs, and social media - is it any good? You’re reading Gradia is a Slick New Screenshot Annotation Tool for Linux, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
#Packet is an #Android Quick Share App for Linux
▻https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/packet-linux-android-file-transfer-app-quick-share
Packet is a new Linux app supporting Android’s Quick Share feature, letting you wirelessly transfer files between devices. More details, and how to install. You’re reading Packet is an Android Quick Share App for Linux, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
Stretch Break Linux App Reminds You to Stop Pixel-Gawping
▻https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/stretch-break-eye-strain-reminder-app-linux-flathub
Stretch Break is a simple reminder app for Linux that prompts you to take a break, helping prevent eye strain and promote healthy screen habits. You’re reading Stretch Break Linux App Reminds You to Stop Pixel-Gawping, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
Unhappy with the recently lost file upload feature in the Nextcloud app for Android? So are we. Let us explain. - Nextcloud
▻https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-android-file-upload-issue-google
#Google is stating security concerns as a reason for revoking the permission. This is hard to believe for us. #Nextcloud has had this feature since its inception in 2016, and we have never heard about any security concerns from Google about it. Moreover, several Big Tech apps as well as Google’s own still have this. What we think: Google owning the platform means they can and are giving themselves preferential treatment.
To make it crystal clear: All of you as users have a worse Nextcloud Files client because Google wanted that.
The more tech-savvy of you are certainly able to use the alternative app store, such as #F-Droid. But for our user base of roughly one million users on the #appstore, this will hardly be an option.
Ignition is a Modern #startup Applications Utility for Linux
▻https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/ignition-startup-applications-app-linux-gtk
I won’t lie: it’s easy to add or remove startup apps, commands, and scripts in Ubuntu. Just open the Startup Applications tool, click ‘Add’, and away you go. But while Ubuntu’s utility is adequate, it’s not as user-friendly as similar tools available elsewhere. Sure, Startup Applications is equipped with the critical customisation fields a user will need to curate a set of software/services to start at login — SSH agent, VPN app, password manager, backup script, resolution tweaks, and so on — but it’s rather rote. Take the way you add an app to start at login: Ubuntu’s Startup Applications […] You’re reading Ignition is a Modern Startup Applications Utility for Linux, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without (...)
J’ai trouvé un petite pépite parmi les #Logiciels_Libres de l’#AppStore #Fdroid pour #Android : #PeakOrama
C’est votre #table_d'orientation 🧭 interactive de poche pour connaître le nom et l’#altitude des #sommets⛰️ qui vous entourent. C’est sombre, efficace, fluide et lisible. L’essayer, c’est l’adopter ! Données : #OpenStreetMap
▻https://mastodon.zaclys.com/@jerome_herbinet/113806237562421671
▻https://f-droid.org/packages/org.woheller69.PeakOrama
Précision :
En fait l’application est libre mais c’est une sorte de coquille vide qui exploite l’API de PeakFinder (▻https://github.com/Fabiz/PeakFinder-API). Je n’avais pas compris cela avant de poster. Je trouve dans tous les cas la présentation de l’application par son auteur assez intéressante : ▻https://www.peakfinder.com/fr/about/peakfinder
▻https://mastodon.online/@jerome_herbinet@mastodon.zaclys.com/113809139703113796
#OSM #open_street_map #montagne #altitude #cartographie #montagnes #peakfinder
These alternatives to popular #apps can help reclaim your online life from billionaires and surveillance
There is immense power in being in control of your own data. As ownership and governance of apps and online services consolidate, it’s understandable if you want to consider your options when it comes to where you store your private data and records of your everyday activities.
Fortunately, not every service out there is trying to monetize your personal data, and many offerings are just as good (if not often better) as their commercial or ad-supported rivals.
Take a minute to think about what you’d want to leave behind. #Big_Tech giants that hoard your data? Subscription services? Invasive ad tracking? Government surveillance? Your needs and risks are unique to you, but hopefully a few of these recommendations help to hit the spot.
#Wallabag the stories you want to read later
If you ever wanted to read something later, like a news story, feature article, or anything else with a web address, save it to your #Wallabag. This read-later web-archiving service may not have the same ring to it as its main commercial rival Pocket, but Wallabag is a strong competitor with article-saving tools and features as good as what Pocket offers. You can save your must-reads for later on a Wallabag server you can run for free on a network attached storage (NAS) server that you host somewhere in a closet at home, or hosted in the cloud for a low-cost subscription.
Why does this matter? Other read-later apps track usage in order to find trends and recommend content (often sponsored) to you. Some want this, and that’s cool! But some don’t.
#Signal is the encrypted messaging app to use
Signal is one of the most revered secure messaging apps for the simple reason that, by design, it knows nothing about you. On occasion, Signal will make this point by publishing the search warrants it sometimes receives, knowing that it can’t provide to the authorities data that it doesn’t keep. Signal’s security has been called the “gold standard” of messaging apps by cryptography experts. Signal is free to download and use but relies on donations as a nonprofit.
Why you should care: It’s not just your private messages and calls that Signal keeps encrypted from prying eyes and ears, but Signal also crucially scrambles who you contact and communicate with, and when, which can also be incredibly revealing about a person’s life.
#Nextcloud is a self-hosted #Dropbox alternative
Nextcloud is a Dropbox alternative that features all of the document editing and sharing features you’d expect from a file storage system. A huge benefit to Nextcloud is that you can host a server yourself for free at home, where you can keep it private and under your control, or have a Nextcloud server run for you by a specialized hosting provider.
Nextcloud is built with security in mind and provides you end-to-end encrypted access to your files from your phone or any other device you have. Or, if simply having a self-hosted Dropbox-like alternative as a storage backup for your most sensitive and personal files sounds like something you’d want, Nextcloud is a great place to start.
Why does this matter? Cloud storage is often secure and private in some ways, but the companies that run them are beholden to law enforcement and may also invisibly scan your files (for good reason, but still) that can get you suddenly and permanently banned from your online accounts. Hosting your own doesn’t mean you are free from police showing up at your house with a warrant, but at least you’d be aware of it.
Never forget your #passwords again with #Bitwarden
Password managers are a great investment in your personal security; these apps securely store your passwords, passkeys, credit cards, and other secrets, so you don’t have to remember them. Bitwarden is a popular open source password manager that helps you log in quickly to your favorite sites and auto-fills your credit card details when you want to pay for something, and more. You can access your Bitwarden password manager anywhere, including from your phone. Bitwarden is free for anyone to use, but low-cost for additional features.
Why does this matter? When it comes to security of password managers, the more eyeballs inspecting the source code to ensure its reliability and integrity, the better. And while other password managers are also good, open source systems like Bitwarden are more readily auditable and open about their software development process.
#Joplin and #Notesnook keep your notes and scribbles encrypted
For those who want to leave #Google_Docs or #Microsoft_365 behind, there are plenty of note-taking apps that keep all of your notes, thoughts, and scribbles in one place that you can access anytime. Joplin is a popular document and productivity app that keeps your files organized, encrypted, and in open formats (like Markdown) so you can take them with you anywhere else. Notesnook is another note-taking app that lets you export your notes to use with other apps and is end-to-end encrypted so that nobody can read your files. The same cannot be said for Google Docs!
Why does this matter? Big companies like Google and Microsoft are increasingly unifying their services, which today means exposing your notes, emails, and files to their AI systems. This can be useful for sure, but if you’d rather just have a simple, cross-platform text syncing app, there are plenty of options that don’t do any kind of invasive analysis at all.
#Ente is an encrypted vault for your #photos
If you want to leave behind Apple Photos, #Flickr, Google Photos, YouTube, and the like, Ente.io bills itself as a privacy-focused photo storage app designed simply to securely back up all of your photos and videos to the cloud. Ente scrambles your data with a password only you know, protecting your memories from anyone else, and backs up your data in multiple locations around the world for safekeeping. Plus, Ente offers all of the photo management and sharing features you need from a photo app. Ente is free for basic accounts and reasonably priced for more storage options.
Why does this matter? Much like notes and documents, images are a huge target for AI systems. Auto-tagging your friends might sound helpful, but it requires consent. You should have to opt in before a machine learning model scans every face you’ve ever taken a picture of. That alone is a good reason to look at an independent service that gives you a little more choice.
#Open_Scanner is a very simple document-scanning app
Document scanning doesn’t have to be a complicated or convoluted process. Open Scanner is an incredibly simple point-and-click document-scanning app for iPhones, and its code is published online. That’s it. Sometimes that’s the true beauty of disconnecting from profit-driven corporations that bloat their apps with AI junk and features nobody really needs. Open Scanner can snap receipts, notes, textbooks, or anything else you can point your phone at.
Why does this matter? Unless you really need a professional scanner, your phone is more than good enough and probably better than a lot of cheaper scanners out there. Skip the need for any printer-brand hardware gear and use something simple and free.
Aggregate your news headlines using #FreshRSS
#RSS is an amazing web technology that lets you subscribe to feeds of information from your favorite sites, blogs, news sources, and more. Most news sites offer RSS feeds (TechCrunch does!) that deliver the headlines to RSS-compatible apps, known as RSS readers. There are loads of RSS readers to choose from. For more than a decade, FreshRSS has been one of the most feature-packed RSS readers for its overall simplicity. You can self-host an instance, or deploy a private server to a specializing cloud host. Once you get your favorite feeds subscribed, the end result is like having your very own self-updating digital newspaper.
Why does this matter? You’d be surprised how different the news feels when you see it this way. And having your own RSS setup skips the kind of sponsored posts and tracking that you see on hosted services, much like the read-it-later ones.
Own your livestreams with #Owncast
For those who broadcast their own shows, gameplay, or anything in between, Owncast is a self-hosted streaming system for setting up and hosting livestreams. Owncast is wildly popular, as it’s free, fairly easy to use, and works with your existing livestreaming gear. You might not have thought about livestreaming before, but this is a good way to wade into unfamiliar but friendly waters.
Why does this matter? Sites like Twitch are certainly popular, but you may not want to rely entirely on the tools of a giant corporation for every step of a creative process (in this case, Amazon). Owncast and other open streaming apps are a great way to hedge your bets while maybe opening up a new audience.
#Stirling_PDF is a one-stop #PDF editing shop
Handling and editing PDF documents has never been consistently easy. For those who don’t want to pony up for Adobe’s software or upload their files to sketchy-looking file conversion websites, Stirling PDF is the Swiss Army knife for PDF documents. Convert, edit, merge, split, sign, and more, without having to hand over your personal or sensitive files to a cloud giant. Stirling PDF also lets you self-host if you prefer to handle documents with particular sensitivity.
Why does this matter? Frankly, any time there’s a realistic alternative to #Adobe, take it.
▻https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/24/these-alternatives-to-popular-apps-can-help-reclaim-your-online-life-fro
#alternative #alternatives #app
AppImage Fan? Be Sure to Check Out ‘Gear Lever’
▻https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/gear-lever-appimage-app-for-gnome
AppImages are great: a single runtime containing all of the required dependencies for the app to run, in a double-click binary you can run from anywhere on your system. And therein lies the rub. When I download an AppImage for software like Audacity, Kdenlive, etc., it’s to a folder or my desktop. To run it, I have navigate to the folder and double-click on the binary as unless I manually choose to create a .desktop launcher it won’t appear in any app launcher/menu. Solutions exist, of course. In 2022 I featured a terrific tool to integrate #appimages with Ubuntu easily. […] You’re reading AppImage Fan? Be Sure to Check Out ‘Gear Lever’, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without (...)
#showtime: #GNOME’s New Video Player is Now on Flathub
▻https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/showtime-gnome-video-player-flathub
Were you excited by #News GNOME plans to replace the #totem media player in its core software set with a new, modern, and actively maintained app called Showtime? If so, you may be just as excited to hear that it’s now available to install from Flathub. This means you no longer need to set-up the GNOME Nightly repo (and then tussle with endless updates to both app and the underlying runtimes it relies on) to try it out. Better yet, the initial release of Showtime on Flathub is built against the GNOME 46 runtime. If you’ve installed any other GTK […] You’re reading Showtime: GNOME’s New Video Player is Now on Flathub, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without (...)
New App Makes Converting Text Documents on Ubuntu Easier
▻https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/06/convert-text-documents-easily-ubuntu
There are a number of ways to convert documents on Ubuntu but few are as quick and easy to use as #Morphosis. Morphosis is a desktop app written in Python and GTK4/libadwaita and powered by #Pandoc, a command-line document converter tool for Windows, macOS, and Linux, and WebkitGTK. Pandoc is a powerful and efficient tool but not everyone is comfortable at the command line (and even those who aren’t sometimes don’t want to have to swot up on the various arguments and flags needed to convert). Enter Morphosis, which wraps the power of Pandoc in a super-simple GUI. Using the […] You’re reading New App Makes Converting Text Documents on Ubuntu Easier, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without (...)
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Plattenalbum is a Modern-Looking #MPD Client for Linux
▻https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/03/plattenalbum-mpd-client
This week I came across Plattenalbum, a modern GTK4/libadwaita frontend for the #music_player Daemon (MPD). MPD remains a popular way to make music stored on a server or a computer available on other devices, with capable, user-friendly frontend clients for mobile and desktop devices a crucial element. And Plattenalbum looks a solid choice. Note: this is not a “why you should use MPD” article nor a guide to installing MPD on Ubuntu. MPD isn’t an ‘everyone’ solution. If all you need to do is play music files you keep on your device then a regular Linux music player, e.g., Rhythmbox, […] You’re reading Plattenalbum is a Modern-Looking MPD Client for Linux, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without (...)
#Collector is like a Linux Version of Mac’s DropOver
▻https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/collector-app-like-dropover-for-linux
If you’re looking for a way to more efficient way copy files on Linux be sure to check out new GTK/libadwaita app Collector. Collector functions as a temporary holding space on which you drag and drop files, paste clipboard contents and web links to images (e.g., Google Images), etc. You can take your time gathering content, and preview and edit your ‘stash’ as you go. When ready, you just drag all items out with a single click to drop them elsewhere. You could drop them to a folder on your file system, on to an app (if it supports opening […] You’re reading Collector is like a Linux Version of Mac’s DropOver, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without (...)
Use #Reco to Record System Audio & Your Microphone in Ubuntu
▻https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/12/reco-record-system-audio-microphone-same-time-ubuntu
Looking to record system sounds and your microphone at the same time on Ubuntu, and save it to a single audio file? Reco is a free, open-source audio recording app for Linux, written in Vala and GTK. Although it’s designed for elementary OS it works well on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions, and doesn’t look too conspicuous on the modern GNOME desktop, either. Better still, Reco is available to install from Flathub. Being able to capture your voice and your system’s audio output (be it game audio, software, music, someone talking in a broadcast) simultaneously is useful for content creation, […] You’re reading Use Reco to Record System Audio & Your Microphone in Ubuntu, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without (...)
#Apps #Audio_Apps #sound
#Varia is a Brand New #download_manager for Linux
▻https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/11/varia-new-download-manager-for-linux
Varia is a new, open-source download manager for Linux based on Aria2, a powerful command-line download utility. As the user interface is built with GTK 4 and libadwaita, Varia looks perfectly in-keeping with other modern GTK #Apps Ubuntu offers: Of course, it’s 2023 and we all (apparently) live in a world of blazing fast internet connections, where giant files download in seconds, and everything else gets streamed or accessed on-demand. Are dedicated desktop download managers still useful? If you need to download a large file over an unreliable internet connection (or if your computer dies mid-way through said transfer) most […] You’re reading Varia is a Brand New Download Manager for Linux, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without (...)
Use #gdm Settings to Customise Ubuntu’s Login Screen
▻https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/11/gdm-settings-customise-ubuntu-login-screen
Ubuntu, like other Linux distributions uses the GNOME Display Manager (GDM) as its, well, display manager, though most of us tend to think of or refer to it as the login screen. To customise the Ubuntu login screen, such as setting a different theme or icon set, changing the login screen background image or colour, or getting night light to apply when viewing it, you can use a 3rd-party tool called GDM Settings. The app is written in Python and uses libadwaita for its UI, so it looks great on the modern Ubuntu desktop and adapts gracefully when resizing the […] This post, Use GDM Settings to Customise Ubuntu’s Login Screen is from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without (...)
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Pour vous accompagner au quotidien et répondre aux besoins du travail à distance pendant le confinement, nous mettons à votre disposition la version Beta d’apps.education.fr. Cette version expérimentale est issue d’un projet qui a vocation à être pérennisé à l’échelon national. Vous y trouverez les outils essentiels et communs à tous les métiers de l’Éducation nationale. Les utilisateurs sont propriétaires de leurs données et sont, de fait, en charge de leur gestion. Nous vous souhaitons une bonne utilisation.
#Frontex and #Europol: How refugees are tracked digitally
EU agencies advise increased confiscation and extraction of asylum seekers‘ mobile phones and now provide a manual on how to do so. Apps to encrypt or disguise locations are disliked in the report as „countermeasures“ to surveillance.
Often the mobile phones they carry are the only connection between refugees and their relatives and friends in their country of origin or elsewhere. They contain contacts, personal communication as well as photos and videos as a memory of the home countries. Only within the European Union is it possible to apply for asylum in its member states. Therefore, the phones are also an indispensable aid for navigating to receiving countries and finding out about conditions and support there.
Asylum seekers‘ mobile phones are also of increasing interest to authorities. As punishment for irregular entry, border guards in Greece and Croatia, and most recently at the EU’s external border with Belarus, destroy them before abandoning their owners at sea or forcibly push them back. Police forces, on the other hand, confiscate the phones in order to gain information about routes used and people helping to flee.
Phones used to „lock, conceal and disguise“
Frontex is actually responsible for preventing irregular migration. „migrant smuggling“ is considered cross-border, organised crime, so its prosecution also falls under Europol’s jurisdiction. Five years ago, Europol opened an #Anti-Migrant_Smuggling_Centre (#EMSC) in The Hague. Europol has also set up two analysis projects, „#Phoenix“ and „#Migrant_Smuggling“, where all interested and involved member states can store and access information.
Both agencies monitor the #internet and social media, looking for any indications of „migrant smuggling“ there. Intelligence also comes from a „#Joint_Operational_Office“ in Vienna, in which Europol and the German Federal Police are also involved. An „#Internet_Referral_Unit“ (#EU_IRU) at Europol reports online presence of unwanted support for the transportation of refugees to the Internet service providers for removal.
Frontex and Europol have now published a report on the „#Digitalisation of people smuggling“. However, it is less about the tools of „smugglers“ and more about the phones of refugees. In the guide, the two EU agencies give handouts on the most commonly used messengers and how the authorities can access the content stored there.
No apps for „smuggling of migrants“ discovered
Over several pages, the report presents various apps and services, including Facebook, Instagram, Signal, Skvpe, Telegram, Viber, WhatsApp. Also included are popular VPN services or apps for encryption. They are described as „countermeasures“ to police surveillance. Frontex and Europol also list tools that can be used to disguise #GPS positions or phone numbers, calling them apps to „lock, conceal and disguise“.
Also listed are various mapping applications and open geographic data sources, including Maps.me and Google Maps, which can be used to share coordinates, routes and other information. This concerns, for example, immigration possibilities via the Eastern Mediterranean and the so-called Balkan routes. According to the report, these applications are used to a much lesser extent for routes from Russia and Ukraine or via Poland. Its contents were primarily aimed at asylum seekers from the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asian countries.
Frontex repeatedly claimed in recent years that there were apps specifically developed for „migrant smuggling“. The German government also claims to have heard „that so-called apps by smugglers exist, with which offers of boats and information about conditions in various destination countries can be retrieved“. According now to Frontex and Europol, however, such digital tools have not been discovered so far.
„Special tactics“ to obtain password or pin code
At the end of the report, the agencies give tips on how to seize and read mobile communication devices. According to the report, they come from „specialists“ and „experts“ from the #Centre_for_Cybercrime and the #Centre_for_Combating_Migrant_Smuggling at Europol. Recommendations from „other sources“ were also taken into account.
According to the „#checklist_for_facilitating_forensic_extraction“, the devices should be connected to a power bank and kept in a Faraday bag so that they do not connect to the internet. In this way, the authorities want to avoid their owners deleting content remotely. If the police have the PIN, the phone should be put into flight mode.
The authorities should „ideally“ also confiscate charging cables, memory cards and other SIM cards in the possession of the refugees. All items should be sealed and marked with the personal data of their owners. To facilitate their analysis, a device password or PIN code for forensic analysis should be provided „whenever possible“. According to the agencies, this can be done either by „addressing this matter to the user“ or by using „special tactics“.
The report leaves open whether this also includes exerting pressure or coercion on the asylum seekers or rather technical measures.
▻https://digit.site36.net/2021/10/25/frontex-and-europol-how-refugees-are-tracked-digitally
#réfugiés #migrations #asile #surveillance #surveillance_numérique #suveillance_digitale #smartphones #téléphones_portables #destruction #frontières #apps #confiscation #données
EU: Joint Europol-Frontex report on “digitalisation of migrant smuggling”
Europol and Frontex have produced a joint report on the “digitalisation of migrant smuggling”, intended to provide state officials with in the EU and Western Balkans “with a comprehensive intelligence picture on the use of digital tools and services’ [sic] in migrant smuggling and related document fraud, in order to raise awareness, consolidate existing knowledge and enforce opportunities to take appropriate measures to tackle emerging threats.”
Contents of the report
Key points
Introduction, background and scope
Migrant smuggling in the digital era
Advertisement and recruitment
Communication and instructions
Guidance via mapping apps
Money transfer
Countermeasures
Supporting criminal services: Document fraud
Digital leads into migrant smuggling
Impact of migrant smuggling digitalisation
Challenges and intelligence gaps
Annex I: Overview of applications and platforms identified in connection to migrant smuggling
Annex II: Recommendations for handling seized mobile communication devices
▻https://www.statewatch.org/news/2021/october/eu-joint-europol-frontex-report-on-digitalisation-of-migrant-smuggling
#rapport
Private #messengers : what can they really see ?
▻https://our.status.im/private-messengers-what-can-they-really-see
This article aims to provide a fair and thorough #comparison of the current #private_messaging #apps in terms of their #privacy, #security, and #anonymity†. However, it must be abundantly clear that this post is written by Status (one of the above messengers). We strongly encourage you to verify our sources, do your own due diligence, and correct us if we are wrong.
Bien structuré, intéressant.
De base, toujours se souvenir que celui qui a la main sur le serveur a la possibilité de mentir et de ne pas respecter sa parole quand il dit qu’il n’utilise pas nos données personnelles, par exemple.
#TODO : comprendre comment Status permet de garantir la protection sur les metadonnées réseau et sur l’identification coté serveur = lire l’article au complet et tester Status
Naissance de la Fédération transnationale des coursiers (FTC)« Transnational Federation of Courriers » (TFC) - Gresea
▻https://gresea.be/Naissance-de-la-Federation-transnationale-des-coursiers-FTC-Transnational
La Fédération transnationale des coursiers (FTC) est née le vendredi 26 octobre 2018 : un nouveau mouvement social européen initié par les travailleur.e.s de plateformes de livraison de repas chauds telles que Deliveroo, Foodora, Ubereats, Glovo, Stuart. Le bébé pèse tout de même vingt collectifs et syndicats nationaux, tous acteurs de la lutte ! Précoce, son premier cri a été : transparence des données et salaire minimum horaire pour tou.te.s les coursier.e.s[[Ces deux mots d’ordre font partie des nombreuses revendications communes répertoriées dans une charte transnationale pour le secteur, à publier prochainement. Les priorités seront à définir au fur et à mesure !
La toute nouvelle structure est issue de l’Assemblée générale européenne des livreur.e.s intitulée « Riders4rights » organisée par le réseau AlterSummit [1] les 25 et 26 octobre à Bruxelles. Soixante livreur.e.s, représentants des collectifs nationaux et/ou syndicats issus de treize pays [2] se sont rassemblés sur ces deux journées ainsi qu’une vingtaine de représentants d’organisations syndicales, ayant statut d’observateurs sur la première session.
Bien qu’atomisés par les plateformes, les collectifs de livreur.e.s ont réussi le tour de force d’unir leurs multiples luttes locales en une lutte à l’échelle européenne. La démarche de l’AlterSummit est simple : puisque les plateformes qui ont créé ces nouvelles formes de sous-emploi et de travail à la demande sont des entreprises multinationales, la seule riposte possible est bien celle d’une mobilisation transnationale. L’assemblée a permis deux moments essentiels : un échange entre les collectifs sur leurs expériences nationales respectives en matière de formes d’organisations, de luttes, et de revendications, suivi d’un passage à une charte de revendications communes. Une première action a eu lieu le 26 octobre en soirée pour fêter la naissance de la FTC : une manifestation à vélo des participants rejoignant la masse critique [3]. La nouvelle née prévoit, pour la suite, une série d’actions nationales simultanées dans plusieurs pays.
La FTC pose ainsi une pierre importante sur le long chemin de la construction d’un mouvement social européen que Pierre Bourdieu appelait déjà de ses vœux il y a 20 ans [4].
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On-demand home cleaning service Kisafi launches in Kenya
▻https://disrupt-africa.com/2016/04/on-demand-home-cleaning-service-kisafi-launches-in-kenya
On-demand home cleaning and laundry service Kisafi has launched in Nairobi, Kenya, aiming to bring consumers convenience at the click of a button and spread across the region.
Kisafi – the name means “it is clean” in Swahili – allows homeowners to use the web or an Android app to have their laundry picked up and taken care of or their homes cleaned.
The platform has been in private beta since December but launched to the general public on Nairobi today, with launches in Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda to follow before a rollout in West Africa at a later date.
Complete with a founding team with backgrounds at McKinsey & Co, Citigroup and Accenture, Kisafi has a quality control and assurance centre with modern commercial cleaning equipment in Nairobi, and offers a marketplace of former and current hospitality and hotel employees.
It has signed partnerships with two of the top laundry and dry cleaning service providers in Nairobi, and also has a tech-enablement suite, including body cameras for the recording of the cleaning process and a high-grade photo filing system for before and after wash clothing pictures.
Co-founder Janet Otieno said Kisafi was trying to make premium laundry and home cleaning a utility that is available to everyone, and save people time.
“Given the rate of growth of the emerging affluent and middle class across Sub-Saharan Africa, coupled with the fast pace of work and life, every minute spent on chores counts,” she said.
“We asked folks that were part of our closed beta why they love the service, and unanimously it was at least two things – ease and affordability.”
Kisafi – which has seed investment from angels in Lagos and New York – said it was aiming to take a significant portion of emerging affluent market, and has a pan-African focus.
“This is reflected in our team composition. Our founding and advisory team is made up of folks from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa,” Otieno said.
Des marchés aux esclaves sur Instagram et autres applications | Slate.fr
▻http://www.slate.fr/story/183654/marches-aux-esclaves-instagram-applications-travailleuses-domestiques-kafala
Sur l’écran du smartphone, les photos défilent par milliers : des portraits de femmes, la plupart originaires de pays d’Afrique (Guinée, Ghana, Éthiopie, Soudan…) ou d’Asie (Philippines, Népal, Inde…), répertoriées par ethnies, avec un prix affiché : elles sont disponibles à l’achat, pour quelques milliers d’euros.
Le commerce illégal de travailleuses domestiques, qui fonctionne comme un réseau de trafic d’êtres humains, prospère tranquillement sur les applications mobiles. Sur Instagram par exemple, propriété de Facebook, on peut trouver des publications boostées par certains hashtags, proposant d’acheter une femme et ses services domestiques –la négociation aura tout simplement lieu par message privé.
D’autres applications, comme 4Sale ou Haraj, approuvées et disponibles sur Google Play et l’App Store d’Apple, proposent des offres similaires.
Marché aux esclaves
« Ce qu’ils font, c’est promouvoir un marché aux esclaves en ligne », alerte Urmila Bhoola, rapporteuse spéciale de l’ONU sur les formes contemporaines d’esclavage. « Si Google, Apple, Facebook ou toute autre société héberge des applications comme celles-ci, elles doivent être tenues pour responsables », ajoute-t-elle.
Spotify, The Apple App Store & Why PWAs Rule
▻https://love2dev.com/pwa/spotify-apple-appstore
Comment Apple décourage au maximum le développement des PWAs...
...et pourquoi c’est un combat d’arrière-garde perdu d’avance !
(et avant tout une histoire de GROS sous)
The more I discuss the merits of progressive web applications over native apps with clients and potential clients I have formulated a simple way to determine if you should develop and ship a mobile app:
“Does your app help sell iPhones or generate significant store revenue for Apple?”
If your answer is yes then you should think about developing an app. Otherwise a progressive web app is probably your better choice.
We also know that consumers are tired of mobile apps. Today no one downloads apps anymore. Sure there are app downloads, but by and large the fad has ended. Most app downloads are to new phones, ‘restoring’ a user’s existing apps.
[...]
Right now there are many large brands taking that journey. Uber, Lyft, Twitter and others are in the process of moving to a progressive web app solution. Most have PWAs with feature parity to their native apps. They typically have moved to a PWA as the client code base and use a hybrid wrapper like Cordova to put the solution in the store.
Blocking updates is another major aspect of Spotify’s complaints. I know they are not alone, I talk to app owners all the time that express frustration with long update cycles and rejections. It is a trail of frustration for many.
On the web, you find a bug, fix it and deploy an update as fast as you can. That could literally be a couple of minutes to just under an hour if you have your ducks in a row, and it is not a major bug of course.
I know some sites update 1500 or more times a day. Try that with your native app.
[...]
Good luck doing that with Apple in the way. Developers I speak with tell me they expect 2-4 weeks before bug deployments are actually released in the store.
Voir aussi : le site dédié de Spotify : ▻https://timetoplayfair.com
How We Gained Nearly 4 Million Impressions by Getting Featured in the App Store.
▻https://hackernoon.com/how-we-gained-nearly-4-million-impressions-by-getting-featured-in-the-ap
How We Achieved Nearly 4 Million Impressions by Getting Featured in the App Store.How we did it. What happened, and more importantly — what didn’t.GenM.coWhen we launched our mobile app earlier last year we were mainly concerned with making sure we were able to give users the same functionality that they have with our desktop experience. Letting businesses easily browse through the GenM talent pool of student marketers, letting students complete our digital marketing lessons on the go — these were priority. The last thing on our minds was getting featured in the App Store.But when the email from #apple landed in our inbox that they were selecting our app to be highlighted in their “This Week’s Favorites” category, our sights started to aim a little bit higher. After our hands ached from countless (...)
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