Apps journal: Molotov, Arte, Fiverr and other new features

Updates

• WhatsApp:
  • the messaging platform is preparing a new type of discussions called “Community“, similar to groups
  • what a conceptsuggests hiding one’s “online” status, which would be welcome
• Molotov: version 3.34.2 now available on the App Store offers a different design for the program pages and marks the arrival of an XL widget compatible with iPadOS 15
• Edge:
  • an RSS reader is nowavailablein Microsoft browser
  • Edge could also soon open up more to video games

New Games panel in Edge Canary.fromMicrosoftEdge

• Fiverr: arrival of dark mode andPinterest-like features
• Telegram: arrival of reactions to messages with version 8.4
• Instagram:
  • the social networkannouncementthat in 2022, the focus will be on Reels and video (and we are eating apples)
  • possibility of sharing your screen in video(a test)
  • it would soon be possible to transform any video into a Boomerang:

#Instagramis working on the ability to turn any video into a boomerang 👀pic.twitter.com/iFGVvVkN1b

— Alessandro Paluzzi (@alex193a)December 29, 2021

App discoveries

• Apollo: an excellent third-party client for Reddit, completely free and designed by an independent developer previously employed at Apple
• Graffiti Smash : new iOS game from BANDAI NAMCO studio
• NCHE : The Escapeis a first-person shooter game that will be released in March 2022

• Convusic: paid Safari extension to open music streaming links to the platform of your choice (Amazon Music, Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, etc.)
• Next: a somewhat special Apple Music client, since it focuses on the (re)discovery of titles and on personalized playlists
• XiRang: first Baidu app close to the concept of metaverse

• Undestroyed: new iOS ARPG

Other news

Some links are in English, others redirect to our articles in French.

• DuckDuckGo: the search engine would have recorded an average of one hundred million queries per day in 2021, i.e. 46.6% more than the previous year (numbers)
• LastPasswould have been the victim of a security breach (explanations)
• Twitter: connecting third-party apps poses dangers for your data

#thread
I will explain to you why my account#Twitteris blocked by thousands of others without people blocking me on their own or due to a blockchain

This is due to the malicious action of a third-party app. This genre is ultra dangerous & I weigh my words ⤵️pic.twitter.com/iV61cHFwFB

— Victor Baait (@VictorBaait)December 25, 2021

• Arte.tvwould have gained 68% more viewers in two years (details)
• Tumblr: a developertacklebarriers to entry to the App Store
• Alexawould have incited a child to electrocute himself,Amazon has since responded
• Telegram: for the creator of Signal, its major competitor, the app would be less secure than Messenger (Meta)!

For the folks writing about this space, my request is that when you write "encrypted messenger," it should at *minimum* mean an app where all messages are e2ee by default. Telegram and FB Messenger are built exactly the same way. Neither are "encrypted messengers."

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— Moxie Marlinspike (@moxie)December 23, 2021

Also read,the previous edition of our apps journal.