Telegram has added a feature that lets a user delete messages in one-to-one and/or group private chats, after the fact, and not only from their own inbox. The new ‘nuclear option’ delete feature allows a user to selectively delete their own messages and/or messages sent by any/all others in the chat. They don’t even have […]
View More Telegram adds ‘delete everywhere’ nuclear option — killing chat historyCategory: Pavel Durov
Daily Crunch: Telegram soars after Facebook outage
The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Telegram gets 3M new signups during Facebook apps’ outage In a message sent to his Telegram channel, founder Pavel Durov wrote, […]
View More Daily Crunch: Telegram soars after Facebook outageTelegram gets 3M new signups during Facebook apps’ outage
Messaging platform Telegram claims to have had a surge in signups during a period of downtime for Facebook’s rival messaging services. In a message sent to his Telegram channel, founder Pavel Durov’s just wrote: “I see 3 million new users signed up for Telegram within the last 24 hours.” It’s probably not a coincidence that […]
View More Telegram gets 3M new signups during Facebook apps’ outageDecrypted Telegram bot chatter revealed as new Windows malware
Sometimes it take a small bug in one thing to find something massive elsewhere. During an investigation recent, security firm Forcepoint Labs said it found a new kind of malware that was found taking instructions from a hacker sending commands over the encrypted messaging app Telegram . The researchers described their newly discovered malware, dubbed […]
View More Decrypted Telegram bot chatter revealed as new Windows malwareTelegram’s billion-dollar ICO has become a mess
Telegram’s ICO was supposed to be a record-breaker to develop a platform that brings the decentralized internet to life. Instead, it has become a mess with the tightly-controlled fundraising process in disarray as early backers sell their tokens for handsome returns. The company recently canceled the public sale piece of its ICO, the Wall Street Journal […]
View More Telegram’s billion-dollar ICO has become a messTelegram blocked in Iran as the government orders telecoms to cut off access
As Moscow erupts in protests over its own ban, Iran’s judiciary has just ordered the nation’s telecommunications providers to block Telegram . According to the Wall Street Journal, Iran’s Islamic Republic News Agency stated that the decision was issued via a court ruling in Tehran. An estimated 40 million Iranians — half of the country’s […]
View More Telegram blocked in Iran as the government orders telecoms to cut off accessTelegram plays down Russian block — claiming no “significant” impact yet
A court in Russia ordered a block of messaging app Telegram this week but founder Pavel Durov has shrugged off the impact of the ban 24 hours in — claiming the app hasn’t seen “a significant drop in user engagement so far”. Russia began (trying to) block Telegram yesterday, following a court ruling in Moscow earlier […]
View More Telegram plays down Russian block — claiming no “significant” impact yetRussia starts blocking Telegram for failing to turn over encryption keys
The Russian state telecommunication regulator has began blocking Telegram as expected. This comes after the messaging company refused to give Russian security services encryption keys. The service is expected to be blocked within the coming hours. According to several reports Telegram is still operational in the country though several service providers have started blocking the […]
View More Russia starts blocking Telegram for failing to turn over encryption keysTelegram hit with block in Russia over encryption
A Russian court has ordered a block on access to the Telegram messaging app — with the block coming into force immediately, according to the BBC. The messaging platform has been under pressure to hand over encryption keys to Russian authorities so they can access user data — which they claim is needed for counterterrorism […]
View More Telegram hit with block in Russia over encryptionIs venture capital ready for companies with no founders?
Hemant Taneja Contributor More posts by this contributor The tech industry needs to move towards responsible innovation in 2018 Why pulling out of Paris Accord damages America’s economic future Initial coin offerings (ICOs) — a funding mechanism based on the technology behind cryptocurrencies like bitcoin — are a hot new way to launch a startup […]
View More Is venture capital ready for companies with no founders?Telegram chalks up 200M MAUs for its messaging app
Another usage milestone for messaging platform Telegram: It’s announced passing 200M monthly active users “within the last 30 days”. The platform passed 100M MAUs back in February 2016, when it held a lavish party at the Mobile World Congress tradeshow in Barcelona to celebrate the metric. At the time it said it was adding 350k new […]
View More Telegram chalks up 200M MAUs for its messaging appTelegram apps fall foul of iOS App Store content rules
The Telegram messaging apps appear to have breached Apple’s App Store guidelines and are currently unavailable for download on iOS. 9to5Mac spotted the absence yesterday, having been alerted via a Reddit thread. Read More