Messaging app Telegram mysteriously vanished from the App Store on Thursday because “inappropriate content was made available to our users” according to the company’s CEO Paval Durov.
In response to a Twitter user, Durov tweeted that the company was …
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Telegram 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
Telegram and social media giants spanked in UK PM’s Davos speech
Social media giants have once again been singled out for a high profile public spanking over social responsibility and illegal online content in Europe. Read More
View More Telegram and social media giants spanked in UK PM’s Davos speechScammers are cashing in on Telegram’s upcoming ICO
Desperate for an opportunity to jump aboard in the next big thing, cryptocurrency owners are losing money by investing blindly in fake Telegram ICO websites. Chat app Telegram’s upcoming ICO promises to break records with a target raise of $1.2 billion, which may be extended to $2 billion according to new reports. The public sale component isn’t scheduled to launch until March,… Read More
Scammers are cashing in on Telegram’s upcoming ICO
Desperate for an opportunity to jump aboard in the next big thing, cryptocurrency owners are losing money by investing blindly in fake Telegram ICO websites. Chat app Telegram’s upcoming ICO promises to break records with a target raise of $1.2 billion, which may be extended to $2 billion according to new reports. The public sale component isn’t scheduled to launch until March,… Read More
Equity podcast: Dropbox and Xiaomi want to go public, and how big is Telegram’s ICO?
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week was a corker. Our co-host Matthew Lynley is back, Katie and myself were on hand, and our guest, Shruti Gandhi from Array Ventures, was brilliant. And the news gods were kind, as there was quite a lot to get through. First, we looked into the… Read More
Inside Telegram’s ambitious $1.2B ICO to create the next Ethereum
We have even more information about messaging app Telegram’s plans for cashing in on its popularity within the crypto community with the massive ICO for its proposed Telegram Open Network (TON) project (that we first reported), after obtaining the whitepaper and investor prospectuses in full. From the documents, it is clear that Telegram isn’t content with sitting on a platform… Read More
Telegram to raise a total of $1.2 billion in a monster ICO, report claims
Messaging app Telegram is joining the cryptocurrency craze in a big way.
Although nothing has been officially announced, a 23-page document obtained by Mashable claims that Telegram is preparing to launch an initial coin offering (ICO).
A…
Crunch Report | A Telegram ICO Would Be Huge
Telegram is planning a multi-billion-dollar ICO, Uber taps Nvidia for self-driving chips and DraftKings launches single-game NFL fantasy contests. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
View More Crunch Report | A Telegram ICO Would Be HugeTelegram plans multi-billion dollar ICO for chat cryptocurrency
Encrypted messaging startup Telegram plans to launch its own blockchain platform and native cryptocurrency, powering payments on its chat app and beyond. According to multiple sources which have spoken to TechCrunch, the “Telegram Open Network” (TON) will be a new, ‘third generation’ blockchain with superior capabilities, after Bitcoin and, later, Ethereum paved the… Read More
Crunch Report | Telegram and Instagram Are Being Restricted in Iran
Amazon Prime shipped 5 billion Items in 2017, SuperMeat gets $3 million in funding and Telegram and Instagram are being restricted in Iran. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
View More Crunch Report | Telegram and Instagram Are Being Restricted in IranTelegram and Instagram being restricted in Iran
Messaging app Telegram and Facebook-owned social sharing platform Instagram appear to be being blocked in Iran. Read More
View More Telegram and Instagram being restricted in Iran