French President Emmanuel Macron says the government was not involved in the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov and “this is in no way a political decision”
French president condemns “false information” as Pavel Durov's detention in Paris triggers global outcry.
WhatsApp announces Channels, a one-to-many broadcast feature as “a private way to follow what matters”, and plans to add payment and other monetization services
a private way to follow people and organizations …
Telegram releases an update that removes the cap on live stream viewers, from 1,000 to unlimited, introduces more options for forwarding messages, and more
Along with more forwarding options — Telegram, the messaging app that's becoming more and more like a fully-fledged social media network … Source: Telegram .
Telegram releases an update that removes the cap on live stream viewers, from 1,000 to unlimited, introduces more options for forwarding messages, and more
Along with more forwarding options — Telegram, the messaging app that's becoming more and more like a fully-fledged social media network … Source: Telegram .
Telegram's latest update adds group video calls of up to 1,000 users with 30 simultaneous broadcasts, video messages, screen sharing during video calls, more
This update takes video to the next level. Group video calls now have up to 1000 viewers, video messages record in higher quality …
Telegram launches a tool to let users import chat history from WhatsApp, Line, or KakaoTalk on Android and iOS
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Telegram launches a tool to let users import chat history from WhatsApp, Line, or KakaoTalk on Android and iOS
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Telegram debuts group voice chat as CEO Pavel Durov says it is nearing 500M MAUs and will launch an ad platform for public one-to-many channels next year
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
Telegram debuts group voice chat as CEO Pavel Durov says it is nearing 500M MAUs and will launch an ad platform for public one-to-many channels next year
Instant messaging app Telegram is “approaching” 500 million users and plans to start generating revenue starting next year to keep the business afloat …
Telegram has launched an alpha version of one-on-one video calls in its Android and iOS apps, says all calls will be end-to-end encrypted
The company plans to add improvements to the alpha feature in coming months — Secure messaging app Telegram has launched an alpha version …
John Borthwick, one of Giphy's early investors and board members, describes how the Facebook deal came about and says talks began in late March
@ow https://onezero.medium.com/... https://twitter.com/... @vivekxk : 1/5 Seems like the Giphy deal is strategically great for FB and probably gave Giphy the lifeline it needed. FB...
Facebook to buy Giphy, keep its branding, integrate with Instagram; sources say the deal is worth ~$400M, while Giphy was valued at ~$600M in its latest round
Facebook has agreed to buy Giphy, the popular platform of sharable animated images, Axios has learned from multiple sources.
Facebook's purchase of Giphy gives FB insight into how and where gifs are shared outside of its own apps, including device IDs and keystrokes in Giphy tools
GIPHY joins Facebook's data collection arsenal — Facebook announced on Friday that it will buy Giphy, a popular GIF search engine …
Telegram says it now has 400M MAUs, up from 300M a year ago, and will offer secure group video calls sometime this year
Now that the coronavirus pandemic has made video calls increasingly popular and critical, services like Zoom, Google Meet, WhatsApp and Telegram are vying for attention.
Telegram releases new features including sending messages without notification sound, a “slow mode” that restricts group members from messaging too often, more
The previous update brought more movement to Telegram - this one brings more peace of mind.