The Telegram lock in Russia more than six years

Over time many forgot about the ILV and attempts to block the messenger. Increasingly frequently in the press flashed the news of the TON. Telegram continues to develop ways of bypassing the censorship.

Six months ago we held a poll, which asked about the availability of Telegram. Then more than half of the respondents reported that the messenger works for them without proxy and VPN. View what has changed during this time.

#lock

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Came to the end of the first round of competition to improve voice calls

Just received 30 applications.

While the judges are preparing to publish the results of the design competition, you can see with the works on the site of the competitions.

Note that the first round was allocated little time, which may have caused the number of applications.

#contest

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Beta version Telegram for macOS got a selection of intermediate messages.

To do this, select the first message, hold down Shift and select the second message. All messages between them also will be selected.

#Beta #macOS

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A billion registrations in the Telegram. Whether so it actually?

Last week in the Telegram began to appear account with an ID higher than 1 billion.

For reference: the unique ID is the user ID issued to him at registration. In the Telegram they are intended only for internal use, for example, in the references. Each account, whether active or already removed, has its own ID. Account ID is not reused, i.e. when you create new account you will not be given an ID that was previously assigned to another user.

It is important to understand that ID is not a billion means a billion registered users, and here's why:

1. ID issued pools.
The spread of numbers dependent on the region. One day can be issued ID in the range of hundreds of millions of values observed in different countries.

2. The transition to the new pool occurs regardless of whether the previous ended or not. Therefore, each time the scatter becomes larger.

3. Bots have the same format ID, as well as the users, so some part of the billion belongs to bots.

4. Do not forget about creating database accounts to spam or cheat, which is removed after the time period of their life.

However, overcoming a lath in a billion ID in the Telegram can not but rejoice.

#id

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How much is the channel in the Telegram

Team "Start" has launched a database of popular channels that are on sale — @birzzha.

Each lot is checked for cheating and the activity of the audience, so to get only profitable areas. This will save both time and nerves.

If you want to quickly launch a business in the Telegram, scroll — Exchange. And if you earn in Telegram you don't want it, you can just see how much your favorite channels.

So recommend a reliable guarantor of service in the face — @birzzha

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The source code of wallet

On GitHub page TON appeared the wallet source code for popular platforms.

— Android.
— iOS.
— Desktop (Windows, Linux and macOS).

Download desktop version of the wallet: wallet.ton.org

#TON #crypt

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Unigram version 3.12

What's new:
— The archived chats.
• Right click on the chat for archiving.
• Right click on the files to hide from the list of chats.
• Maintain an unlimited number of chats in the archive.
— Simplified adding contacts.
• Now add to contact can be any user even if his number is not shown.
• Quick add users near you through the menu "Contacts" > "Add people around." It shows the people who started this section.
— Geo-chats.
• Creation of local communities through the creation of a group with reference to a specific location in "People nearby".
— Transfer of rights to chat.
• The ability to transfer the rights of the owner of the group chat channel or another administrator with full rights. Useful if you change jobs, or just want to leave the post of Creator.
— Other changes.
• Privacy setting "phone Number".
• The ability to link the discussion group to the channel.
• Seamless integration bots with web services.

Download Microsoft Store.

#telegramX #unigram #update

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The second distribution GRAM

After the announcement of the Gram Wallet for imaging, in our chat began to receive a lot of questions on the purse, as well as requests to send them a GRAM for a test. In this regard, we are again launching a campaign of unprecedented generosity #hochgrat.

This time we created another chat, which in addition to requests can be discussed the operation of the network TON, news and features of his work.

For the GRAM you need to:
1. Gram Wallet set to PC or Android and create a wallet.
2. Click on "Receive" and copy the address.
3. To go to @tginfochaten and send the address of your purse with the tag #hochgrat

After that you will come to 1 GRAM. Recall that Gram Wallet works in test network testnet and all Grama in the accounts will burn after a change of Protocol or the mainnet launch.

#TON #crypt

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Improved player

Beta version Telegram for Android an improved audio player to listen to podcasts.

At tracks longer than 20 minutes there is a button to double speed and all the tracks appeared to resume playing from where you finished listening to them earlier.

#Beta #Android

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Telegram for Android version 5.12.1

What's new:
— The ability to listen to podcasts, and tracks longer than 20 minutes with double speed.
— Ability to continue playback from where you stopped for long audio and video.
— Search for items when you send files or music.
— Ability to select multiple chats when you send content from other apps (long tap while selecting the chat).
— Ability to mark all conversations in the archive as just today (long tap on the folder archive).
— Minor bug fixes and improvements.

Download c Google Play or APKMirror.

#update #android

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Improved preview for links to Netflix and IMDB

Now preview links to Netflix and IMDB via Telegram will not be displayed in the poster, as it was before, but the trailer.

It is important to note that currently there is a limit on the size of the video. The video will be displayed if it is less than 20 MB. Accordingly, if the preview of the links there is no video, then most likely its a size above 20 MB.

Example link: netflix.com/title/80196789

At the moment in the preview of the bot @imdb still shows a picture, most likely it will be fixed in the future.

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Simple send Gram tokens

In TON, there is the possibility of creating links for easy sending tokens.

The link of the ton:// in the Telegram offered to open the wallet Wallet Gram (if you insstall), and the user will open a menu send tokens.

Example: ton://transfer/EQBTkvoV9lSjK3n-RgRfUNJghdibcjNqr5QvxXiw7gn8rsP3

In addition, there are the so-called Invoice: the user who creates the link can specify what number of Gram he needs to send, and what kind of review should be indicated.

Example ton://transfer/EQBTkvoV9lSjK3n-RgRfUNJghdibcjNqr5QvxXiw7gn8rsP3?amount=10000000000&text=Telegram%20Info

For example, clicking on the link above, the purse offered to send 10 Gram to the address from the Telegram review Info. You will only have to confirm the transaction.

#TON #crypt

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Telegram is running a contest for developers who write JavaScript code

All three phases are planned.

The objective of the contest:
To develop a simple web-interface Telegram without the use of ready-UI frameworks (and cdweb on reacte write — editor's note). The final web application must implement the interface for authentication, registration, view the list of chats and messages in a specific chat. Archive with layouts applied to the original post.

The budget of the competition: from 80 thousand dollars for the first phase and 200 thousand dollars for all three stages.
Ends: November 17, 2019 at 22:50 Moscow time.

Documentation for the API: core.telegram.org/#telegram-api
The source code for existing customers Telegram: telegram.org/apps#source-code
(to open the two links above from Russia turn on VPN)

Main criteria: speed, size of the web application, the attention to detail.

The implementation of functionality on top of the required in the problem description (e.g., sending messages, viewing attachments, settings, etc.) will also be considered. Models for implementation can also be found in the original post.

Welcome the implementation of Telegram API in JavaScript instead of using TDLib.

#contest

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Everything you wanted to know about Gram Wallet, but were afraid to ask
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On October 31 on TON site was published the wallet that works in test network (testnet). Its appearance caused many similiar questions in chats.

— What is the Wallet?
— Are those Grams real?
— What's the fee?

Answers are in our article: tginfo.me/gram-wallet

#TON #crypto

Improved schedule messages

Beta Telegram for iOS function has been improved pending messages.

Users can now defer the message until the source comes into the network. This function does not work if the person has concealed the time of the last login.

#Beta #iOS

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Beta Telegram for iOS have the opportunity to choose a browser to open links from the app.

#Beta #iOS

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Clearing the cache in a separate chat

Beta Telegram for iOS an opportunity to clear the cache for a specific chat, being directly in it.

Was also updated the section "memory Usage" in settings data.

#Beta #iOS

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Spell check

Starting with version 1.9, Telegram Desktop it will check the entered in the input field of the text message words. Feature is supported on Windows 8 and above, as well as on macOS 10.12 and newer.

#desktop #update

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Announced results of the competition for the design of stickers

The 29 first-place artists will each receive $1,000, and the opportunity to complete their sticker packs, receiving up to $200 dollars for each subsequent sticker. Their Steerpike you can see in the chat.

In addition, the 40 second-place artists will receive $500 each. Their sticker packs can also be viewed in the chat.

If you are in the list of winners, you will be contacted by a verified account.

#stickers #contest

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Deputy Ministry of communications Alexei Volin said that the law on sustainable Runet will not affect the operation of the Telegram

"[Would be] the same as now. And that someone has some sort of problem?", — he said, answering the question of what changes may occur.

Wolin already mentioned that the messenger in his work continue to use a government, otherwise they will lose contact with a large part of the audience. According to him, users Telegram is not threatened.

tass.ru/ekonomika/7093156

#lock

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