Telegram announced upcoming contests for developers and content creators for 2021
- Contest for iOS developers to create animations for the messenger interface.
- Contest for Android developers to create messenger interfaces.
- Competition for C / C ++ developers to cluster content and determine channel topics.
- Contest for developers to process audio and video tracks in calls.
- Competition for creators of universal IQ tests in English.
- Contest for vector animation designers to create animated stickers.
- Competition to create thematic GIF-animations.
In the outgoing 2020, Telegram paid out more than $ 850,000 to the winners of competitions from the CIS, in the coming year the total prize fund will reach $ 1,000,000.
Details will be posted on the @contest channel. @ContestBot is already accepting applications for participation.
- Contest for iOS developers to create animations for the messenger interface.
- Contest for Android developers to create messenger interfaces.
- Competition for C / C ++ developers to cluster content and determine channel topics.
- Contest for developers to process audio and video tracks in calls.
- Competition for creators of universal IQ tests in English.
- Contest for vector animation designers to create animated stickers.
- Competition to create thematic GIF-animations.
In the outgoing 2020, Telegram paid out more than $ 850,000 to the winners of competitions from the CIS, in the coming year the total prize fund will reach $ 1,000,000.
Details will be posted on the @contest channel. @ContestBot is already accepting applications for participation.
The year 2020 is coming to an end, which means that it's time to take stock
This year has brought many expected features: folders, video calls, group audio calls, and many more.
A week ago, we launched a survey on the worst and best innovations in Telegram this year. Let's summarize and tell you more about the innovations that delighted users this year: tginfo.me/2020-features-en
This year has brought many expected features: folders, video calls, group audio calls, and many more.
A week ago, we launched a survey on the worst and best innovations in Telegram this year. Let's summarize and tell you more about the innovations that delighted users this year: tginfo.me/2020-features-en
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Telegram innovations for 2020
The difficult year of 2020 is coming to an end, it brought many interesting and controversial functions to the messenger. Having surveyed more than 6 thousand users, we found out which innovation, released this year, users consider the best and worst. Folders…
Telegram has another failure
Telegram problems began at 14:45 Moscow time. Starting at 15:30, the messenger started to recover.
Most of the reported crashes came from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Belarus, Ukraine, Estonia and Uzbekistan.
downdetector.com/status/telegram/
#crashes
Telegram problems began at 14:45 Moscow time. Starting at 15:30, the messenger started to recover.
Most of the reported crashes came from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Belarus, Ukraine, Estonia and Uzbekistan.
downdetector.com/status/telegram/
#crashes
How a group differs from a supergroup
Many users have probably forgotten that there are two types of group chats:
- Groups.
- Supergroups.
At the moment, the transformation of a group into a supergroup is seamless, and for conversion it is enough to do one of the actions described here.
Our @tginfochat was transformed into a supergroup exactly 5 years ago. Since then, more than a million messages have been written in the chat. During this time, the differences between ordinary groups and supergroups have become less, but there are still many of them.
Supergroup benefits:
- Blacklist and bans.
- Ability to give admins a custom role.
- Notifications are off by default.
- Ability to create a public link to the group.
- Number of participants up to 200,000 (the group will automatically become a supergroup when it reaches 200 participants).
- Ability to setup the visibility of history for new participants in the conversation.
- Ability to configure global rights in the group (for example, prohibiting stickers).
- Creator and administrators can delete all posts for all members of the group, other users can only delete their posts, but also for all users.
The advantages of a regular group:
- Groups are not included in the limit of 500 channels and supergroups.
- All users can edit the description, name and avatar of the group.
- Any user can delete other people's messages (only for himself).
#supergroup
Many users have probably forgotten that there are two types of group chats:
- Groups.
- Supergroups.
At the moment, the transformation of a group into a supergroup is seamless, and for conversion it is enough to do one of the actions described here.
Our @tginfochat was transformed into a supergroup exactly 5 years ago. Since then, more than a million messages have been written in the chat. During this time, the differences between ordinary groups and supergroups have become less, but there are still many of them.
Supergroup benefits:
- Blacklist and bans.
- Ability to give admins a custom role.
- Notifications are off by default.
- Ability to create a public link to the group.
- Number of participants up to 200,000 (the group will automatically become a supergroup when it reaches 200 participants).
- Ability to setup the visibility of history for new participants in the conversation.
- Ability to configure global rights in the group (for example, prohibiting stickers).
- Creator and administrators can delete all posts for all members of the group, other users can only delete their posts, but also for all users.
The advantages of a regular group:
- Groups are not included in the limit of 500 channels and supergroups.
- All users can edit the description, name and avatar of the group.
- Any user can delete other people's messages (only for himself).
#supergroup
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Why calls for complaints and mass spam are destructive
The largest Russian-language channel NEXTA called on its subscribers to “reach out” to Pavel Durov so that he would add a double bottom to Telegram.
This is not the first post on this topic, and the messenger team has known about this idea for a long time, and spamming with a hashtag will in no way help the introduction of this function into clients. Moreover, users who write a hashtag in the comments in Durov's channel are forever blocked in his chat.
In a similar situation , a channel with discounts was once blocked .
The double bottom idea being promoted is controversial, besides, the advertised client may be unsafe.
The largest Russian-language channel NEXTA called on its subscribers to “reach out” to Pavel Durov so that he would add a double bottom to Telegram.
This is not the first post on this topic, and the messenger team has known about this idea for a long time, and spamming with a hashtag will in no way help the introduction of this function into clients. Moreover, users who write a hashtag in the comments in Durov's channel are forever blocked in his chat.
In a similar situation , a channel with discounts was once blocked .
The double bottom idea being promoted is controversial, besides, the advertised client may be unsafe.
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Pavel Durov announced about 500 million Telegram users and dispelled rumors about the messenger
Pavel Durov announced the flight of users from WhatsApp to Telegram, and that the messenger had reached half a billion users. In addition, he said that Facebook has a whole department dedicated to finding out why Telegram is so popular. Wikipedia editors recently discovered several bots that add biased information to a WhatsApp article, he said. Others spread inaccurate information about Telegram on social networks.
In connection with the latest events, Pavel Durov decided to dispel rumors from social networks:
Myth 1. "Telegram code is not open."
In fact, all Telegram clients have been open source since 2013.
Myth 2. "Telegram – Russian"
Telegram has no servers or offices in Russia and was blocked there from 2018 to 2020.
Myth 3. "Telegram is not encrypted"
Every Telegram chat has been encrypted since launch. We have secret chats that are end-to-end and cloud chats that also offer secure and distributed real-time cloud storage.
Pavel Durov announced the flight of users from WhatsApp to Telegram, and that the messenger had reached half a billion users. In addition, he said that Facebook has a whole department dedicated to finding out why Telegram is so popular. Wikipedia editors recently discovered several bots that add biased information to a WhatsApp article, he said. Others spread inaccurate information about Telegram on social networks.
In connection with the latest events, Pavel Durov decided to dispel rumors from social networks:
Myth 1. "Telegram code is not open."
In fact, all Telegram clients have been open source since 2013.
Myth 2. "Telegram – Russian"
Telegram has no servers or offices in Russia and was blocked there from 2018 to 2020.
Myth 3. "Telegram is not encrypted"
Every Telegram chat has been encrypted since launch. We have secret chats that are end-to-end and cloud chats that also offer secure and distributed real-time cloud storage.
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Telegram Info English
Pavel Durov announced about 500 million Telegram users and dispelled rumors about the messenger Pavel Durov announced the flight of users from WhatsApp to Telegram, and that the messenger had reached half a billion users. In addition, he said that Facebook…
Why is the source code of the server in Telegram closed
Pavel Durov, answering questions about his last post, shared information about why the server's source code is still closed.
Causes:
- Publishing server-side code will not improve security because, unlike client code, there is no way to check if the same code is running on servers.
- Publishing the source code of the back-end will not help any secret or cloud chats, and will be a marketing ploy that has nothing to do with security.
- 3 years ago, Durov learned that in one country with an authoritarian regime (Pavel did not specify the country), they were looking for ways to get the Telegram server code in order to launch their application, which will be used for surveillance, and then block all other social networks in the country.
- Pavel Durov did not want to give dictators the tools to enslave their population - this should not be the legacy of Telegram.
"Telegram is not ready to betray its values just because a few confused users think that publishing the server-side code will somehow improve the security of the messenger."
Pavel Durov, answering questions about his last post, shared information about why the server's source code is still closed.
Causes:
- Publishing server-side code will not improve security because, unlike client code, there is no way to check if the same code is running on servers.
- Publishing the source code of the back-end will not help any secret or cloud chats, and will be a marketing ploy that has nothing to do with security.
- 3 years ago, Durov learned that in one country with an authoritarian regime (Pavel did not specify the country), they were looking for ways to get the Telegram server code in order to launch their application, which will be used for surveillance, and then block all other social networks in the country.
- Pavel Durov did not want to give dictators the tools to enslave their population - this should not be the legacy of Telegram.
"Telegram is not ready to betray its values just because a few confused users think that publishing the server-side code will somehow improve the security of the messenger."
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IOS web client
Apple is more dangerous than Google because it can completely restrict the applications you use, while on Android the user can install applications as APKs. Therefore, Pavel Durov urges users to switch to Android from iOS
Along with this, Telegram is working on a multifunctional web application that will run on an iOS device in Safari almost as smoothly as a native application.
Most likely, we are talking about a web client that was developed by the participants of the competition from Telegram.
Apple is more dangerous than Google because it can completely restrict the applications you use, while on Android the user can install applications as APKs. Therefore, Pavel Durov urges users to switch to Android from iOS
Along with this, Telegram is working on a multifunctional web application that will run on an iOS device in Safari almost as smoothly as a native application.
Most likely, we are talking about a web client that was developed by the participants of the competition from Telegram.
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Self-destructing group chats on Desktop
Pavel Durov promised to add self-destructing group chats to the messenger.
It is important to note that the feature will appear not only on mobile platforms and macOS, but also on Windows and Linux.
Pavel Durov promised to add self-destructing group chats to the messenger.
It is important to note that the feature will appear not only on mobile platforms and macOS, but also on Windows and Linux.
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Share of users from Russia in Telegram 7%
Pavel Durov reported that Russia accounts for 4% of daily registrations and about 7% of monthly active Telegram users.
In India, the number of registrations is 8%, and the number of monthly users is 11%.
No other country on Telegram is superior to India. This is logical, given that India is the largest free country in terms of population, Durov added.
#statistics
Pavel Durov reported that Russia accounts for 4% of daily registrations and about 7% of monthly active Telegram users.
In India, the number of registrations is 8%, and the number of monthly users is 11%.
No other country on Telegram is superior to India. This is logical, given that India is the largest free country in terms of population, Durov added.
#statistics
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Another Trump channel.
Is it real?
At 20:53 Moscow time a channel with the address @trump_donaldv changed its username several times and now it is located at @Donald_trumpv.
The @tginfo team managed to take the @trump_donaldv username to their account, but within 5 minutes, without any warning, the Telegram team took this public name, switching the channel to private mode.
We can make an assumption the @trump_donaldv channel may be official, since Telegram protects its former username.
Now the @trump_donaldv channel has just almost 5 thousand subscribers. At the same time, the posts have a very few views, and the growth is not as rapid as one of the unofficial @trump channel, followed by over 310,000 users.
What is confusing: if the author of the channel changed the username, then why @tginfo editing staff was able to occupy it without waiting the reserved 15-30 minutes. We may assume someone asked for this username and it was released by Telegram team.
This is the second sign that the @trump_donaldv username might be owned by someone close to Trump.
Is it real?
At 20:53 Moscow time a channel with the address @trump_donaldv changed its username several times and now it is located at @Donald_trumpv.
The @tginfo team managed to take the @trump_donaldv username to their account, but within 5 minutes, without any warning, the Telegram team took this public name, switching the channel to private mode.
We can make an assumption the @trump_donaldv channel may be official, since Telegram protects its former username.
Now the @trump_donaldv channel has just almost 5 thousand subscribers. At the same time, the posts have a very few views, and the growth is not as rapid as one of the unofficial @trump channel, followed by over 310,000 users.
What is confusing: if the author of the channel changed the username, then why @tginfo editing staff was able to occupy it without waiting the reserved 15-30 minutes. We may assume someone asked for this username and it was released by Telegram team.
This is the second sign that the @trump_donaldv username might be owned by someone close to Trump.
Telegram strives for new heights
After the new rules on WhatsApp and the blocking of Trump on Twitter, the flight of users on Telegram intensified.
According to AppAnnie, as of January 9, in 43 countries, the Android version of the client is ranked first in downloads in the Communications category. And if earlier we usually showed the top on the less popular iOS, now Telegram has burst into a more massive segment - Android devices.
Basically, the messenger was in the top in Central and Latin America, post-Soviet countries, Africa and Asia.
#top Android
After the new rules on WhatsApp and the blocking of Trump on Twitter, the flight of users on Telegram intensified.
According to AppAnnie, as of January 9, in 43 countries, the Android version of the client is ranked first in downloads in the Communications category. And if earlier we usually showed the top on the less popular iOS, now Telegram has burst into a more massive segment - Android devices.
Basically, the messenger was in the top in Central and Latin America, post-Soviet countries, Africa and Asia.
#top Android
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Pavel Durov's answers to important questions
In recent days, Pavel Durov has been actively answering questions from users in his chat. We have collected all the important answers in one article:
- Advertising platform.
- Comparison of Telegram and Signal.
- The difference between regular and secret chats in Telegram.
- Backdoors in Android and iOS.
- Is Telegram afraid of blocking from Amazon.
- What device does Pavel Durov use?
tginfo.me/pavel-answer-en
In recent days, Pavel Durov has been actively answering questions from users in his chat. We have collected all the important answers in one article:
- Advertising platform.
- Comparison of Telegram and Signal.
- The difference between regular and secret chats in Telegram.
- Backdoors in Android and iOS.
- Is Telegram afraid of blocking from Amazon.
- What device does Pavel Durov use?
tginfo.me/pavel-answer-en
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Pavel Durov answered a number of questions in his chat
Pavel Durov from time to time answers users' questions in the comments. Today he collected the answers in one post, the most interesting is below. In-App 30 Second Video Ads One of the chat users wrote that he is ready to watch 30-second ads in the application…
Voice Call Recorder, Video Calls, Telegram Screen Sharing & New Super Fast Web Client
Pavel Durov gave another portion of insider information in his chat:
1. Voice call recording
Pavel Durov was asked: will the recording of voice chats, which recently appeared in Telegram, be implemented?
Command Works above this - I approved the design and architecture for this feature a week ago - Pavel answered.
2. Video calls and screen sharing
Will group video calls be in the next update?
— Yes, we are working support for video in voice chats. Hopefully finished by the next update. Voice chats will also receive screen sharing.
3. Telegram web client
— I hope that there will be a new web version in a few weeks. Ultra-fast (for a web application), minimalistic, but at the same time beautiful and feature-rich client.
No one web application can outperform native when it comes to speed, but it outperforms any other web communication tool in almost every way .
Pavel Durov gave another portion of insider information in his chat:
1. Voice call recording
Pavel Durov was asked: will the recording of voice chats, which recently appeared in Telegram, be implemented?
Command Works above this - I approved the design and architecture for this feature a week ago - Pavel answered.
2. Video calls and screen sharing
Will group video calls be in the next update?
— Yes, we are working support for video in voice chats. Hopefully finished by the next update. Voice chats will also receive screen sharing.
3. Telegram web client
— I hope that there will be a new web version in a few weeks. Ultra-fast (for a web application), minimalistic, but at the same time beautiful and feature-rich client.
No one web application can outperform native when it comes to speed, but it outperforms any other web communication tool in almost every way .
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🎉 500 million active Telegram users!
The number of active Telegram users has exceeded 500 million, Pavel Durov told about this.
In the last 72 hours alone, more than 25 million people from all over the world have registered on Telegram:
- 38% from Asia.
- 27% from Europe.
- 21% from Latin America.
- 8% MENA (Middle East & North Africa).
#statistics
The number of active Telegram users has exceeded 500 million, Pavel Durov told about this.
In the last 72 hours alone, more than 25 million people from all over the world have registered on Telegram:
- 38% from Asia.
- 27% from Europe.
- 21% from Latin America.
- 8% MENA (Middle East & North Africa).
#statistics
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Telegram plans to raise $ 1 billion in debt
Pavel Durov held private negotiations with investors to raise funds that would be converted into shares in the course of a possible IPO, writes The Information, citing sources familiar with the situation.
Pavel Durov held private negotiations with investors to raise funds that would be converted into shares in the course of a possible IPO, writes The Information, citing sources familiar with the situation.
The Information
Telegram Founder in Talks to Raise Debt Amid App’s Explosive Growth
Telegram in the past week experienced a sharp influx of new users who flocked to the private messaging app after rival WhatsApp changed its privacy policies and Facebook and Twitter took a harder line on President Donald Trump and users promoting violence.…
Telegram Info English
Telegram plans to raise $ 1 billion in debt Pavel Durov held private negotiations with investors to raise funds that would be converted into shares in the course of a possible IPO, writes The Information, citing sources familiar with the situation.
Pavel Durov denied rumors about meeting with investors
In his personal chat, Pavel Durov wrote that rumors about his alleged meeting with investors and banks in order to obtain funding are not true. He added that the team received loan offers from various institutions.
Getting a loan, according to Pavel, is one possible way to keep Telegram independent and committed to its values while the team is busy introducing the monetization described in December.
In his personal chat, Pavel Durov wrote that rumors about his alleged meeting with investors and banks in order to obtain funding are not true. He added that the team received loan offers from various institutions.
Getting a loan, according to Pavel, is one possible way to keep Telegram independent and committed to its values while the team is busy introducing the monetization described in December.
Telegram Info English
Telegram plans to raise $ 1 billion in debt Pavel Durov held private negotiations with investors to raise funds that would be converted into shares in the course of a possible IPO, writes The Information, citing sources familiar with the situation.
Comment from a source close to Telegram on raising debt
This is a debt that can be converted into shares in case there is an IPO within a certain period of time (for example, 3 years or 5 years). This process is sometimes referred to as issuing "bonds".
If during this time there is no IPO, then nothing will be converted into shares, just the debt will be returned.
This is a debt that can be converted into shares in case there is an IPO within a certain period of time (for example, 3 years or 5 years). This process is sometimes referred to as issuing "bonds".
If during this time there is no IPO, then nothing will be converted into shares, just the debt will be returned.
Will Telegram be removed from the AppStore?
For several days, information about a possible blocking of Telegram in the App Store has been spread in channels and chats with a small instruction to prevent deletion.
For information about whether the rumors about blocking are true and whether the actions from the instructions will help, read our article: tginfo.me/tg-app-store-en
For several days, information about a possible blocking of Telegram in the App Store has been spread in channels and chats with a small instruction to prevent deletion.
For information about whether the rumors about blocking are true and whether the actions from the instructions will help, read our article: tginfo.me/tg-app-store-en
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Will Telegram be removed from the App Store?
For several days, information has been circulating on the network about the possible blocking of Telegram in the App Store and a small instruction that should restrict Apple access to your phone and prevent it from deleting the messenger. Are the rumors about…
Donations for Telegram and channel authors
Pavel Durov talked about opportunities to support both the messenger and individual channels in future versions of Telegram.
Pavel Durov talked about opportunities to support both the messenger and individual channels in future versions of Telegram.