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Telegram Messenger Releases Payment Option In 200 Countries
Telegram app has launched the payment option in 200 different countries, including India, where users can use credit cards for payments. It has partnered with eight integrated third-party payment providers. The app ensures all the transactions and chats are completely safe and protected as the transaction details will not be stored, tracked, and charges no commissions. The other major updates include scheduled voice calls and 'Pinch to Zoom'… read-more
Tags: Telegram, Digital Payment, Online Transactions, new launch
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Telegram Rolls Voice Chats 2.0 Update Offering Unlimited Participants
Instant messaging software 'Telegram' has updated itself with Voice Chats 2.0 along with an array of newly added features. Reportedly, the new update will facilitate users to conduct live voice chats for unlimited participants involved in the conversation. Besides, it introduced features of raise hand mechanics and voice recording that eyes to enhance user experience. Moreover, the app allows celebrities to use their channels instead of… read-more
Tags: Telegram, Social Media, Chating, voice, Voice chats
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Telegram's New Update Brings Auto-Delete, New Emojis, Expiring Invites
Messaging platform Telegram has announced to roll new features to benefit users amid the WhatsApp row. Telegram will introduce features like auto-delete timer for texts with two expiry limits - 24 hours and 7 days. Moreover, the invite links will also have an expiry limit. With update, chat imports will also be sorted by their original date. Besides providing new emojis, it will enable users to report messages with comments to explain the… read-more
Tags: WhatsApp, Telegram, WhatsApp Update, Emojis
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Telegram Most Downloaded App In January; Clocks 24% From India
US-based mobile app watcher Sensor Tower's report has suggested that ‘Telegram’ became the most downloaded non-gaming app globally in January 2021. Interestingly, of the last month’s 63 million installation of the messaging app, India alone accounted for 24% of the downloads. Clocking 62 million downloads, TikTok stood second with most downloads coming from China and US. Meanwhile, WhatsApp slipped to fifth from third position, possibly due… read-more
Tags: Telegram, most downloaded app, WhatsApp, Sensor Tower, TikTok
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79% Users Reconsidering To Use WhatsApp; Telegram, Signal Gain
Gurugram-based Cyber Media Research's nationwide survey has highlighted that over 79% of Indian users are reconsidering using WhatsApp after its much-debated privacy policy update. Moreover, around 28% of the people surveyed even prefer to leave WhatsApp after the update's implementation in May. While 41% of the people plan to shift on Telegram, 35% preferred to switch to Signal app. The survey under 'Social Safe study' sampled 1,500 people… read-more
Tags: WhatsApp, Privacy Policy, Signal App, Telegram
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Contact Details Of 533 Mn FB Users On Sale Via Telegram Bot: Report
Going by the report in Vice Media’s Motherboard, phone numbers of over 533 million Facebook users are up for sale by a Telegram bot. Security researcher Alon Gal highlighted the problem and stated that the bot contained information of different users belonging to the US, Canada, the UK, and 16 other countries. Though the data collected were outdated, cyber-security experts still fear the risk of a huge data breach.
Tags: Telegram, Facebook, Privacy, United States, Canada, Motherboard
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Telegram Gains From WhatsApp Row, Logs 500 Million Active Users
Messaging service provider Telegram has touched 500-million active users mark after 25 million new users downloaded the app in last 72 hours, confirmed its founder Pavel Durov. Benefitting from the row over WhatsApp's policy changes, Telegram recorded 38% new users from Asia, besides Europe (27%), Latin America (21%) and Middle East and North Africa (8%). Meanwhile, Durov is planning to monetise the platform with premium features and channel… read-more
Tags: WhatsApp, Telegram, pavel durov, Technology
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Iran: Journalist Hanged For Inciting Nationwide Protests In 2017
Iranian journalist Ruhollah Zam, who was accused of inspiring nationwide economic protests in 2017, was hanged on December 12, said the state-run IRNA news agency. The once-exiled, Zam, was sentenced to death in June for publicizing protest timings. He also allegedly shared objectionable information about the Iran's Shi'ite rule on his website and Telegram channel. Reportedly, the unrest induced by Zam in 2017 posed challenges similar to the… read-more
Tags: Iran, Shia Muslims, Green Movement, Telegram
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Telegram Gets Video Call Feature on its 7th Anniversary
Telegram, a cloud-based mobile and desktop instant messaging app, celebrated its seventh anniversary on August 14. On account of their seventh anniversary, Telegram appended a video call feature. The feature being end-to-end encrypted, provides a secured transmission of data. The feature also supports picture-in-picture mode. The video call feature is available in the Alpha version for both Android and iOS users.
Tags: Telegram, Video call, Messenger
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Telegram Introduces End-to-End Encrypted Video Call
WhatsApp's closest rival Telegram announced on August 14 that it is launching a video call functionality in all its desktop and mobile apps. The feature is currently only available in alpha mode, on both android and iOS version of the app. "Like all other video content on Telegram, video calls support picture-in-picture mode, allowing you to scroll through chats and multitask while maintaining eye contact", the company said.
Tags: Telegram, WhatsApp, Video Conferencing
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