Russia lifts the blockade on Telegram after a possible deal with its creator to fight terrorism
For two years now, Telegram cannot – or should not be – used in Russia due to the blockade issued by the Russian authorities, who, in their fight to prevent its use, blocked several million IP addresses, among which were the VPNs and proxies that are used so that Russian users have access to the…
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How to make video calls from Telegram on iPhone
To celebrate the seventh anniversary of its launch, Telegram has decided to incorporate a long-awaited feature among its functionalities: video calls. And as is often the case with features included in the service, it does it in style: with end-to-end encryption and very good performance. Although it does not have as many users as WhatsApp,…
Telegram files EU monopoly complaint against Apple
The popular instant messaging service Telegram, owned by the Russian millionaire Pavel Durov, has filed a formal complaint with the European Union competition authorities alleging monopolistic practices by Apple. Specifically, the complaint refers to an alleged position of abuse of those from Cupertino given the quota of use of iOS at the time of impose…
You can now make video calls from Telegram Beta 7.0 on Android
Telegram finally allows video calls between its users in version 7.0 of its Beta, thus acquiring one of the latest and most demanded features in the popular messaging platform. Although Telegram competes directly with other apps such as WhatsApp, until now it did not have video calls on Android smartphones. At the end of June,…
It’s not you, Telegram has fallen in much of Europe
No service is perfect, and as has already happened to other companies in the past such as WhatsApp and Facebook, Today it is Telegram’s turn to stop working. In this case, Telegram is aware of the problem, as we can see in its Twitter account, but details of what is happening are not known. In…
Telegram beta for Android and iOS launches group voice calls
Telegram today released an update to the beta version of the application, which introduces a group call modality that, although we have already seen it previously in other applications such as WhatsApp, is presented as one more option to all the communication applications that exist for games and other applications, as would be the case…
Telegram will implement a strategy to be economically sustainable
Telegram has announced today that it will implement a new strategy to be economically sustainable, and that is that, although there are services such as WhatsApp, which live mainly on the money that Facebook is able to collect with other services, Telegram for its part is a totally independent company. As we can read in…
Telegram already exceeds 500 million active users
Telegram has emerged with force in recent years as an alternative to WhatsApp, with functions in many cases superior although with a smaller number of users. However, little by little more and more people try Telegram, and the social network itself, owned by Russian Pavel Dúrov, has just announced thate have managed to exceed 500…