Highlights of the last interview of bloomberg with Pavel Durov
▶️ TELEGRAM MONETIZATION
Another thing the Durov considers out of bounds is profit. He sees Telegram as a charity that he’ll start to monetize early next year, but only enough to fund expansion. And unlike his earlier creation, VK, which will face political pressure from the Kremlin as long as it’s based in Russia, he said Telegram can’t be bought — at any price.
▶️ TELEGRAM USERS
The encrypted messenger he’s been working on, Telegram, which he calls hack-proof, already has about 180 million users, including 40 million in Iran alone, and is luring half a million more each day.
▶️ BIG NEWS NEXT YEAR
Clad in black t-shirt and jeans, the St. Petersburg native said he’s planning to announce “something big” in the new year.
▶️ IRAN
And then there’s Iran, which recently charged Durov in absentia with crimes related to Telegram’s popularity among terrorists, human traffickers and pedophiles.
“I’m motivated by curiosity,” he said. “It’s super-interesting to see what it’s like to run the most popular social media platform in a country like Iran.”
With Twitter and Facebook banned, Telegram accounts for about 40 percent of all Iranian internet traffic, according to Techrasa, a market researcher. And that’s after local wireless carriers convinced officials to ban the encrypted voice-call function Durov rolled out in April. Telegram hosts 500,000 Farsi “channels” where users can post and curate all kinds of content that others can monitor for free.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-12/cryptic-russian-crusader-says-his-5-billion-app-can-t-be-bought
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▶️ TELEGRAM MONETIZATION
Another thing the Durov considers out of bounds is profit. He sees Telegram as a charity that he’ll start to monetize early next year, but only enough to fund expansion. And unlike his earlier creation, VK, which will face political pressure from the Kremlin as long as it’s based in Russia, he said Telegram can’t be bought — at any price.
▶️ TELEGRAM USERS
The encrypted messenger he’s been working on, Telegram, which he calls hack-proof, already has about 180 million users, including 40 million in Iran alone, and is luring half a million more each day.
▶️ BIG NEWS NEXT YEAR
Clad in black t-shirt and jeans, the St. Petersburg native said he’s planning to announce “something big” in the new year.
▶️ IRAN
And then there’s Iran, which recently charged Durov in absentia with crimes related to Telegram’s popularity among terrorists, human traffickers and pedophiles.
“I’m motivated by curiosity,” he said. “It’s super-interesting to see what it’s like to run the most popular social media platform in a country like Iran.”
With Twitter and Facebook banned, Telegram accounts for about 40 percent of all Iranian internet traffic, according to Techrasa, a market researcher. And that’s after local wireless carriers convinced officials to ban the encrypted voice-call function Durov rolled out in April. Telegram hosts 500,000 Farsi “channels” where users can post and curate all kinds of content that others can monitor for free.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-12/cryptic-russian-crusader-says-his-5-billion-app-can-t-be-bought
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This $5 Billion Encrypted App Isn't for Sale at Any Price
Even half-naked on Tinder, where he just popped up, Pavel Durov loves to play hard to get.
Right now you may experience some problems with @telegraph due to some errors with dotPH (The Official Domain Registry of the Philippines).
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In case you are curious, here is the full video:
https://youtu.be/1RG85wFrKl8
And the link if you want to share it to non-Telegram contacts:
http://telegramgeeks.com/2017/12/telegram-will-launch-ico/
https://youtu.be/1RG85wFrKl8
And the link if you want to share it to non-Telegram contacts:
http://telegramgeeks.com/2017/12/telegram-will-launch-ico/
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Forwarded from Telegram Desktop
New stable version 1.2.6 of Telegram Desktop is available. It supports viewing and sending of grouped media albums. You can read about albums here:
https://tg-me.sbs/blog/albums-saved-messages
The update is available on the official website https://torg.tg-me.sbs, as an auto-update in Settings and on Mac App Store. It will be available in Microsoft Store in a couple of days.
https://tg-me.sbs/blog/albums-saved-messages
The update is available on the official website https://torg.tg-me.sbs, as an auto-update in Settings and on Mac App Store. It will be available in Microsoft Store in a couple of days.
Snowden confused public channels with private chats
http://telegra.ph/Telegram-and-Freedom-of-Speech-10-29
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http://telegra.ph/Telegram-and-Freedom-of-Speech-10-29
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Telegram 4.7
With 4.7 by supporting multiple accounts. You can add up to three accounts with different phone numbers to your Telegram app, and then quickly switch between them from the side menu. Notifications will keep coming from all accounts, unless you change this in the Notification settings.
https://tg-me.sbs/blog/themes-accounts
#updates #accounts
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With 4.7 by supporting multiple accounts. You can add up to three accounts with different phone numbers to your Telegram app, and then quickly switch between them from the side menu. Notifications will keep coming from all accounts, unless you change this in the Notification settings.
https://tg-me.sbs/blog/themes-accounts
#updates #accounts
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Telegram
Themes, Multiple Accounts and More
Telegram 4.7 brings themes and night mode to iOS, support for multiple accounts and quick replies to Android