Payments are coming

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Telegram 4.0 is here!

3 Updates in one:

1️⃣ Payments

Soon you'll be able to order pizza, pay for a pair of shoes, hire a cab, or refill your subway pass — all in a few button taps on Telegram.

Meanwhile, check out @ShopBot and @TelegramDonate for a taste of tomorrow (both need Telegram 4.0 to work).

https://telegram.org/blog/payments

2️⃣ Video Messages

For starters, check out the new ultra-slick video messages and meet Telescope, our new video service where anyone can view video messages from public channels — even if they don't have a Telegram account.

https://telegram.org/blog/video-messages-and-telescope


3️⃣ Instant View Platform

And now we're launching a $200,000 crowdsourcing competition. Join us in our quest to make the entire internet available in the Instant View format.

Also, don't forget to check out the new settings: different styles and fonts and an auto-night mode for Instant View pages.

https://telegram.org/blog/instant-view-contest-200K


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1️⃣ Payments are coming to Telegram bots

Soon you'll be able to order pizza, pay for a pair of shoes, hire a cab, or refill your subway pass — all in a few button taps on Telegram.

Meanwhile, check out @ShopBot and @TelegramDonate for a taste of tomorrow (both need Telegram 4.0 to work).

https://telegram.org/blog/payments

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2️⃣ Instant View platform

And now we're launching a $200,000 crowdsourcing competition. Join us in our quest to make the entire internet available in the Instant View format.

Also, don't forget to check out the new settings: different styles and fonts and an auto-night mode for Instant View pages.

https://telegram.org/blog/instant-view-contest-200K

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3️⃣ Video messages and meet Telescope

For starters, check out the new ultra-slick video messages and meet Telescope, our new video service where anyone can view video messages from public channels — even if they don't have a Telegram account.

https://telegram.org/blog/video-messages-and-telescope

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@TelegramDonate bot showing payments

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Durov talking about some improvements for channels and supergroups.

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Last update of strings files showed new features for supergroups

via @tglive

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Last update of strings files showed new features for supergroups

via @tglive

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⚠️ Telegram is having problems with bots but don't worry, they are working on it!

https://news.1rj.ru/str/BotNews/28

Bots and t.me links are down due to GoDaddy

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Telegram will stop using GoDaddy soon

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Well, we have to say that we personally hate GoDaddy because they supported in 2011 the SOPA/PIPA laws made by USA.

Even Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia founder) announced that wikipedia will move away from GoDaddy due to their position on #sopa

And after massive protests, GoDaddy rectified his position about SOPA, but too late dudes, that was a marketing move.

🙀 Bonus track of funny shit:
GoDaddy was attacked by some Anonymous cell

🌐 Interesting articles about SOPA:

— SOPA Explained: Why It’s Bad for the Web & How to #StopSOPA at searchenginewatch

— Why SOPA Is Dangerous atmashable

— What Is SOPA? Anti-Piracy Bill Explained at huffingtonpost

Problem finally solved

https://news.1rj.ru/str/BotNews/29

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Last update of strings files showed new features for supergroups and channels

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Last update of strings files showed new features for supergroups and channels

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Last update of strings files showed new features for supergroups and channels

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Telegram is adding payment providers at @BotFather

— paycom.uz (🇺🇿 Uzbekistan)
— kassa.yandex.ru (🇷🇺 Russia)

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✳️ Telegram Channels Initiative ✳️

Some time ago, a group of channels launched this initiative in order to promote the best author blogs on a large audience. You can check the FAQ here in case you miss it.

So today we are publishing the first group of cool channels with original content:

1️⃣ BotCube | @botcube
Bots, messaging apps, conversational interfaces, AI & ML - hot reviews & insights from industry experts.

2️⃣ TALKS | @talks
Inspirational and Empowering Talks by charismatic leaders. About freedom, self development, motivation, inner strength and other important topics. All of the Talks will be in English.

3️⃣ The Cynic | @egorcentric
Channel with instinct rational and skeptic thoughts. We know everything but value nothing.

4️⃣ Daily Moron | @dailyEm
Casually explained philosophy by world's most ambitious PhD that giving you insights for the mankind's existence.

#TCI

Telegram should reconsider this kind of things:

🌐 How Telegram Took My Unique Username

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The Bot Payment Platform now supports payments from more than 200 countries via 4 payment providers.

Three new payment providers have joined the platform since launch:

- Paymentwall, a global provider that works in 200 countries
- Yandex.Money, well known in Russia
- Paycom, popular in Uzbekistan

To connect them to your bot, pay a visit to @BotFather > Edit Bot > Payments. Read more about the platform here: https://core.telegram.org/bots/payments

We will be adding more payment providers soon.