Pavel Durov said on his Twitter and Telegram accounts that while the application was available from Apple, Telegram has not been able to deliver technical updates to installed versions of the product anywhere. Photo: ReutersMoscow/San Francisco: Apple has prevented the Telegram messaging service from updating globally ever since Russia banned the service and ordered Apple to remove it from its online store, Telegram’s chief executive and founder claimed on Thursday. Pavel Durov said on his Twitter and Telegram accounts that while the application was available from Apple, Telegram has not been able to deliver technical updates to installed versions of the product anywhere. While Russia makes up 7% of Telegram’s users, updates for all Telegram users were being restricted, Durov said. “The burden falls squarely on Apple to justify blocking global updates to Telegram, a hugely popular messaging app,” Micek said.

Source: Mint June 01, 2018 06:45 UTC