For decades university degrees and higher education were recognized as the way to a more prosperous future.
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<p>Read the latest news about Iran's technology industries, from startups, mobile networks, innovative companies and e-commerce.</p>
China’s top cyber authority said on Friday it is investigating several of China’s most popular internet platforms over breaches of cyber laws.
The investigation includes China’s most…
Alphabet’s Google canceled on Thursday a company-wide meeting scheduled to discuss the controversy over a memo opposing diversity policies, the company said, citing concerns about personal…
The Center for E-Commerce Development, Iran’s e-commerce industry supervising body, has announced new rules for online-businesses applying for the “electronic emblem of trust” in Persian…
Major shareholders in Iran’s oldest mobile phone firm, Mobile Telecommunications Company of Iran (MCI) seem adamant in their strong opposition to a proposed merger between the company and…
Tarbiat Modarres University student Samaneh Ashnagar is working on a project to increase the effectiveness of sunscreens with the ability to release anti-cancerous substances with the help of…
Mobile Virtual Network Operator, NeginTel, working with Tabriz-based football club Tractor Sazi has released its new AzarTel-branded SIM Cards in the northwestern city.
In a meeting between the Telecoms Minister Mahmoud Vaezi and Thailand’s Minister of Digital Economy and Society Pichet Durongkaveroj, the two sides agreed to build cooperation in the fields of…
The International Telecommunication Union is set to Invest in Internet of Things (IoT) projects in the country, according to a local report.
IoT applications allow users to monitor and…
Airline passengers will give up leg room, overhead-bin space, and a healthy amount of dignity in exchange for a lower airfare. But many won’t give up human pilots.
A dilemma that sounds…
The unlimited Internet package schemes proposed by the Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) and backed by Telecoms Minister Mahmoud Vaezi has received a frosty reception from Internet…
Iranian companies are now getting in on the so-called ‘influencer marketing’ with positive results, according to sources in the marketing sector.
MTN-Irancell, a joint venture between Iran Electronic Development Company and South Africa’s biggest mobile operator, has shown steady profits in the first half of 2017, a press release by the…
Images of Nokia’s new flagship phone have been released on social media this week, making many die-hard fans hot under the collar by rumors the new phone will take on top-end Samsung Galaxy S8…
The iPhone SE was launched in March of last year and is now at the bottom of the company’s models.
Thankfully though, Apple has not forgotten the smallest of its smartphones and is…
Peeyade (meaning pedestrian in Persian), a local discovery app, has released an updated version for Android iOS users and now Windows. The application introduces Persian-language readers to…
CEO and founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov, took to Twitter on July 29 to say the company is set to regulate activities of modified versions of the application.
Better known as “forks”,…
Following success in Tehran and other major cities, Iran’s first low-cost ride hailing app, Snapp, has started offering services in the northeastern shrine city of Mashhad, capital of Khorasan…
Iran is set to send two locally produced satellites into orbit before the end of the current year in March 2018.
According to the director of the Iranian Space Agency, Mohsen Bahrami,…
China held a drill on Thursday with Internet service providers to practice taking down websites deemed “harmful”, as the country’s censors tighten control ahead of a sensitive five-yearly…
Microsoft has named artificial intelligence as one of its top priorities in a financial filing.
The annual report for the company’s 2017 fiscal year, which ended on June 30, now includes…
The knowledge-based business Tosan Techno is set to offer Mobile Point of Sale devices. According to the marketing manager, Jamshid Azadeh, the commercial sales of the device will be launched soon…
Iran’s Center for Cyberspace Developers will hold the second web gathering ‘Persian Web Conference 2017’ (PWCONF) on August 3.
Experts will speak on different web design fields during the…
The Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) of Iran has ratified a plan to give access to ‘unlimited data’ to Internet subscribers.
The plan comes following years of complaints by users…
A website dedicated to helping startup entrepreneurs comprehend the burgeoning industry will go live in the coming weeks.
According to the website of the future company Ideh Pardazan (IPE…
