Sci & Tech

<p>Read the latest news about Iran's technology industries, from startups, mobile networks, innovative companies and e-commerce.</p>

  • A Turkish electronics retailer has said they are “studying options in this [Iran] market”, earlier this week in Istanbul.

    Turkey's leading electronics retailer Teknosa shared its plans for…

  • This week a Turkish company announced signing contracts with an Iranian partner to offer e-commerce payments to Iranian online consumers.

    Is this a boon for the Iranian shopper or has the…

  • China will move nearly 10,000 people to make way for the world's largest radio telescope that promises to help humanity search for alien life, state media reported on Tuesday.

    The 500-meter…

  • Toshiba said on Tuesday it was not considering withdrawing from personal-computer production and selling its Hangzhou factory in China. The comment by a Toshiba spokesman followed a report by the…

  • A new online platform has been launched that allows users to find the "best" website from among the thousands in different fields.

    Registered as Brandsanj.ir, the website allows users to…

  • Telecom Italia plans to step up its spending on building out faster fixed and mobile networks in its home market over the next three years, where it sees core earnings returning to growth from…

  • A new app developed in the United States and Germany functions like a seismometer and warns people of an impending earthquake via smartphone.

    The app, dubbed MyShake, was developed by UC…

  • An Iranian professor has been elected member of the National Academy of Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Engineering. The prestigious recognition is considered one of the highest honors…

  • Iran's first international conference on new research achievements in mechanic, mechatronic and biomechanical engineering will be held in Tehran this summer, according to the organizers of the…

  • A 10-minute saliva test for cancer that scientists claim could revolutionize diagnosis has been unveiled in the United States.

    The $22 "liquid biopsy" test looks for fragments of genetic…

  • Iran's favorite messaging app, Telegram, has got a big update, according to a new press release by the company.

    Telegram released an update on iOS and Android that brings with it several…

  • A new website to promote art exhibitions has been launched in the Persian language. Artgalleries.ir profiles information on upcoming art events, artists behind the works and the medium used. The…

  • Parks Associates, an analytical firm, has announced Samsung is catching up with Apple for the first time. The latter currently controls 40% of the local mobile market, but the South Korean giant…

  • Iran has projected that its major cities will receive 4G Internet coverage by the end of the next Iranian fiscal year (March 20, 2017).  

    Minister of Communications and Information…

  • Just over 100 years after he published his general theory of relativity, scientists have found what Albert Einstein predicted as part of the theory: gravitational waves.

    “We have detected…

  • IBM’s SoftLayer, which provides server hosting and cloud infrastructure around the world, has blocked all Internet Protocols originating from Iran.

    The service, which competes with cloud…

  • An Iranian based in Ireland has offered groundbreaking insight into innovative solutions for data retention and analysis.

    Parsa Ghaffari, founder and CEO of AYLIEN, has used artificial…

  • After testing the feature on both Android and iOS in recent months, Instagram has announced the launch of multi-account support inside the photo-sharing social app.

    Now, users can maintain…

  • Irancell, the country's second most popular mobile phone operator, and Bank Mellat have come together to offer a new payment service.  According to an Irancell press release, holders of…

  • Iran's government has made a new push to develop the country's broadband infrastructure, called Fajr, to get more people online in a short space of time.

    The initiative includes three sub-…

  • Cyan Technology, a British smart metering firm, has received an initial purchase order from Iranian telecommunications contractor Micromodje for the installation of 2,000 smart traffic meters into…

  • A senior official at Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology said Islamic Development Bank will invest in 13 major Iranian scientific and technological projects in the next five…

  • Rural villages in Iran are being connected to the World Wide Web, with 326 villages in Fars Province in southwest Iran recently getting access to high-speed Internet.

    The connectivity…

  • The PC and console games market in Iran is worth approximately $140 million, based on research firm Newzoo’s latest data that project it to grow to $167 million this year.

    But the majority…

  • The Telecommunications Company of Iran will offer Internet Protocol Television services by the end of this week. For the start, users will have access to 32,000 movies via the service as well as…