Sci & Tech

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

  • Tech giant Apple said it would start selling some models of its watch at its retail stores this month, and also roll out the gadget in seven more countries, Reuters reported on Thursday. The watch…

  • The 13th International Digital Imaging Fair, organized by the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran, was held at Tehran’s Mosalla last week. It welcomed over 80 foreign and local firms specializing…

  • Iran's third most visited website, blogfa.com, has gone offline for a few days leaving its millions of users in an utter state of confusion, Webna reported on Saturday.  The latest updated…

  • Researchers at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences are making efforts to build human body parts for transplantation, Mehr News Agency reported.

  • The United States will extend its cyber defense umbrella over Japan, helping its Asian ally cope with the growing threat of online attacks against military bases and infrastructure such as power…

  • It seems like a decent chunk of Google's big news today deals with its partnerships. The search giant is already teaming up with Levi's to explore the realm of smart Jacquard clothes, and now…

  • More than half of homes in the United Kingdom now own a tablet computer - just five years after they first went on sale, the AP reports.

    The rapid rise in popularity of tablets such as…

  • Iran's website sector continues to expand in every which way. The latest example of this trend is a site that Webna reported earlier this week called WikiDrink.ir.

    The Persian language site…

  • China and Iran have opened a joint nano center in Suzhou Science Park in China, according to ISNA.

    The center was inaugurated in a ceremony attended by the deputies of Iranian vice…

  • Google announced on Friday it will offer its mobile mapping application, Google Maps, completely offline, according to Engadget. Now if a user has no mobile signal, or their 3G signal continues to…

  • The 4th International Innovation and Technology Exhibition (INOTEX 2015) will be held on June 9-12, ISNA reported on Friday. More than 20 Iranian specialists along with international attendees…

  • How many smartwatches has Apple sold so far? There are no official figures yet, but there are plenty of analysts and industry watchers willing to have a stab at an estimate. The latest such firm…

  • Online communication service Skype has been summoned to appear in court in Belgium after refusing to pass on customer data to aid a criminal investigation, a court spokesman said. According to…

  • More than 80 technological and science-based firms attended the 2nd National Cyber-Tech Expo that commenced in Tehran on Sunday.

    The companies presented 180 technological products at the…

  • Samsung Group's de facto holding company on Tuesday sought another cornerstone as it reconstructs South Korea's biggest conglomerate to smooth the path for management succession, offering more…

  • Telecoms Minister Mahmoud Vaezi, heading a delegation of top telecommunications professionals, is in the Swiss city of Geneva to attend the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum…

  • Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry Ltd, formerly Research in Motion, is cutting jobs across the world, the company said on Friday, Reuters reported, as it consolidates its software, hardware and…

  • German carmaker Daimler is to make software from web services company Baidu available in its Chinese Mercedes-Benz cars as part of a trend of deepening ties between carmakers and consumer…

  • An optometrist from British Columbia believes he has invented the holy grail of corrective lenses, a device that lets you see “three times better than 20/20 vision” without wearing any contacts or…

  • The largest gathering of Iranian, American, European and Asian tech investors and professionals is to take place soon in Berlin, Germany.

  • Cinere, one of Iran's largest cosmetics companies, has released a smartphone application on the local Android app store called Café Bazaar.

    The app, listed under the lifestyle category, has…

  • In an attempt to connect the entire country to the World Wide Web, Mazandanran Information Council has officially announced that all villages in the northern province of Mazandaran will be given…

  • The CWTS Leiden Ranking 2015 has listed 13 Iranian universities among 750 top ranking universities in the world.

    According to deputy of Islamic World Science Citation Center Ali…

  • Iranian researchers at the University of Science and Technology have built a robot which can inspect and maintain gas pipelines, ISNA reported on Saturday. The researchers have designed the robot…

  • In what marks a significant step forward for artificial intelligence, researchers at America's University of California Santa Barbara have demonstrated the functionality of a simple artificial…