Users will receive 60% discount on Internet prices for using locally-developed messaging applications.
Iran's Telecoms Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi wrote on his Instagram…
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One of the grim realities local startups usually put up with is government bureaucracy.
Censuring “unnecessary regulations” Gholamhossein Shafei, head of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce,…
Iran’s outdated copyright law and government’s disregard vis-à-vis a strong and effective legal infrastructure have hindered online content production.
The telecoms minister took to his Instagram account to say that 3,000 advertising phone numbers have been blocked by the Communications Regulatory Authority this week.
China has overtaken the US to have the most supercomputers in the list of the world’s fastest 500 systems. The country accounted for 202 of the globe’s highest performance machines, according to…
Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati says use of smart technologies and Internet of Things can offer the hard-pressed farming industry a way of doing things in a more practical and economically…
The health and telecom ministries and the supreme council of free trade, industrial and special economic zones are planning to start their own separate venture capital funds.
The…
Media Pardazesh, a local tech firm, has announced it has brought Apple’s new iPhone X (known as iPhone 10) legally into the local market.
Handsets are offered via Digikala, Iran’s…
Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, said on Saturday its Singles’ Day sales extravaganza hit $25.4 billion, smashing its own record from last year and cementing it as the world’s biggest…
Taxi-hailing app firm Uber has lost an appeal against a ruling that its drivers should be treated as workers rather than self-employed.
Last year a tribunal in the UK ruled drivers James…
Unwanted text message advertisements have always been a nuisance for cell phone users in Iran. The Communications Regulatory Authority has created a system through which subscribers can register…
Sony on Wednesday revived its robot dog, Aibo, which it put down, so to speak, in 2006.
The autonomous entertainment robot brings fun and joy to the entire family, Sony claimed, Tech…
A view on social media shared not by some uninformed luddite, but by one of the people responsible for building Facebook into the social media titan it is today, says, “God only knows what it is…
In the sprawling capital that never stops expanding in all four directions, working parents mostly rely on private transport for getting their children to and from school. Now a newly launched…
A local startup has launched a new social media platform dubbed ‘Tajrobe Konim’ (let’s experience in Persian) through which users can share their experience and adventures with others. People…
A new virus, disguised as a promotional text message is targeting smartphone users in Iran.
The virus has been reported on the official website of Iran Computer Emergency Response Team…
As Apple brings smartphones to bold new places, another company is trying to take people back to a simpler, calmer, and much cheaper time.
Local startups have launched online services connecting jobseekers with businesses and vacancies. Some of the famous names are Iran Talent, Ponisha and Jobinja, but there are also newcomers.
The Technical and Vocational University (TVU) of Iran has signed a memorandum of understanding with Germany’s Leipzig University. It was signed in Tehran by Jasb Nikfar director of international…
A potential mega-merger between chipmaker Broadcom Ltd and US rival Qualcomm Inc is likely to face stern scrutiny in China, antitrust lawyers say, amid a strategic push by Beijing into…
A fake version of the WhatsApp messenger app was downloaded more than a million times from the Google Play Store before it was removed.
The app, “Update WhatsApp Messenger”, appeared to…
A startup accelerator focused on entrepreneurship has started operation in the central city of Kerman.
Local startups have launched services that connect individuals and businesses to truckers. Three of the successful companies are Asan Bar (Easy Load in Persian), Taraabar (Transporter) and…
Twitter has published a new version of its rules, which it says will clarify its policies and how it enforces them.
It is part of a series of changes as the social network tries to…
Broadcom Ltd. is considering a bid of more than $100 billion for Qualcomm Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be the biggest-ever takeover of a chipmaker.
