A supermarket in London is trialing a biometric payment system that uses the unique vein pattern in fingertips to pay for goods. The business Costcutter said it would consider rolling ‘Fingopay…
Sci & Tech
<p>Read the latest news about Iran's technology industries, from startups, mobile networks, innovative companies and e-commerce.</p>
Three years and extensive publicity later the costly ‘National e-mail’ project has failed to deliver. How and when it will draw the attention of Iranians remains to be seen.
According to…
The second Iran iOS Developers Conference will be held in Tehran on Thursday.
It will include workshops and speeches by professionals, according to Evand.com, a local website that lists…
The first mass-market 5G smartphones will become commercially available by 2019, according to Qualcomm CEO Steven Mollenkopf, due to increasing demand from the consumer and business segments…
There are dozens of online guides for travelers on what they should pack before visiting Iran. This is a guide to what applications you can install on your smart devices before hitting the road…
A local startup dubbed ‘Paklean’ has launched a new service that provides users with on-demand laundry and dry-cleaning services. In addition to its website, paklean.com, the startup offers…
The official representative of Samsung Electronics in Iran launched online presales of the company’s new flagship product Galaxy Note8 on Saturday.
According to Samsung statement emailed…
At first glance, it could be the courtly maze of an English country manor - albeit with some rather large gaps. But a tech-savvy eye will instantly see the green design for what it is - a…
ICT authorities in Tehran have called for the introduction of new copyright laws and a mechanism for enforcing it.
The head of Iran’s High Council of Cyberspace Abolhassan Firouzabadi…
Iran is set to expand collaboration with the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization and join two of its existing projects.
The Minister of Communications and Information Technology…
Following Google’s lead earlier this year, Bing has added fact checking tags to search results. A fact check label might now appear below results from Snopes, PolitFact, and other fact checking…
The seventh round of Iran Telecom Conference was held in Tehran on September 12 to review recent developments in the domestic communications and Internet industries.
Dubbed ITC 2017, the…
Iran’s minister of communication and information technology has vowed to make a difference in the key sector, solve problems of ride-hailing services, talk with Apple and Google over their…
The Sharif University of Technology has launched a science and technology park. So far four innovative companies have registered with the accelerator known as University of Sharif Tech…
Apple Inc. on Tuesday unveiled its long awaited premium smartphone iPhone X - pronounced iPhone 10.
According to the company’s official website, the device is offered in two colors,…
Iran is studying the possibility of sending a astronaut into space, the head of Iran’s Aerospace Research Institute said.
Fathollah Ommi says “The space agency is considering the…
Export of goods and services of knowledge-based companies to Muslim countries is planned through collaboration with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Iran’s vice president for science and…
Iran will attend the GITEX Technology Week for the third consecutive year that will open in Dubai on October 8.
Hooman Hajipour, deputy for businesses at Tehran Chamber of Commerce,…
Local developers and technology-based businesses have started uploading their applications on alternative Android and iOS app markets en masse to counter a recent unprofessional move by Apple…
France, Germany, Italy and Spain want digital multinationals like Amazon and Google to be taxed in Europe based on their revenues, rather than only profits as now, their finance ministers said…
Online stage of Elecom Games, an Iranian video gaming convention, opened on Thursday. Winners of the online contest will enter the main competition.
Russian technology companies will lose out on state orders unless they switch to using home-grown software, Russian President Vladimir Putin was quoted as saying on Friday.
Putin said…
Iran will attend the Telecom World 2017 in Busan, South Korea from September 25 to 28.
The National Competition Council says it will introduce a new mechanism for overseeing operations of ride-hailing services.
It is to announce a pricing system for services offered by…
A web hosting business in the Netherlands, Resello, has stopped offering services to Iranians. The company cites “sanctions by the international community” as the reason for the move.
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