Sci & Tech

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

  • The struggle for the poor and dispossessed of the world to live normal lives in crowded refugee camps or squats is getting worse by the year.

    Finding basic amenities and shelter where there…

  • Iran has launched its first-ever online voice recognition software in Persian language named Nevisa Live.

    The new software also allows business and home users to spell the Persian words…

  • Pardakht E-Commerce Company, an innovative partner for online retailers, has expanded its range in Iran’s logistics sector to serve online retailers.

  • Canadian think tank Digital Finance Institute and the Iranian global holding company Sana Pardakht have joined forces for Iran’s first conference on banking, business opportunities and trade.

  • With the world’s population expected to hit 9.1 billion by 2050, coupled with the growing effects of climate change on the world’s ability to grow crops, a company out of Barcelona has proposed a…

  • An Iranian robotic team from Amirkabir Robotics Center ranked second at the International Micro Air Vehicles Conference and Flight Competition in Aachen, Germany.

    Affiliated to Amirkabir…

  • Users of any mobile network can access an archive of short films produced by young Iranian filmmakers following a new public relations campaign by 3G-only RighTel Communications, the third largest…

  • Multinational mobile phone operator Orange SA, based in France, has reportedly been in negotiations with an Iranian mobile telecom company to buy a percentage of the company, according to a new…

  • Growth in the number of people with access to Internet is slowing and more than half the world's population is still offline, the United Nations Broadband Commission said on Monday.

  • Secretary-General of Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council (INIC) has announced holding Iran’s National Day of Nanotechnology in China within a month for increasing cooperation.

  • Mobile phone imports in Iran have fallen by 17% during the first five months of the current Iranian year (started March 21), according to statistics released by Iran Customs Administration.

  • The Post Company of Iran, which has been tasked with setting up a national email system, has announced users can access their personal email accounts via cellphones.

  • As the whole of Iran is preparing for a cooler season this month, entertainment played a larger role and occupied a prime spot in online searches.

    Our short-term survey showed surprising…

  • Tehran will host the 16th edition of Iran Telecom Fair 2015 in autumn.

    While providing an opportunity for sharing the latest information related to the telecoms industry, the event aims to…

  • An Italian science delegation has arrived in Tehran to meet Iran's Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mohammad Farhadi this week during a three-day visit to Tehran.

  • A new report in a local technology website reports that Microsoft's Cortana digital personal assistant supports Persian-language translations.

    The desktop version of the live personal…

  • A nanopaper sensor used in medical and clinical diagnosis systems has been produced by Iranian and Spanish researchers. Iranians Hamed Golmohammadi and Tina Naqdi from Shahid Chamran University of…

  • A new store proclaiming itself the official flagship Microsoft representative has opened in Tehran's busy mobile phone bazaar district on Hafez Street.

    The highly polished showcase outlet…

  • Students of physics at the Science and Research Branch of Islamic Azad University have designed and built an environmental pollution monitoring device. Forouzan Faghiri, one of the designers, said…

  • The pro-technology government of Hassan Rouhani seems to be pursuing the notion of lifting the filters from social media websites Facebook and Twitter more seriously.

    According to Minister…

  • Under the leadership of Carly Fiorina, Hewlett-Packard sold hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of products to Iran through a foreign subsidiary, despite strict US export sanctions.

  • The expansion of mobile telecommunications market can be achieved by facilitating the activities of mobile virtual network operators, the head of Communications Regulatory Authority said.

  • Mobile Communications Iran has announced that only 10% of subscribers have access to fourth-generation mobile Internet services.

    The unsurprising revelation comes, as the CEO of Iran's…

  • A company in the city of Zanjan has signed a memorandum of understanding on technology with a Swiss company to exchange information and experiences and to implement joint projects.

  • Microsoft has begun sending out media invitations for an event it plans to hold in New York City on October 6.

    The invitation only says that the press will get to see new Windows 10 devices…