Big winners of Iran’s e-commerce boom in the past few years have made their brands household names. However, according to data released in January, these brands may have hit their peak.
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Officials in Uzbekistan are looking into ways of developing a domestic innovation sector and create the country’s own version of Silicon Valley.
It seems Uber is serious about building flying taxis.
The online transportation network announced the hiring of former NASA engineer Mark Moore to kick-start its flying taxi project, Uber…
Visiting Iran’s Science and Technology Museum in Tehran will be free of charge on Thursday, February 9 to mark the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The museum has five main…
In line with policy to strengthen ties between universities and industries, Iran’s ICT Guild Organization—known as NASR Organization— signed a memorandum of understanding Monday with Tehran…
Iran’s third largest mobile operator, RighTel unveiled an indigenous mobile messaging application on February 6.
The application is named RighPhone and was unveiled during a…
Ever wanted to get so immersed in a virtual world that you can feel and smell it? Thanks to Koei Tecmo, you might be able to.
Japan’s Koei Tecmo showed off their new cabinet, called “VR…
Iran’s Ministry of Communication and Information Technology unveiled a second phase of the National Information Network (NIN) on February 6.
The event was held on occasion of the 10-Day…
Amin Shokrollahi was supposed to be in Silicon Valley last week to accept an award at a prominent semiconductor conference called DesignCon. He never made it.
President Donald Trump’s…
A project targeting the development of transport layers named 'Talash 3', which is part of Iran's National Information Network expansion, was launched in a ceremony on February 4.
The…
Iran’s largest mobile phone network, Mobile Communications Company of Iran (MCI) or referred to locally as Hamra-e-Avval (First Network), said it has successfully tested 4.5G internet in a…
Telecommunication Infrastructure Company of Iran (TIC) will launch two new national Internet exchange points in Isfahan and Khuzestan provinces.
According to CITNA, the new centers will be…
Foreign companies selling e-content via the Internet in Russia are now required to register private offices in Russia, submit information on their sales in the country, and pay an 18% value added…
A 41-year-old father with motor neuron disease (MND), who is losing his ability to speak, will be given a computer voice with a British Yorkshire accent for the first time.
Jason Liversidge…
American telecoms operator, AT&T is to launch its first so-called "5G Evolution Markets" in the cities of Austin and Indianapolis in the coming months. The new networks will offer a peak-speed…
Sharp Corporation lifted its full-year profit guidance after posting its first quarterly net profit in over two years as the Japanese liquid crystal display (LCD) maker pressed ahead with cost-…
Former local favorite messaging application Viber, has introduced a new feature called "Secret Messages."
The new update follows other apps like Telegram messenger which has offered…
The government of the Indian state of Karnataka said on February 2 it welcomed a proposal from Apple Inc to begin initial manufacturing operations in the state, in a sign the tech company is…
In a strange turn of events, the head of Iran's IT Union says the organization has given the go-ahead for dismantling the popular ride-hailing startups Snapp and TAP30 .
The announcement of…
Donald Trump’s controversial order that Iranians and people from six other countries are banned from entering the US for a 90-day period ostensibly tries to paint a poor picture of people from…
Mobile calling app Viber is the latest tech company to offer help to those affected by President Donald Trump’s immigration and travel restrictions.
The managing director of Iran’s largest mobile operator, Mobile Communications of Iran (MCI or Hamra-e-Avval), Mahdi Sadoghi, says Iran has 0.15% share of global mobile data usage but he ranking…
The University of Tehran is set to hold a three-day ‘startup weekend’ titled Entrepreneurship in Information Technology from February 1-3. According to the official website of the event, it will…
Mobinnet data center and TD-LTE Internet network was inaugurated in Tehran on January 29.
Mobinnet is a semiprivate Iranian Internet service provider which also offers WiMAX broadband…
A contract was signed Saturday to build Nahid 2 satellite. Signatories were head of Iran Space Agency Mohsen Bahrami and the head of Iran Space Research Center Hassan Haddadpour.
