Something fascinating happened at the end of 2016, according to web statistics agency similarweb.com. Two foreign-backed startups were neck-and-neck in site visits.
The sector this time was…
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<p>Read the latest news about Iran's technology industries, from startups, mobile networks, innovative companies and e-commerce.</p>
Airbus Group plans to test a prototype for a self-piloted flying car as a way of avoiding gridlock, the aerospace group’s chief executive said on January 16. Airbus last year formed a division…
Head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Mines has highlighted capabilities in the field of information and communications technology (ICT) and says the private sector is ready for a…
Outgoing calls and text messages for 2 million unidentified SIM card owners have been blocked, said the spokesperson of the Communications Regulatory Authority, Jahangir Asadi.
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To broaden access to legally-imported smartphones in the domestic market, the Consumers and Producers Protection Organization has issued 23 new import licenses.
The organization, which is…
The Majlis has defined the obligations of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology as part of the next five-year economic, social and cultural development plan (2016-2021).
An electronic signature used in Azerbaijan will be recognized in the European Union according to the spokesman of the Digital Austria platform Christian Rupp. A working group was established…
Electronic waste is rising sharply across Asia as higher incomes allow hundreds of millions of people to buy smartphones and other gadgets.
So-called e-waste in Asia has jumped 63% in five…
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from California on January 15 and placed a constellation of satellites in orbit, marking the company’s first launch since a fireball engulfed a similar rocket…
Avatech, one of Iran’s biggest startup accelerators has launched its pre-accelerator program with 17 teams for the first round in 2017.
Called ‘Avacamp’, the program is designed to…
The official portal of Measuring Information Society (MIS) of Iran has released data indicating that some 65% of Iranian Internet users are active on social media.
It did not give the size…
The fourth edition of Iran Web Festival will begin in a few weeks with several websites and e-commerce companies vying for the prize of best website or app of the year.
Organizers of the…
Nintendo will launch the Switch, its first new game console in about four years, on March 3 for $299.99 in the United States and 29,980 yen in Japan, the video game maker announced on January 13.…
Registration for the new cycle of startups at Avatech accelerator started on January 9.
Telegram Messenger has released the version 1.0 update of its universal desktop application, Telegram Desktop. The app had been available for a while but this is the first stable release and it…
Ride-hailing service Uber signed an agreement with Dubai’s transport authorities on Wednesday to become fully regulated after a series of clashes over pricing and availability.
The deadline for submission to the Mustafa (PBUH) Prize Secretariat was December 31, and new works will not be accepted, according to the Mustafa Science and Technology Foundation (MSTF).
An online supermarket called Hyperka.com was launched at the end of 2016, according to local internet news agency Webna this week.
HyperKa is attempting to enter the increasingly busy…
Nearly 90% of iPhones sold in the market in Iran are smuggled into the country, according to the head of Iran's Telecoms Equipment Union.
Only 8% of the iPhones on the market are imported…
China’s Alibaba Group is leading a $2.6 billion bid to privatize Intime Retail Group Co Ltd in a move to digitize bricks-and-mortar department stores while growth in online sales begins to slow.…
The smartphone continues to change the world a decade after the debut of the iPhone, even as Apple is under pressure to come up with a new wonder.
The iPhone – introduced by late Apple co-…
Traditional bricks-and-mortar businesses cannot stop the spread of technology, neither can they intentionally create problems for newly-found Internet-based businesses, according to Iran’s Telecom…
Scientists in the UK have found a way to create synthetic spider silk that’s loaded with antibiotic properties, which can deliver drugs and close open wounds with a decreased risk of infection.
The recently disrupted Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) service of Shatel, the privately-owned Internet Service Provider (ISP) in Iran, has been reconnected.
ShatelTalk, Iran’s…
There are 23 million computer gamers in the country, 75% of whom are in the formative ages of three to 16, said the head of Iran Computer and Video Games Foundation. Iran has a population of 80…
