Microsoft is not building its own connected car — but it is launching a new Azure-based cloud platform for car manufacturers that want to use the cloud to power their own connected-car services.…
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Only 25% of 4 billion Persian web pages have original value and the remaining 75% is either copied or spam content, says the executive director of Iranian-made search engine Parsijoo.
Chinese brands took their largest ever slice of the $10-billion Indian smartphone market in late 2016, accounting for more than one in every two phones sold - a growing market share that ate into…
A broader range of activities online has been made easier with 100 government services added to the National Information Network, says a deputy at the Information Technology Organization, Reza…
Norway is set to become the first nation to start switching off its FM radio network next week, in a risky and unpopular leap to digital technology that will be closely watched by other countries…
The largest privately-owned Internet Service Provider, Shatel, has gone on the offensive against the state telecom company, the Telecommunications Company Iran (TCI), over its recent Internet-…
Administrators of channels “and similar services on social media” which have 5,000 or more followers are obliged to register their identity validation with the Ministry of Culture.
The head…
RighTel, the third largest mobile network operator is set to provide public WiFi services, according to an announcement by the company.
In an interview with ISNA, Majid Sadri, CEO of…
Researchers at the Gilan Science and Technology Park in northern Iran have developed a home-grown brain-controlled wheelchair, ISNA reported on January 2.
Babak Asheri, project manager,…
According to a new law in France, about half of that country’s workers could enjoy the “right to disconnect” from work email during their free time. The legal ruling, which took effect January 1,…
As the world ushered in 2017 with a new start and a new way to go, Financial Tribune takes a look at what transpired over the past 12 months in the Internet in Iran and what Iranians were actually…
Foxconn, a Taiwan tech-giant, plans to build an $8.8 billion factory in China, state media said on December 31, amid reports its billionaire boss is cooling off on future US investments.
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Private Internet service provider Shatel has hit back at the Telecommunications Company of Iran (TCI) after the state firm barred the ISP’s new Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) service from…
The fourth edition of Iran Web Festival has started accepting applications from exhibitors. Those owning a website, a web-based software or mobile phone application in the country can take part.…
An Iranian knowledge-based company has manufactured a device for tracking eye movement, a process widely used in medicine, psychology and business.
The company, staffed by young…
With the surge in foreign exchange rates in Iran cell phone prices have shot up 15% in just two weeks. Head of Iran’s Telecommunications Guild, Gholamhossein Karimi, in an interview with…
It can and must be said that 2016 was indeed a transformative year for Iran's telecommunications, tech and startup industries as it embarks on the path to maturity with effectiveness.
Soroush, the locally-made call and messaging application owned by the state-run broadcasting company, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), released earlier this summer, does not seem…
As the battleground for work optimization continues with the introduction of several sites, bots and apps to help one work more efficiently, one Iranian startup group has entered the fray.
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Mashhad’s Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR) is to host Iran’s Third International Stem Cell Conference, April 19-21, 2017.
Iranian researchers have built a microwave power device and amplifier for radars and communication systems. Ali Agha Rasouli, a student at Iran University of Science and Technology, told Mehr News…
Scientists at Stanford University and the US Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have discovered a way to use diamondoids - the smallest possible bits of diamond - to…
Iran has been placed 6th in the latest world ranking for nanoscience production, the founder of the Islamic World Science Citation Database (ISC) said on Saturday.
Engineers at a knowledge-based company affiliated to Sharif University of Technology, has been able to build a firefighting drone that relies on indigenous technology.
A Swedish academic delegation visited the University of Tehran on Saturday aiming to expand scientific and educational cooperation.
The delegation met with Tehran University officials to…
