Apple Inc investors are shrugging off concerns raised by two shareholders about kids getting hooked on iPhones, saying that for now a little addiction might not be a bad thing for profits.
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Iran’s Communications Regulatory Authority says mobile operators are not allowed to send advertisement text messages to their subscribers.
The ombudsman deputy director Hossein Fallah…
The US Senate will hold a vote on net neutrality. Less than a month after the Federal Communications Commission reversed Obama-era rules that prohibited Internet providers from blocking or…
With the government tightening the noose around contraband smartphones, the sector has reported 88.6% year-on-year increase in legal imports during the nine months to Dec. 21.
Twitter Inc on Friday reiterated its stance that accounts belonging to world leaders have special status on the social media network, pushing back against users who have called on the company to…
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has vowed to “fix” Facebook, in what he described as his personal challenge for 2018.
In a post on his page on the social network, he said it was making too…
Qualcomm on Friday said it is working on updates for products that are affected by recently announced chip-level security vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities, first disclosed last week by…
Game-maker Fanafzar has launched an online game store ‘Hayoola’ in collaboration with Iran Computer and Video Games Foundation.
In addition to locally-developed games, modified versions…
Whistleblowers from Perry Fellwock in 1970s to Edward Snowden have revealed how surveillance agencies around the globe attempt to look into ordinary people’s lives and communications. Such…
A local startup has launched a platform dubbed ‘Bitmeh’ allowing people to buy insurance policy online. Available via bitmeh.com, the company connects agents and brokers with costumers wanting…
Security researchers on Wednesday disclosed a set of security flaws that they said could let hackers steal sensitive information from nearly every modern computing device containing chips from…
The government-backed Innovation and Prosperity Fund (NSFund) has given 11.6 trillion rials ($270 million) in loans to 2,128 knowledge-based firms since its inception in 2013.
A local startup ‘Nevisesh’ (‘Write it’ in Persian) has been launched to offer online copywriting services.
Iranian copywriters can register with the business through its website nevisesh…
Amirkabir University of Technology has launched a business counseling platform with the aim of helping small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) active in the industrial sector grow. Over 400…
Tehran Municipality has launched an online system through which residents can see whether their dwelling place is located in the areas most prone to earthquakes.
According to Tooraj…
Britain may impose new taxes on tech giants like Google and Facebook unless they do more to combat online extremism by taking down material aimed at radicalizing people or helping them to…
The government has introduced a scheme under which those undergoing compulsory military service can apply for work and training (as part of the conscription period) at knowledge-based companies…
China’s Huawei on Friday flagged overall and smartphone revenue figures for 2017 that represented its slowest growth in four years, and vowed to extend its global reach with more premium…
Facing lawsuits and consumer outrage after it said it slowed older iPhones with flagging batteries, Apple Inc is slashing prices for battery replacements and will change its software to show…
Prosecutors asked a South Korean court to extend the prison term for Samsung Electronics heir-apparent Jay Y. Lee to 12 years, in an appeal of his five-year sentence for allegedly bribing his…
Tehran Municipality has published a database of safe urban areas on its website. Each of the sprawling capital’s 22 districts have a separate section on the website. By clicking on each area a…
Iran’s tech and telecoms sector had its fair share of ups and downs in the outgoing year, from Apple removing Iranian apps from its App Store service to MTN’s $750 million investment All said,…
A social media platform named ‘Korsii’ has been launched by an Iranian startup -- a mishmash of LinkedIn and Facebook. The platform operates through a website under the address korsii.ir and has…
As 2017 draws to a close Google has published the list of trending queries of different nations.
Available on trends.google.com, the report can be modified to show what grabbed the…
University of Tehran has launched a business counseling center for entrepreneurs and startups, which offers legal and financial counseling services.
According to the university’s website…
