Sci & Tech

The local fixed-line operator Telecommunications Company of Iran is set to unveil a new service called eWallet for facilitating online purchases, TCI’s vice chairman said.

Secretary of Iran High Council of Cyberspace says the country lacks a strong and effective legal infrastructure for expansion of Internet-based businesses.

Abolhassan Firouzabadi says, “…

Iran Computer and Video Game Foundation and 11 local companies are to participate in French-American business convention Game Connection. Game Connection is an international marketplace to be…

The 18th round of Exhibition of Telecommunications, Information Technology, and Innovative ICT Solutions (Iran Telecom 2017) was held in Tehran Oct. 16-19 at which local operators unveiled their…

A local startup has launched a website providing Tehran residents with real estate brokerage services.

The website MelkRadar.com operates as a search engine for real estate and links…

Government-backed Innovation and Prosperity Fund (NSFund) has said it will sponsor local knowledge-based firms to attend international events and expos.

The fund’s director Behzad…

One more vulnerability that is now affecting practically everyone and everything that uses Wi-Fi was revealed on Monday, allowing hackers to decrypt and potentially look at everything people are…

Telecommunication Company of Iran, the country’s only landline service provider, has said it is set to stop issuing paper bills by the end of the current fiscal in March and switch to electronic…

A recent update for Telegram, the most popular messaging app in Iran, was released over the weekend.

According to Telegram’s official website, in addition to several new languages, a new…

Local startup, Komoda has unveiled an application which enables users to sell their secondhand clothes. Each user has an Instagram-like account on Komoda, on which they can upload pictures of…

Amazon has been selling Kindles for 10 years now, but “waterproof” hasn’t appeared on its list of incremental technological advancements until now. The company has announced a new version of its…

The US deputy attorney general says the use of “warrant-proof encryption” in popular apps and operating systems, is hampering law enforcement.

Several apps encrypt communications end-to-…

Iran’s second largest mobile operator MTN-Irancell over the weekend announced that it is set to develop eSIMs (embedded Subscriber Identity Module)

The project was announced during an…

The 18th International Exhibition of Telecommunications -- Iran Telecom 2017 – will open on Oct. 16. To be held at Tehran’s Permanent Fairgrounds, the four-day event is sponsored by the Telecoms…

Given the meager funds available for science and technology parks in the national budget, the deputy minister of science has called on the government to increase investment in the specialized…

Telecom Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi conferred with his Armenian counterpart Vahan Martirosyan on the expansion of mutual ties.

The talks were held on the sidelines of a state…

The Vice Presidency for Science and Technology has established a new task force called ‘ICT Committee’ to promote investment in information technology companies.

A major flaw has been detected in the newly-unveiled Google Home Mini speaker that allows it to secretly record conversations without users knowing.

Iran Post Company has unveiled several new projects, including a national geocoding scheme, an address verification system and an online delivery service.

The projects were introduced at…

The Ministry of Telecoms will grant loans to local mobile-app developers. According to the website of the ministry, Iranian mobile app developers can apply for loans up to 150 million rials ($3,…

In a series of tweets, Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President for Windows Joe Belfiore has revealed that the software giant is no longer developing new features or hardware for Windows 10 Mobile…

Google has discovered Russian operatives spent tens of thousands of dollars on ads on its YouTube, Gmail and Google Search products in an effort to meddle in the 2016 US presidential election, a…

A local startup has launched a website offering advertising services to online retailers through ‘Influencer Marketing’.

The website ‘Kaardorost.com’ (adept in Persian) makes use of…

Russian ride-hailing service Maxim is set to enter the Iranian market, a company representative Pavel Stennikov announced.

Stennikov says the company has already received permits from…

Lithium batteries can be made to charge 10 to 20 times faster by using asphalt, suggests US research.

Scientists at Rice University speeded up the charging time by making one component…