The number of Iranians using social media platforms reached 47 million in 2018 indicating an 18% year-on-year increase. Canadian social media management platform Hootsuite and UK-based…
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<p>Read the latest news about Iran's technology industries, from startups, mobile networks, innovative companies and e-commerce.</p>
Iran’s ride-hailing firm TAP30 has signed a $7.3 million investment agreement with two subsidiaries of Bank Saman. In return for a stake in the online taxi company, Saman Electronic…
California would allow for the testing of light-duty autonomous trucks on public roads under a proposed rule announced Friday. The state’s department of motor vehicles announced the proposal on…
The e-science prize of World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) was bagged by Iran National Research and Education Network (Iran NERN). Eighteen WSIS prize winners were announced during the…
A locally-made linear particle accelerator for treating cancer tumors was unveiled at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences on Tuesday (April 9). Linear accelerators (shortened as linac) are…
Tehran will host the first edition of Asia-Pacific Innovation Forum on June 10-12, an event jointly organized by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and Iran's…
Technology experts from across continents are converging in Geneva for the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Forum that started on Monday. The theme is "Information and Communication…
Iranian Android market Cafe Bazaar says it has more than 40 million active users. Public relations office of Hezar Dastan Holding, owner of Cafe Bazaar, said this week that the number of active…
A day after Boeing confirmed delays in test flights of its commercial crew vehicle, NASA said that the company's crewed test flight will get an extended stay at the station when it does fly.
A computer programming team from Tehran’s Sharif University of Technology won a bronze medal during the 43rd round of the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC 2019). The contest…
Communication infrastructure sustained nearly 15 trillion rials ($113 million) in damages from the floods sweeping across much of Iranian provinces during and after the Norouz holidays. ICT…
As part of moves to curb unwanted and annoying text message ads, Iran’s Communications Regulatory Authority has blocked about 120,000 mobile phone numbers since November 2017, when an automated…
Iranian mobile game Flipping Filip, shortlisted for the 15th International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA Global), has earned the "Jury's Honorable Mention" award. The IMGA website imgawards.com…
Water vapor poured across the Mississippi landscape as NASA ground-tested an engine type that may bring astronauts to the moon in the next three years. The agency fired up its RS-25 engine on…
Iran's Faculty of Applied Science of Post and Telecommunication is to hold ICT training courses for university teachers and students in Afghanistan. The move is in line with efforts to boost…
Results of a nationwide survey show close to 9.8 million women gamers in Iran accounting for 35% of the 28 million people who play video games.
If you have an eye for smartphones, walking on the streets of Tehran or other Iranian cities, you will simply not miss Iranians pretty well-versed in the workings of smart gadgets and handsets…
The 25th International Exhibition of Electronics, Computers and e-Commerce (Elecomp 2019) will open on July 18 at Tehran International Fairground. It will have a new section devoted to vacancies…
Smart parking meters have been installed and activated in Tehran's District 2 in the north-central part of the city. It enables drivers to reserve road-side parking spots and pay online via a…
President Trump's fiscal 2020 budget request includes $21.02 billion for NASA, funding the agency's ongoing efforts to develop commercial spacecraft and infrastructure in low-Earth orbit and to…
The government-backed Innovation and Prosperity Fund (NSFund) has allocated 9 trillion rials ($69 million) in loans to support knowledge-based firms and technology companies. Funding will be…
After complaints about unoriginal and low quality products from the largest e-commerce store in Iran, Digikala, the company was compelled to take compensatory measures and implement stringent…
The 142nd birth anniversary of ICT Ministry was marked on Tuesday in Tehran. On the orders of former king Naser al-Din Shah Qajar the Iran Telegraph Ministry was founded on March 12, 1877. Over…
The 8th Iran Video Game Festival concluded on Monday in Tehran by announcing top locally developed games and honoring developers with cash prizes and trophies. The festival’s award for…
Two aircrafts were traveling so fast — quicker than the speed of sound — and so close together that the shock waves emanating from the craft began to merge… and NASA was there to capture…
