Some 18% of UK broadband households used subscription video-on-demand service Netflix in the past 30 days, according to new research from Parks Associates.
The study claims that 58% of UK…
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<p>Read the latest news about Iran's technology industries, from startups, mobile networks, innovative companies and e-commerce.</p>
With smartphone penetration as high as 140% in Iran, the need for mobile applications is also on the rise. With that in mind, a new application has been developed to help the not-so tech savvy…
Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi announced that Iran and Afghanistan will cooperate on developing joint Persian-language applications.
Vaezi held a…
Iran’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi expressed gratitude to his Iraqi counterpart Hassan Al Rashid. The Iranian minister sent a message to Hassan Al Rashid,…
Deutsche Bank has launched a computerized investment advisory service, seeking to keep up with other asset managers who have started introducing robo advisers to help certain clients create…
China’s first mind-controlled car has been developed by researchers in the northeast port city of Tianjin.
Chinese researchers have developed what they say is the country’s first car that…
NASA says its Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, working in cosmos-observing tandem, have spotted the magnified image of the faintest galaxy ever from the very early universe.
The latest TedxTehran event packed out the Iran University of Medical Sciences' Razi Conference Center this Friday with a list of speakers that included some of the hottest names in Iran's design…
Facebook, Google and Twitter are stepping up efforts to combat online propaganda and recruiting by militants and extremists, but the online companies are doing it quietly to avoid the perception…
Forgetting where you parked your car is an embarrassing problem that’s about to become a thing of the past.
For almost two months, Moroccan developers have been building apps for the…
Avatech Accelorator, one of Iran's leading technology startup centers, has recently announced its third group of startup companies for their official "Cycle 3" intake program. New companies in…
Iran is no stranger to the world of startups–as this newspaper can attest to–and with this in mind, the caliber of entrepreneurs continues to increase on a month-by-month basis.
A 747 jumbo jet will be adapted for use as a launchpad for a Virgin Galactic spaceship, Sir Richard Branson has announced.
The plane, which was nicknamed Cosmic Girl when it flew under the…
Researchers of a knowledge-based company have developed special kits that make rapid extraction of DNA in high purity possible. Alireza Babazadeh, the main researcher of the project, told Mehr…
An Iranian company has joined the global club of manufacturers of the ground power unit for airlines, becoming the first firm to mass produce the equipment in the Middle East.
A Japanese firm says it has produced the world’s first smartphone that can be washed with soap and water. Waterproof smartphones have been on the market for a while. But telecom company KDDI says…
As more and more services head to an "online first" strategy, there are some obvious areas of business that look set to radically transform how people interact with each other when selling and…
The development of autonomous automobiles is progressing at a rapid rate, but there’s still a lot of work to do before these self-driving vehicles are legally allowed on the roads without a team…
Fully autonomous vehicles roaming public roadways are still many years away but if racing organizer Formula E has its way, you’ll be able to watch self-driving cars compete on the track next…
Three startups prevailed as champions of the Get in The Ring challenge, held for the first time in the Palestinian city Ramallah on November 19.
Mockapp, Fadfid and Batuta were the winners…
Iran’s Supreme Council of Cyberspace has announced that 25 million Iranian gamers spend an hour and a half playing videogames every day.
According to technology website Digiato, this…
According to statistics released by the Central Bank of Iran, Iranians have made $17 billion worth of Internet purchases since the start of the current Iranian year (March 21).
A new report released by an Iranian advertising company has given a complete breakdown of Iran’s Internet users.
The report by online advertising company, ANetwork, notes Internet usage in…
The global battery market for solar PV inverters during 2015-19 is estimated to grow, as rising market competition and supply chain efficiency begin to bolster market growth during the next four…
A new website Kheftgiri.com, where users could report cases of mugging in Tehran, has been filtered only a few days after its launch.
The website aimed to alert citizens of Tehran about the…
