Sci & Tech

Another week comes, another online marketplace is set up. This seems to be the largest area of growth for startup entrepreneurs in 2015. With that in mind, the latest off the block is Tejareh.com…

A Delhi court has revoked a government ban imposed on online taxi firm Uber Technologies, clearing the way for the US-based company to operate in the capital city and reapply for a license.

Carmakers are limiting the data they share with technology partners Apple Inc and Google Inc through new systems that link smartphones to vehicle infotainment systems, defending access to…

Tehran will host the Second Iran Cyber Security Exhibition in August. Private companies specialized in cyber-security will present their latest services and achievements during the three-day event…

New Zealand has passed its first anti-cyberbullying bill. The Harmful Digital Communications Bill passed its third and final reading on Friday night.

The bill's criminal and "safe…

Over 100,000 jobs will be created in the information and communications technology sector by the end of the current fiscal year (started March 21, 2015), First Vice President Es'haq Jahangiri said…

Abbas Ardehali at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center successfully conducted the first 50cc SynCardia temporary total artificial heart surgery.

The first recipient, a 44-year-old woman, has…

The second Iranian search engine "Parsijoo" (meaning Persian Search) will become fully operational in September, the managerial team of the project said at the 11th meeting of the Strategic…

Huntkey, a Chinese power supply provider, together with its local distributor, Avang, is expanding in Iran with a number of marketing activities.

Two new signboards have been set up in…

The average London commuter spends £44 ($68) a week buying stuff during their daily commute, compared to £36 ($56) a week for the rest of the UK. Commuters, and especially those in London, are…

Over the past five years, the online business community in Iran has exploded with different stores coming to market every month.

By 2015, the Internet industry radically transformed itself…

Half a world away from the crisis unfolding in Greece, Nelly Skoufatoglou is shopping online for toilet paper, detergents, rice and olive oil to be delivered to her mother's home near Athens.

Shirvan now has 3G coverage, said the CEO of North Khorasan's Telecommunications Company. Mohammad Salari added that with 3G coverage, call quality is expected to improve in the region, IRNA…

The secretariat of Islamic-Iranian Banquets has released a formal statement accusing the Mobile Telecommunications Company of Iran (Hamrahe-Aval or MCI) of intellectual infringement. MCI announced…

MasterCard will start experimenting with a new program by approving online purchases with a facial scan.

At checkout, customers will be asked to hold up their phone and take a photo.…

BankBazaar, a startup that lets Indian consumers compare financial products online, has scored a $60 million Series C led by Amazon, with participation from Fidelity Growth Partners, Mousse…

In less than 140 characters, Telegram breaks the news: "Local network providers are limiting Telegram traffic in Iran. We are trying to find out the reasons."

Such reads one of the private…

An engineer has designed and built a robot that can be used for military defense. Arash Ahmadinia, graduate student in mechatronics and the author of a research paper on the project, said the…

Sharif University of Technology will be hosting the Second Mobile App Hackathon on September 10-12.

During the three-day event, teams of two to four participants will compete for over 48…

The competition around the "computing stick"— a flash-drive-sized PC that connects to a display via an HDMI port—is quickly heating up.

Smartphone owners can now use their device to order food using the recently released mobile application 'Zoodfood' (meaning fast food in Farsi).  

Originally a website for ordering…

The two brightest planets are gliding closer in the early evening sky and their celestial dance culminates with an ultra-close pairing on June 30th.

Just over 170 trillion rials ($52 million at market exchange rate) have been allocated for developing local search engines, secretary of the Strategic Council for Local Search Engine Plan said.

By 2025, 5G Internet will achieve 100% penetration, an official with the Research Center of Communications and Information Technology, said.

According to Mohammad Khansari, the research…

MTN-Irancell, Iran's second largest operator, is holding a photo contest on social networking site Instagram with the theme of depicting acts of kindness during the holy month of Ramadan. After…