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ISA supports space-based agriculture 12 Jan 2019

ISA supports space-based agriculture

 The Iranian Space Agency provides facilities for space-based startups active in the field of agriculture, Mehr reported on Thursday. According to an agreement signed between the agriculture research and development technology fund and ISA, some facilities are provided for the startups, Shabnam Yazdani, an official with ISA announced. The Information and Communication Technology Ministry also […]

Space tech development won’t wait for other countries: minister 09 Jan 2019

Space tech development won’t wait for other countries: minister

Iran will not hold off development in the field of space technology and cannot wait for other countries to meet its needs, the information and communication technology minister told the Tehran Times during a press conference at the Iranian Space Research Center (ISRC) on Sunday. Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said that Iran had not a […]

Iranian ICT firms in India to sign up on new projects 08 Jan 2019

Iranian ICT firms in India to sign up on new projects

A group of representatives from Iranian ICT and industrial knowledge-based companies are in New Delhi to discuss ways to expand cooperation with the Indian side, an official at the Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology said Tuesday. Rouhollah Estiri, The CEO of the International Business Development Office at the Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology told Mehr […]

Slowdown in China is also impacting Samsung 07 Jan 2019

Slowdown in China is also impacting Samsung

For the first time in two years, Samsung is expected to report a drop in quarterly operating profits when the company reports its fiscal fourth quarter results on January 8th. According to Reuters, data from the Institutional Brokers’ Estimate System (IBES) shows that Samsung is expected to announce a 12% drop in year-over-year operating profits to […]

Iranian researchers build fusion plasma confinement device 06 Jan 2019

Iranian researchers build fusion plasma confinement device

 For the very first time Iranian researchers at Amirkabir University have managed to build a nuclear fusion plasma confinement device by relying on the use of a completely domestic technology. Researchers at Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT) have managed to design and build the first indigenous nuclear fusion plasma confinement device. The device, due to […]

Iranian researchers achieve formula of anti-cancer drug 06 Jan 2019

Iranian researchers achieve formula of anti-cancer drug

 Iranian researchers at Urmia University gained the technical knowledge to produce the anti-cancer drug, Busulfan.  Busulfan, also known by its brand names Myleran or Busilvex, is a chemotherapy drug used before a stem cell transplant to treat blood cancers. It may also be used to treat other blood-related disorders and cancers. “The drug is majorly […]

Analyst says 2019 Apple iPhone models will have USB-C port and in-display Touch ID 05 Jan 2019

Analyst says 2019 Apple iPhone models will have USB-C port and in-display Touch ID

We already know that the 2019 Apple iPhone models are expected to look very similar to the 2018 versions. Some believe that the only difference will be more AR capabilities. However, according to a column in Forbes written by Jean Baptiste Su, Vice-President and Principal Analyst at Atherton Research, the 2019 Apple iPhone units will feature a […]

BLU Vivo XI and BLU Vivo XI+ are the brand’s first Verizon-certified phones 05 Jan 2019

BLU Vivo XI and BLU Vivo XI+ are the brand’s first Verizon-certified phones

The reputation of BLU Products, a US-based smartphone vendor known for the impressive specifications and premium looks of its ultra-affordable devices, was severely damaged by a number of data privacy scandals and a catastrophic software update a while ago. But the company has been discreetly mounting a comeback of sorts, promising to turn over a new leaf as far as both security and software […]

Judiciary order for blocking Instagram issued: official 02 Jan 2019

Judiciary order for blocking Instagram issued: official

Secretary of Criminal Content Definition Task Force said that the order for filtering Instagram social network in Iran has been issued by the Judiciary Branch. Javad Javidnia said Tuesday that the Iranian government had promised to control the content of this social network using smart filtering, however, no result is obtained despite incurring great financial costs. […]

E-waste segregation, recycling site opens in Tehran 02 Jan 2019

E-waste segregation, recycling site opens in Tehran

An electronic waste (e-waste) segregation and recycling site was inaugurated in district 22 of Tehran on Monday, ISNA news agency reported.  E-waste is a term for electronic products that have become unwanted, non-working or obsolete, and have essentially reached the end of their useful life. Because technology advances at such a high rate, many electronic […]