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‘Over 1,000 knowledge-based firms active in health sector’ 17 Dec 2018

‘Over 1,000 knowledge-based firms active in health sector’

– About 3,700 knowledge-based companies have been registered in Iran, of which 1,150 are active in the health sector, a health ministry official said, Tasnim reported on Saturday. Hossein Vatanpour explained that 170 of these companies are active in the field of herbal medicine and Iranian traditional medicine. “We plan to support companies active in […]

Blockchain can help improve Iran’s economy: official 17 Dec 2018

Blockchain can help improve Iran’s economy: official

 Blockchain technology can help improve the national economy, the head of management development department of the vice presidency for science and technology, Alireza Daliri, IRNA reported on Saturday. “This is possible with empowering the infrastructure of the blockchain technology with the help of government and private sector,” he explained. The science and technology vice presidency […]

Over 1mn active websites with Iranian domain names on internet 16 Dec 2018

Over 1mn active websites with Iranian domain names on internet

According to the latest figures, there are more than 1 million websites registered with an Iranian domain name on the internet, with ‘.ir’ domain name in the lead. The recent figures, in comparison with last year, indicate the register of over 50,000 new domains in the first nine months of the current Iranian year (Mar. […]

Tehran University, Putra Malaysia sign MoU on academic coop. 15 Dec 2018

Tehran University, Putra Malaysia sign MoU on academic coop.

 University of Tehran and the University of Putra Malaysia (UPM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide the grounds for joint research projects with a focus on social responsibility. During a meeting between UT’s Vice President for Research, Mohammad Rahimian, and the Senior Vice President of UPM, Renuganth Varatharajoo, in Tehran on Tuesday, […]

Police Sound ‘All Clear’ after Bomb Threat at Facebook’s Silicon Valley Campus 12 Dec 2018

Police Sound ‘All Clear’ after Bomb Threat at Facebook’s Silicon Valley Campus

A bomb threat prompted authorities on Tuesday to evacuate a building at the Silicon Valley headquarters of Facebook Inc (FB.O), police said, but gave the “all clear” after an hours-long search turned up no sign of a device. The New York Police Department had received an anonymous tip about a bomb threat regarding Facebook’s campus […]

Google Accelerates G+ Shut Down over Security Hole that Affected Millions 11 Dec 2018

Google Accelerates G+ Shut Down over Security Hole that Affected Millions

Google struggling social network Google+ will be shut down sooner than previously announced after a new security vulnerability that briefly exposed personal data of some 52.5 million Google+ users. The bug, which was introduced to Google+ in November, allowed developers to access personal profile information including name, birthday, gender, nickname and more even if those […]

Instagram should have representative in Iran: official 05 Dec 2018

Instagram should have representative in Iran: official

 Secretary of Iran’s Supreme Council of Cyberspace said that it is essential for Instagram to have a responsive representative in Iran. Abolhassan Firouzabadi made the remarks on Sunday on the sideline of an IT-related project inauguration ceremony in Tehran. According to a regulation passed by the Supreme Council of Cyberspace, every foreign-based messaging app which […]

Users Tricked Into Paying Hefty Fees by Two Highly Rated iOS Apps 04 Dec 2018

Users Tricked Into Paying Hefty Fees by Two Highly Rated iOS Apps

Users on Reddit reported over the weekend that at least two highly rated Apple apps abused the iOS Touch ID feature to swindle users out of sums of more than $100. The offending “Fitness Balance app” and “Calories Tracker app” promised to calculate body mass index, monitor calorie intake, and provide other health-related services. With […]

Iranian teams scoop up awards at Intl. Conference on Social Robotics 03 Dec 2018

Iranian teams scoop up awards at Intl. Conference on Social Robotics

Iranian researchers won prizes at the 10th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2018), which was held from November 28 to 30 in Qingdao, China. Robotics teams from 15 countries including Spain, Qatar, Italy, Japan, Australia, France and South Korea competed in two categories; Innovation in software, applications and interaction modalities and innovation in hardware, […]

Coordinating interdisciplinary fields a major challenge: VP 03 Dec 2018

Coordinating interdisciplinary fields a major challenge: VP

The vice presidency for science and technology plans to address coordination among interdisciplinary fields as a main challenge in the field of science of technology in the country, VP Sourena Sattari announced, IRNA reported on Saturday. He made the remarks in the closing ceremony of the 3rd National Festival and the International Congress on Stem […]