According to the Iran Project, the activities of the Iran Web and Mobile Festival will be resumed after a two-year break with some modifications. In the new round of this festival, the sections of judging and registration of sites and applications would be omitted, and the way of its implementation has also undergone changes. Significant changes ...

Bloomberg - MTN Group Ltd. is considering selling its stake in Irans ride-hailing app Snapp as it trims its e-commerce portfolio and plans an exit of the Middle East. While Snapp retains top spot in Irans ride-hailing market, MTN has identified it as a non-core part of its business, Ralph Mupita, chief financial officer of Africas largest wireless ...

The Guardian | Alex Hern: Users of RadickRadio app with Iranian IP address got access to ride-hailing service Snapp A digital radio app has been removed from Apples App Store after it was discovered to be a front for an Iranian cab-hailing firm attempting to sneak past US sanctions. RadickRadio first appeared on the App Store in early July offering ...

Financial Tribune | Khosro Kalbasi: Uber and Lyft are household names across the world, in the absence of which in Iran, two startups, Snapp and Tap30, set up online ridesharing platforms that have become vastly popular. From their inception, these firms have faced harsh resistance from old-school transport firms and urban authorities, which has ...

Al-Monitor | Saeid Jafari: Irans recent decision to once again block Waze, a mobile navigation app developed in Israel, has created a great deal of controversy in the country. The GPS-based software had become popular both among the public as well as Irans leading ride-hailingapps, Snapp and Tap30. Snapp (founded in 2014) and Tap30 (founded in 2016) ...

Al Monitor | Holly Dagres: Imagine trying to hail an Uber on a street corneronly for the Uber app on your iPhone to suddenly stop working. Thats what happened to some Iranians whenApplepulledSnapp, a popular local ride-hailing app, from itsApp Storeon Aug. 24. The US technology company purged over a dozen popular Iranian apps, including Alopeyk, an ...

CNN | Zahraa Alkhalisi and Amir Daftari: Tehran's busy streets have five times as many taxis as New York, offering huge potential for a ride-hailing app. And with Uber locked out of the Iran for the foreseeable future due to U.S. sanctions, startup Snapp is seizing its chance to become the leading local player. Shahram Shahkar launched "the Iranian ...

AFP| Eric Randolph: The names may be unfamiliar but the services are immediately recognisable: Snapp is Iran's answer to Uber, Digikala is its Amazon, and Pintapin its Booking.com. US sanctions have protected the Islamic republic's tech sector, barring Silicon Valley from profiting from one of the world's most promising emerging markets, and giving ...

AP -- Mostafa Meisami has given up on the farming life, trading his old job raising cattle for a better-paying gig ferrying commuters through the notoriously traffic-clogged streets of the Iranian capital Tehran. The 38-year-old father-to-be plies his trade in a brand-new, locally assembled Chinese hatchback, scrolling for fares using an app on his ...