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Mobile phones are the future of Kazakhstan's payment system: Massimov
Payment system in Kazakhstan may be rebased to mobile phones in future, according to Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov.
16 July 2014
Oil recovery efficiently to spike 12% in Kazakhstan's west
Oil recovery efficiency will be increased from the current 31% to 43% at oilfields in Mangistau Oblast through use of new technologies.
07 July 2014
eBooks on the go: Reading Semei campaign to foster love for books
Librarians of the Abai Library in Semey have decided to foster love for reading through free eBooks.
07 July 2014
Student from Kazakhstan to develop Google applications
Zharas Alimkhanov, a student of Nazarbayev Intellectual School, and his team have won Through Glass international contest in Spain.
01 July 2014
Kazakhstan goes up in UN e-gov index
Kazakhstan has risen by 10 stands in the UN e-government index.
30 June 2014
Kazakhstan is among post-Soviet leaders in 4G penetration
Mobile Internet in Kazakhstan has proved to be more popular that in Russia and most of the Post-Soviet states.
22 June 2014
Kazakhs release Zerde smartphone in China
Kazakhs from Urumqi, China created a smartphone and named Zerde.
20 June 2014
Amazon challenges rivals with 3D 'Fire' smartphone
Amazon unveiled its "Fire Phone," a high-end handset boasting "breakthrough technologies" and a move aimed at challenging market leaders Apple and Samsung.
19 June 2014
Japan robot firm showcases thought-controlled suits
A Japanese robot-maker on Wednesday showed off suits that the wearer can control just by thinking, as it said it was linking up with an industrial city promoting innovation.
18 June 2014
Abramovich co-invests in Israeli StoreDot with Kazakhstan's Rakishev
Russian businessman Roman Abramovich has invested $10 million into an Israeli start-up StoreDot, a bio-organic materials based electronics developer.
17 June 2014
Microsoft takes aim at laptops with new Surface tablet
Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled a new Surface Pro tablet designed as a powerful all-purpose computer fit to replace a laptop.
23 May 2014
Kazakhstan approves new geological exploration program
Kazakhstan's geological exploration will focus on precious metals, especially gold, rare earth metals and copper.
20 May 2014
Internet penetration at 70% in Kazakhstan: ASTEX-2014 in Astana
Astana is hosting the international conference and exhibition ASTEX-2014 on May 19-20, 2014.
20 May 2014
Japan's Hitachi unveils joking robot
Japanese scientists unveiled a robot with a sense of humour Tuesday, and claimed it was capable of knowing when its jokes had fallen flat.
20 May 2014
China's Xiaomi leads Asia's low-cost smartphone drive
Xiaomi may be little known outside China, but the fast-growing smartphone maker is at the forefront of a new wave of Asian brands challenging the dominance of Apple and Samsung with high-spec, low-price phones.
11 May 2014
Ariane space ship wreckage confirmed to come from July launch, Kazakhstan off the hook
BBC has contacted the UK Space Agency and Arianespace about the space ship wreckage found in Brazil on April 28.
04 May 2014
French Ariane ruins Kazakhstan's first surveillance satellite?
The Atlantic has release a photo by Reuter's photograher Tarso Sarraf of a part of Ariane rocket lifted from a river somewhere in Brazil.
04 May 2014
Apple, Samsung make final pitches in high-stakes trial
Apple and Samsung made their final pitches to jurors on Tuesday in a big-money smartphone patent trial playing out in the heart of Silicon Valley.
30 April 2014
Kazakhstan's KazEOSat-1 satellite launch delayed over ventilation problems
KazEOSat-1 satellite was not been launched on schedule from the Kourou space centre in French Guiana.
29 April 2014
Pentagon scientists show off life-size robot
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel got a first-hand look at a life-size robot Tuesday that resembles Hollywood's "Terminator," the latest experiment by the Pentagon's hi-tech researchers.
23 April 2014