Serendipitous Web Globalization
Here’s an interesting article in Wired about Web globalization (and not just because I was quoted in it)…. It’s about companies that discover that their Web sites are successful in …
Month: March 2005
The Chinese Cars Are Coming! The Chinese Cars Are Coming
According to the Journal it looks like Europe will be seeing Chinese auto imports by the end of this year… While Chinese cars generally aren’t available for sale in large …
Welcome to Gaeltacht
What is it about the resurgence in “minority” languages around the world? Probably the inevitable backlash against the spread of globalization in general and English in particular. Now it is …
CNET Continues China Expansion
According to Pacific Epoch, CNET is about to acquire yet another Chinese Internet property. This one is PChome.net; the article says that CNET is paying $10 million for a 51% …
Austrailian iTunes a Month Away
It looks like the much-awaited Australian site will be live by the end of April. And unlike the UK, this time Apple owns the Australian domain name: itunes.com.au. I even …
Hawaiian Language Hip Again
Here’s an interesting article about the resurgence of the Hawaiian language. I’ve seeing similar instances of this phenomenon in other parts of the world. It seems that just when a …
iTunes.co.uk: The Saga Continues
As predicted, the person who lost control over his itunes.co.uk domain to the folks at Apple, is appealing the decision. This is where itunes.co.uk takes you now… According to this …
Sandra Bullock: Web Globalization Expert
From a CNN interview: AP: Do you enjoy working as a producer, as you did on this film? Bullock: The nice thing about it is I have complete say in …
SDL Asks Companies to “Switch”
In a page borrowed from Apple’s playbook, globalization services/software vendor SDL is asking prospects to switch over to SDLX. What is SDLX? It’s a computer-aided translation (CAT) software tool used …
The MLB Uses Geolocation
Major League Baseball is enjoying a nice $150-million business in streaming live baseball video feeds to fans around the world (I’m thinking about getting a feed to track Red Sox …
.eu: Coming to a Web Site Near You
According to this article ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) just gave the European Union the green light for using the .eu domain name. I first wrote …
Starbucks in Oz
My correspondent in Australia took some pictures that illustrate the ways that Starbucks has localized itself for the market. It’s Our Shout! Translation: “It’s On Us” A Local Drink Concoction …
When Colors Clash
An interesting article in the Times (now locked down, I’m afraid) on the role that color is playing in social and political revolutions around the globe. The Ukraine revolution became …
Hey Bud, Let’s Party!
According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (my old hometown paper), Anheuser-Busch (A-B) has reason to celebrate — it just won a small victory against that tiny little Czech brewery that …
Maturing Internet Markets Warrant Increased Web Globalization, Says Nielsen//NetRatings
That’s what Tekrati has to say about Nielsen//Netratings’ latest global Web usage report. Their research shows that people in the US (and a few other markets) are spending the same …