Adventures in web globalization, since 2002
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 markets that they never expected — such as Friendster in …
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 numbers in Europe, they are beginning to show up in …
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 Gaelic that is gaining momentum. According to this article, “only …
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% stake (CNET is, not surprisingly, mum on the deal). Assuming …
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 checked just to be sure: What makes the Australian site …
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 culture is about to write off its native language for …
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 article, the owner of QuidPro is appealing to the High …
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 the business. Nothing gets past, whether it’s how the Web …
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 by translators and agencies to more efficiently and more quickly …
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 and Cardinals games from here in San Diego). But in …
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 about the new .eu domain back in October and I …
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 And Another…
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 known as the Orange Revolution. President Bush referred to the …
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 could: Budvar. A few months back I wrote about the …
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 (or less) time online, while people in markets such as …