Adventures in web globalization, since 2002
Two recent press releases worth mentioning… Translations.com has announced a strategic partnership with CMS vendor Percussion. Thrifty Rental Car (profiled in the July issue of Global By Design) is one …
The domain name system (DNS) was built by geeks for geeks. It was never intended to be all that user friendly — and, for many people, it’s not. That’s one …
According to the Moscow Times, Starbucks “has regained the right to use its brand on coffee houses in Russia after a protracted legal battle with a trademark squatter who was …
While President Bush is about to enter China, another W is also set to enter the Chinese market — the hotel W. According to this article, the W Shanghai – …
SDL today announced its technology partner program. The key word here is “open” as SDL seeks to convey a partner-friendly approach to other vendors in the content creation and management …
Google has added Google News Web sites for Brazil and Portugal. This brings the total of language and country specific News sites to 23, assuming I counted correctly… Today Google …
Lionbridge announced recently the completion of software localization for the new Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. This project entailed the localization of the user interface and documention, which included an estimated …
UPS announced today that it has expanded shipping options for US-based sellers on eBay to include international delivery. “The UPS shipping tools allow eBay sellers to calculate costs, request a …
Whenever I travel outside the US I get a kick out of entering “google.com” and seeing what happens. That’s because Google makes use of two behind-the-scenes technologies known as “geolocation” …
According to this article Chief Operating Officer Satish Maripuri says Lionbridge will triple its India workforce over the next few years. Lionbridge had its Q3 earnings call this morning… With …