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 company currently using the joint solution. Upstart global CMS vendor…
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 reason why search engines have come in handy — because…
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 asking $600,000 for the logo, the intellectual property agency said…
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 – Pudong will debut in 2008. And the W will have…
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 industries. It also wants clients to know they can “plug…
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 also announced the opening of offices in Mexico and Brazil,…
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 15 million words across 8 languages. This project sure kept…
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 UPS pick-up, track shipments, review transit times and print shipping…
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” and “content negotiation.” Here is the Web page Google took…
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 one month of the BGS acquisition under its belt, Rory…