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Month: February 2008

Country Codes of the World in Communication Arts

February 29, 2008 by John Yunker

Just a quick note to announce that our Country Codes of the World poster was featured this week in the exhibits section of Communication Arts magazine — one of the …

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Categories Domain names

The best global Web sites of 2008

February 28, 2008 by John Yunker

In 2002, I began benchmarking Web sites specifically by how they were localized for other countries and cultures. This work evolved into The Web Globalization Report Card. Flash-forward to now …

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Categories Web Globalization

Speaking Engagements: Sonoma, St. Louis, and Indy

February 22, 2008 by John Yunker

I wanted to post three exciting events that I’ll be speaking at in the months ahead. If you’re in the neighborhood or planning to attend, please let me know. New …

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Categories Events, Web Globalization

SDL buys Idiom and begs the question: Will it exit the translation services game?

February 13, 2008 by John Yunker

So SDL is buying Idiom. SDL has posted an FAQ page about the deal here — but the list is absent a question I recently posed: Does this acquisition mark …

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Categories Machine Translation, Translation, Vendors, Web Globalization

Upcoming speaking event: New Communications Forum

February 8, 2008 by John Yunker

I’m pleased to announce that I’ve been named a 2008 Fellow of the Society for New Communications Research. It’s a very interesting organization, focused on the “study of new communications …

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Categories Events

The year of Google vs. Baidu

February 7, 2008 by John Yunker

Now that Google is getting into the music downloading business in China, 2008 promises to be a very interesting year in the battle between Google China and the leading Chinese …

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Categories China, Google

Globalization behind the firewall: A work in progress

February 3, 2008 by John Yunker

Guest Article: By Jane McConnell NetStrategy/JMC Based on the 2007 Global Intranet Strategies Survey by NetStrategy/JMC The second annual Global Intranet Strategies Survey conducted from June through August 2007 revealed …

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Categories Guest Articles, Languages, Translation, Web Globalization

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