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Month: February 2012

France to offer support for actual French domain names

February 21, 2012 by John Yunker

The French domain name registry AFNIC has published a PDF explaining why it will soon support internationalized domain names (IDNs). According to AFNIC: As of July 3, 2012, it will …

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Categories Domain names, Global navigation, Unicode

Beta On Board

February 20, 2012 by John Yunker

Now this is the sort of sign I would expect to see on a car in Silicon Valley.  

Categories Completely unrelated

The Khan Academy and the kindness of translators

February 16, 2012 by John Yunker

The Khan Academy is out to revolutionize education by providing a free online education through lots and lots of well-produced videos. A core component of this revolution is the subtitling …

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Categories Crowdsourcing, Translation

Web globalization in a post-PC world

April 10, 2013February 6, 2012 by John Yunker
PCs, laptops, tablets, smartphones

The 2012 Web Globalization Report Card is my first attempt at analyzing web globalization in a post-PC world. By post-PC world, I’m referring to  a world in which the website adapts not …

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Categories Apple, Global navigation, iPad, iPhone, Retail globalization, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

The best global websites of 2012

August 8, 2017February 2, 2012 by John Yunker

UPDATE: The 2017 Web Globalization Report Card is now available. I’m happy to announce the publication of the 2012 Web Globalization Report Card. This year, we reviewed 105 websites across …

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Categories Apple, Google, Web Globalization Report Card

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