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Month: June 2014

Gmail to be first major platform to support non-Latin email addresses

June 26, 2014 by John Yunker

At the ICANN 50 conference Jordyn Buchanan of Google confirmed that Gmail would support EAI (email address internationalization) by the end of this month. This is significant news. But what does it mean exactly? I don’t have the details yet, but at …

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Categories Google

Google reenters the domain name business

June 24, 2014 by John Yunker

It is being reported that Google is venturing into new territory by getting into the domain registration business. This isn’t completely accurate. Google dabbled its feet in domain registration years ago. And a few months ago Google began accepting registrations for its …

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Categories Country Codes, Google, IDN (Intl. Domain Name)

No, it’s not blowing over

June 20, 2014 by John Yunker

From the Wall Street Journal: Brad Smith, Microsoft ‘s general counsel, tried to illustrate the problem Thursday at a technology conference by recounting a meeting a month ago with corporate-technology executives in Berlin. One of them came clutching a copy of …

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Categories Business globalization, Microsoft

The UK is moving away from the cumbersome .co.uk

June 17, 2014June 17, 2014 by John Yunker

One of the more common questions I hear when talking about country codes is why the inconsistency across countries. For instance, why do you have to register .co.uk in the UK while you can get a simple .fr in France or …

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Categories Country Codes

Mozilla frees web browser from mobile language limitations: A Q&A

June 9, 2014June 9, 2014 by John Yunker

I was intrigued to read recently that Mozilla is working on updating the Firefox Android mobile browser, codename Fennec, to allow the browser to offer more languages than the underlying Android system currently supports. Typically, apps leverage language support from the underlying operating system, …

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Categories Mobile, Q&A, Software Localization, Translation

Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends Report: A web globalization persepective

June 4, 2014 by John Yunker

It has become an annual ritual, Mary Meeker, a Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner, releases a data dump of key Internet stats and trends. Last year, I wrote a  post on a few slides that jumped out at me. …

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Categories Business globalization, Mobile, Web Globalization

Speaking at SDL Innovate in San Francisco

June 2, 2014 by John Yunker

I’m pleased to be speaking at the SDL Innovate conference in San Francisco on June 11th. I’ll be presenting on secrets of the best global websites. If you’re in the area, I hope to see you there!

Categories Events, Web Globalization

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