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Month: October 2020

Amazon launches in Sweden with Amazon.se

October 29, 2020October 28, 2020 by John Yunker

As global expansion goes, Amazon has, over the years, moved slowest. But when it does commit to a market, it tends to stick around and increase its investment and service offerings. Like India and Australia, two of its more recent …

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Categories Amazon, Country Codes, Retail globalization, Sweden, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

What’s new (and coming) from Duolingo…

October 24, 2020 by John Yunker

With all events going virtual, I find I have so much less time these days. Previously, I would just pick a small number of events to travel to and ignore the rest. But not now. Which is actually a good …

Read moreWhat’s new (and coming) from Duolingo…

Categories Apple, Business globalization, Events, Flags, Languages, Translation

Learn localization best practices at Lilt Ascend

October 20, 2020 by John Yunker

My thanks to Lilt for sponsoring Global by Design. Here are details on their upcoming event this week. I plan to attend… Your peers are sharing their localization secrets at Ascend 2020 Organizations like Intel, Canva, ASICS, NYU, and Oxford …

Read moreLearn localization best practices at Lilt Ascend

Categories Business globalization, Events, Intel, Languages, Translation, Web Globalization

.Com turns 150

October 17, 2020 by John Yunker

As in 150 million. According to Verisign, there are now more than 150 million registrations of .com (of which I account for about a dozen): .Com remains the most popular top-level domain. However, the total number of country codes now …

Read more.Com turns 150

Categories Countries, Country Codes, Domain names, Global Marketing, IDN (Intl. Domain Name), Verisign, Web Globalization

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