IDNs get on the fast track
So with the “father of Internet” and chief Internet evangelist at Google, Vinton Cerf, chairing the latest IDNA working group and ICANN issuing a fast track PDF document, it appears …
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The global gateway at 35,000 feet
I flew to Japan recently and discovered that a new entertainment system had been installed on my flight. But what made the system worth mentioning here was what I saw …
Iran reaches 100,000 country code registrations
According to Iran’s registry, the country reached 100,000 .ir registrations last month. For a country of 65 million people, 100,000 registrations is still a drop in the bucket. Compare that …
The ROI of online press releases
The Society for New Communications Research has released a new study on the value of posting online press releases for all the world to see. In the old days of …
Geolocation in the Wall Street Journal
I was quoted briefly in an article in the Journal on the benefits of geolocation. Geolocation can be used to do many things, but I find it particularly useful in …
Google Translate adds languages; Microsoft adds translation widget
Google Translate recently added 11 languages to its impressive portfolio of supported languages. To give you an idea of just how aggressive Google has been in this area, here is …
The world according to Google
Inspired by our Country Codes of the World map, I developed a smaller version that includes the ccTLDs currently in use by Google for its local search engines. As you …
The TAUS take on Google Translation Center
The post I wrote on the Google Translation Center has been the most-visited page on this blog over the past month. Clearly, Google has struck a nerve in the translation …
The “age gateway” comes of age
For years I’ve been preaching the importance of the “global gateway” — the elements that Web sites use to seamlessly direct Web users to their localized Web sites and content, …
Google Chrome and Simon: Separated at birth?
Is it just me or does the new Google Chrome icon remind you of the old Simon game of the 1980s. Yes, I know I’m dating myself here, but I …
Will .cn become the new .com?
I recently came across a chart of the most popular domain extensions, compiled by Stephane Van Gelder. Although I keep track of ccTLD registrations for the Country Codes of the …
Taking Web forms global
Web form usability expert Luke Wroblewski provides a very handy article on the challenges of developing Web input forms that work in various countries. Data input and output is where …
The coming oil crunch (1979)
I’m a pack rat and I’m trying to rid myself of the habit. But it was interesting to come across this copy of Newsweek magazine from 1979:
Olympics Web site adds two languages (at the wire)
A commenter on my post on the stunning lack of languages on the Olympics Web site (particularly when compared with Euro 2008) notes that two more languages were added recently: …
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