Breaking News: Transware Acquires GlobalSight
In yet another sign that language services vendors believe software is key to their future growth, Transware has acquired GMS vendor GlobalSight. Tom Kelly, the newly appointed CEO of the …
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Move over FIGS; Here Comes BRIC
Emerging markets are driving the Web globalization revolution. Investment bankers use an acronym that is going to have a major impact on the future of the globalization industry: BRIC. BRIC …
Vendor PR Blitz: SDL, Sony, TRADOS
The PR engines at globalization vendors SDL and TRADOS are busy churning out releases lately. Two of them are worth noting: SDL claims its first “switcher” As I mentioned previously, …
Go Global With Microsoft
If you’re a tech who develops Microsoft apps for the world, you probably already know about Microsoft’s TechEd event in June. But if not, they have a Global Development & …
Serendipitous Web Globalization
Here’s an interesting article in Wired about Web globalization (and not just because I was quoted in it)…. It’s about companies that discover that their Web sites are successful in …
The Chinese Cars Are Coming! The Chinese Cars Are Coming
According to the Journal it looks like Europe will be seeing Chinese auto imports by the end of this year… While Chinese cars generally aren’t available for sale in large …
Welcome to Gaeltacht
What is it about the resurgence in “minority” languages around the world? Probably the inevitable backlash against the spread of globalization in general and English in particular. Now it is …
CNET Continues China Expansion
According to Pacific Epoch, CNET is about to acquire yet another Chinese Internet property. This one is PChome.net; the article says that CNET is paying $10 million for a 51% …
Austrailian iTunes a Month Away
It looks like the much-awaited Australian site will be live by the end of April. And unlike the UK, this time Apple owns the Australian domain name: itunes.com.au. I even …
Hawaiian Language Hip Again
Here’s an interesting article about the resurgence of the Hawaiian language. I’ve seeing similar instances of this phenomenon in other parts of the world. It seems that just when a …
iTunes.co.uk: The Saga Continues
As predicted, the person who lost control over his itunes.co.uk domain to the folks at Apple, is appealing the decision. This is where itunes.co.uk takes you now… According to this …
Sandra Bullock: Web Globalization Expert
From a CNN interview: AP: Do you enjoy working as a producer, as you did on this film? Bullock: The nice thing about it is I have complete say in …
SDL Asks Companies to “Switch”
In a page borrowed from Apple’s playbook, globalization services/software vendor SDL is asking prospects to switch over to SDLX. What is SDLX? It’s a computer-aided translation (CAT) software tool used …
The MLB Uses Geolocation
Major League Baseball is enjoying a nice $150-million business in streaming live baseball video feeds to fans around the world (I’m thinking about getting a feed to track Red Sox …
.eu: Coming to a Web Site Near You
According to this article ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) just gave the European Union the green light for using the .eu domain name. I first wrote …
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