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World Bank Adds Arabic Web Site (Finally)

August 28, 2003 by John Yunker

Just in time for its meetings in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the World Bank has launched an Arabic-language Web site. You can visit the site at: www.albankaldawli.org (Note the localized …

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Categories Arabic, Web Globalization

The Globalization of Google

March 19, 2003 by John Yunker

Amy Campbell alerted me to a very interesting graphic on the Google Zeitgeist page. It tracks the languages used to access Google over the past two years: Google handles more …

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Categories Arabic, China, Google, Web Globalization

Have a Mecca Cola and a Smile

January 1, 2003 by John Yunker

When the world loved America, American multinationals could do (almost) no wrong. Nike, Coke, McDonald’s and the rest could sell their goods practically anywhere in the world and make a …

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Categories Arabic, Business globalization, Culture, Web Globalization

Apple’s Mac OS X goes Arabic with Jaguar

September 11, 2002 by John Yunker

I’m happy to see Apple launching the localized Arabic version of Jaguar so quickly. Read the MacWorld article.

Categories Apple, Arabic, Software Localization, Web Globalization
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