The Localization of iPhone
So I gave in to my inner geek and purchased an iPhone. One of the things I first noticed (and love) about the Web browser is the .com button on …
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The Next Generation of Google Asia
PC World writes that Google is testing new home page designs for Taiwan and Hong. This comes on the heals of Google’s new Korean home page. The company is focusing …
The Best Global Web Sites (and why)
What separates good global Web sites from great global Web sites? Is it just the number of languages a Web site supports? Certainly languages are essential. Although every Web site …
Idiom Summit Highlights: Momentum and More Acronyms
Here are some thoughts from the past two days of the Idiom User Summit, in no particular order: – There was a lot of buzz around machine translation (MT). Both …
Predicting 2006: From eBay to .EU
2006 is a few days away and I can’t resist looking into my crystal ball to see what the year holds for all of us in the Web globalization industry. …
iTunes Oz Goes Live
The Apple iTunes Australia store is now live. That brings Apple to a total of 21 iTunes stores. Anyone care to guess how long before a New Zealand iTunes store …
The New iTunes Demotes its Global Gateway
I just upgraded from iTunes 4 to iTunes 5 and, wouldn’t you know it, Apple changed the global navigation system. Instead of placing the link to the “global gaeway” in …
Apple iTunes Sells 50M Songs in Europe
Apple’s globalization of iTunes appears to be moving right along. According to the press release: “iTunes Music Stores were launched in the UK, France and Germany in June 2004, and …
Apple iTunes Japan Planned for August
According to Engadget, the iTunes Music Store will indeed open in 2005 in Japan. That would make it a total of 20 iTunes country stores, with still plenty of room …
iTunes: 19 Countries and Counting
While I’ve been waiting for the iTunes Australia site to launch (it was held up recently) I realize that I missed the launch of Denmark, Ireland, Norway, and Sweden. There …
iTunes Oz on Hold
The much-anticipated launch of iTunes Australia is on hold due to, who else, a record company. Or, more specifically, a record company’s lawyers. According to the Courier-Mail: A source said …
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 …
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 …
iTunes: Some Good News and Some Bad News
First, the bad news… According to the WSJ the EU is investigating whether iTunes overcharges UK customers. The price of a song in the UK is about 20% more than …
Predicting 2005: From Amazon to Apple
As the end of 2004 draws near, I feel compelled to toss in a few predictions for the year ahead… Web Globalization Goes Mainstream Based on surveys Ive conducted, discussions …