Windows 8 primed to win tablet war — at least in languages
When it comes to tablets, Apple is far and away the leader. But later this year Microsoft is expected to unveil its Windows 8 tablet and, in doing so, will …
Q&A with Jukka Korpela, author of Going Global with JavaScript and Globalize.js
What’s the most important thing you want JavaScript developers to learn from this book? By making use of free tools such as Globalize.js, developers can easily adapt their applications for …
Canadians love their country code
Canada’s registry has posted some interesting data regarding the .ca domain, user preferences, and overall Internet usage trends. One graph in particular jumped out at me: When it comes to banking, news, …
You Say Falkland Islands. I Say Islas Malvinas.
Remember the Falklands War? I do and, yes, this does make me feel a little old. For those of you who don’t remember, the war was fought over a group …
Hotels.com: The best global travel website
Hotels.com scored highly in the 2012 Web Globalization Report Card. At 37 languages (in addition to English), Hotels.com is not the language leader in travel, but it’s near the front …
France to offer support for actual French domain names
The French domain name registry AFNIC has published a PDF explaining why it will soon support internationalized domain names (IDNs). According to AFNIC: As of July 3, 2012, it will …
Beta On Board
Now this is the sort of sign I would expect to see on a car in Silicon Valley.
The Khan Academy and the kindness of translators
The Khan Academy is out to revolutionize education by providing a free online education through lots and lots of well-produced videos. A core component of this revolution is the subtitling …
Web globalization in a post-PC world
The 2012 Web Globalization Report Card is my first attempt at analyzing web globalization in a post-PC world. By post-PC world, I’m referring to a world in which the website adapts not …
The best global websites of 2012
UPDATE: The 2017 Web Globalization Report Card is now available. I’m happy to announce the publication of the 2012 Web Globalization Report Card. This year, we reviewed 105 websites across …
Social Aggregation Case Study: KPMG@Davos
In my last post I noted how Cisco has created the social aggregation page: Social@Cisco. This page is simply a global template that allows Cisco to plug in different local …
Slip Carefully
I came across a rather enterprising individual who is crafting and selling replicas of infamous “Chinglish” signs. His Etsy store is called: All Your Signs Are Belong to Us. Here’s …
Adopt a Typewriter Today
Yes, I have a fondness for typewriters. And, yes, I am old enough to have actually used one regularly. Mostly, I miss the way they sound. I’ve memorialized two of …
Russia’s Internet growth is just getting started
I checked domain registration stats from Russia’s registry and here are the high-level numbers: If you combine IDNs and ccTLDs, Russia becomes the third-ranked country in terms of country code registrations, behind …