As readers of this blog well know, I often refer to China and Taiwan when making the case for avoiding the use of flags on …
Read moreYet another reason to avoid using flags on your global gateway
Not exactly breaking news, but Apple Store is now live in Russia. I love the art they used for the launch: The global gateway that …
Read moreApple opens online store for Russia (and a call for improving the global gateway)
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 …
A little more than a year ago, Russia opened up registration for its top-level IDN: рф. Since then, more than 900,000 domains have been registered, …
There are shortcuts on most English keyboards for entering characters such as á and é. But I can never seem to remember what those shortcuts …
I read at Design Across Cultures that Facebook is planning to use “crowdsourcing” to allow its users to create translated content. Crowdsourcing is a hot …
Read moreIs Facebook “translation worthy” or just plain cheap?