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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Localization”

• Giving directions like the locals do

  
  techPresident — Authority: 584
  Heres a neat little example of localization. Google found that people in India are often less likely to use proper street names when giving directions than they are to say "turn right at the water tank." And so now, thats how Google Maps India gives directions -- by treating natural and human-made landmarks as just ...
  11 hours ago

• Holiday Gifts that Give Back

  
  Green Options — Authority: 148
  Christmas is right around the corner! Can you believe it? The holiday totally snuck up on me this year. It’s been a rough year for everyone, especially charitable organizations. Most charities are reporting huge drops in donations in a year when more folks need help from these organizations than they have in ...
  13 hours ago

• Barcode scanner ShopSavvy upgraded to 1.1 is now available at iTunes

  
  Desinformado.com — Authority: 484
  Big in Japan announced that ShopSavvy 1.1 for iPhone is now available for free download at Apple’s iTunes Store. The new and improved version of ShopSavvy –- already one of the most downloaded barcode-scanning apps for the iPhone — features a number of enhancements based on feedback from iPhone users.ShopSavvy ...
  2 days ago

• Going Local: Why Google Wants to Buy Yelp

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 758
  Google ( GOOG ) is in talks to buy local business-review site Yelp for as much as $500 million, or at least thats what tech industry website TechCrunch is reporting . Yelp, which lets reviewers rate local businesses, has over 9 million unique visitors a month according to Internet research company Comscore. The ...
  3 days ago

• Multilingual marketing and Localization

  
  Guru Crusher — Authority: 122
  H ow does a business broaden its online presence in foreign lands? Well, you’ll need a foreign language website in the target market for starters. You must identify the best market to target through research, and see where there is a gap for you to exploit. If there are other similar businesses operating in a ...
  4 days ago

• What’s Happening? Twitter in German!

  
  mynetx - Windows Live Enhanced — Authority: 424
  The short message platform Twitter is now available in 6 languages, among them German.  All texts have been translated by volunteers .  German is the last new language that Twitter is adding this year. Twitter employee Jenna Dawn declared : “The faster we make Twitter available for people all around ...
  4 days ago

• Around the Browsersphere #13

  
  Browsersphere — Authority: 114
  I debated whether or not I should skip ahead to #14, but I’m not really that superstitious. General SitePoint mentions Firefox, IE and Chrome as “three important browsers to watch” heading into 2010. The Windows Club lists 25 (or 26?) web browsers for Windows , many of which have been covered here to ...
  4 days ago

• Download Windows Resource Hacker 3.5.0.82 Beta Resource Explorer - 547kb (freeware)

  
  Computer Software Tools — Authority: 137
  Download Windows Resource Hacker 3.5.0.82 Beta Resource Explorer - Resource Hacker is a utility to view, modify, add, rename and delete resources in Windows executables and resource files. Furthermore, Resource Hacker also includes an integrated resource compiler and decompiler.View resources in Win32 executable files ...
  5 days ago

• ShopSavvy 1.1 for iPhone Arrives in iTunes Store

  
  iPhone News at Desinformado.com | The Complete Source for iPhone News — Authority: 149
  Dallas-based Big in Japan today announced that ShopSavvy 1.1 for iPhone is now available for free download at Apples iTunes Store. The new and improved version of ShopSavvy features a number of enhancements based on feedback from iPhone users. ShopSavvy enables users to comparison shop on the go for more than 20 ...
  5 days ago

• Building Global Dial Plans in CUCM7 Part II: Localization

  
  CCIE Blog — Authority: 129
  In the last installment of this series, we took a brief look at the history of the ITU-T’s E.164 recommendation, as well as, hopefully, an understanding as to why we might want to begin building dial plans in CUCM versions 7 and later in a truly Globalized format, and we took a look at the [...]
  6 days ago

• Flags are not languages (Easyjet website is wrong)

  
  Quixotic Quisling — Authority: 411
  Easyjet have recently changed their website. Now you get a language selection screen. So far so good I guess (for a website). But unfortunately instead of just the names of languages, there are flags as well. The flags on this page may look colourful, but having them there is WRONG. I’m not being pedantic ...
  1 week ago

• ePapyrus Introduces Chinese and Korean versions of PDF Pro iPod Reader

  
  iPhone News at Desinformado.com | The Complete Source for iPhone News — Authority: 149
  ePapyrus today announced both Chinese and Korean versions of PDF-Pro for iPhone and iPod Touch. The Korean version was specifically created to target Korean iPhone users who will be purchasing through the newly opened App Store in Korea. In conjunction with this launch, ePapyrus is offering a 40% holiday discount for ...
  1 week ago

• Contact lens induced hypoxia. “Application of a PMMA lens, but not that of an RGP lens, resulted in a reduction in cell size …”

  
  LASIK Eye Surgery — Authority: 132
  “Hypoxia impairs the barrier function of the corneal epithelium.” 1 “This function depends on tight junctions, of which zonula occludens (ZO)-1 is a major component.” Researchers from the Department of Ophthalmology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube City, Yamaguchi, Japan; the ...
  1 week ago

• iTunes Connect Now Supports Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, and Swedish Language Localizations

  
  The iPhone Blog — Authority: 683
  Apple’s new iPhone Developer RSS Feed brings world that iTunes Connect now supports Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, and Swedish language localizations: With over 50 million users of iPhone and iPod touch in 81 countries around the world, it’s more important than ever to make ...
  1 week ago

• DSEE 7 Localization Guide

  
  Java ES Prague Team — Authority: 109
  Would you like to have Sun Directory Server Enterprise Edition in your language? And the language happens to not be one of the supported ones (French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese) ? Do not lose the hope! In the times of DSEE 6.2, Shankar started putting together a document on how to ...
  1 week ago

• Our community going local

  
  Janaia's Journal — Authority: 103
  When we brought Richard Heinberg to introduce our community to Peak Oil late in 2005, we promised him an update on community responses. It’s four years later, and I’m amazed and gratified at what’s happening in western Nevada County. Here are a few of the sprouts since then: APPLE’s monthly public forums - ...
  1 week ago

• Predictions for 2010: Globalization Technology, Services, and Business Models

  
  Global Watchtower — Authority: 111
  The winter solstice is drawing near in the northern hemisphere, so that means it’s time for our annual predictions about the language industry. Here’s what we think will happen in 2010, with sharing, centralization, consolidation, community, and diplomacy as the most important watchwords for the Linguistic New ...
  1 week ago

• Predictions for 2009: How Right Were We?

  
  Global Watchtower — Authority: 111
  Each year, besides predicting what will happen in the coming 12 months, we review what we thought would happen in the prior year. How many of our predictions from December 2008 came true? Let’s take a look. (more…)
  1 week ago

• Yakuza 3 announced for the West, lands March 2010

  
  SCRAWL — Authority: 563
  After countless rumors, numerous denials and many demanding fans, Sega has announced today that Yakuza 3 is coming to both North America and Europe in March 2010. The Western version of the game features the “all-star Japanese voice cast” of the original Japanese release, this time with English subtitles. As ...
  1 week ago

• Creative Labs Xmod USB Sound Card for PC & Mac

  
  Kill Deal — Authority: 174
  Device Type – Sound card Interface Type – External Localization – English Sound Output Mode – Multi channel Product Description The Creative Xmod USB sound device makes music and movies sound better than studio quality with X-Fi technology. It restores details and vibrance your music and movies lost ...
  1 week ago

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