.AN is the ccTLD for the Netherlands Antilles which is about to fade into the sunset. Its days as a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands will end in a few short months. Says this article: On the same date, 10-10-10, Curaçao and the Dutch half of St Maarten will become independent countries within [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Country Codes (ccTLD)'
Another country code bites the dust. Say goodbye to .AN
July 14th, 2010 · No Comments
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Congrats, Spain
July 11th, 2010 · No Comments
Now I can get back to my regularly scheduled life.
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Apple iPhone 4 improves international support
July 2nd, 2010 · 2 Comments
The iPhone is a global success story. And one of the reasons for this success can be attributed to the device’s support for more than 30 languages. But with the iPhone 4 update, Apple continues to push ahead on the global front. Multilingual Mac has documented these improvements, which include fonts that now display some Indic [...]
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Chinese IDNs have arrived
June 28th, 2010 · No Comments
ICANN gave approval to Chinese IDNs — for China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. This is a significant development — particularly since China was one of the major forces pushing ICANN to support IDNs. To give you an idea of how these new IDNs are poised to change the Internet as we know it, I’ve overlayed [...]
Tags: Arabic · China · Country Codes (ccTLD) · IDN (Intl. Domain Name) · Russia
Country Codes of the World Cup
May 11th, 2010 · 3 Comments
It’s almost here. Just a month away. The 2010 World Cup! There are 32 countries competing in the World Cup, which means 32 country codes. In celebration of those 32 ccTLDs, I created the visual above (and one other). You can download both PDFs for free here. Also on the topic of country codes, the [...]
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