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> <channel><title>Global by Design &#187; IDN (Intl. Domain Name)</title> <atom:link href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/category/cctld/idn/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com</link> <description>Adventures in web and mobile globalization</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:56:34 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Russia&#8217;s Internet growth is just getting started</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2012/01/02/russias-internet-growth-is-just-getting-started/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2012/01/02/russias-internet-growth-is-just-getting-started/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:51:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=5608</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetI checked domain registration stats from Russia&#8217;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 Germany and the UK. But what caught my eye is &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2012/01/02/russias-internet-growth-is-just-getting-started/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2012/01/02/russias-internet-growth-is-just-getting-started/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>From Russia, with IDNs</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/11/22/from-russia-with-idns/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/11/22/from-russia-with-idns/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:23:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=3719</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet 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, making this the most successful IDN by far. I&#8217;ve always been quick to stress &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/11/22/from-russia-with-idns/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/11/22/from-russia-with-idns/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>From Morocco to Malaysia, IDN growth continues</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/11/09/from-morocco-to-malaysia-idn-growth-continues/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/11/09/from-morocco-to-malaysia-idn-growth-continues/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 03:57:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Malaysia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Web Internationalization]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=5337</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetICANN recently approved Malaysia&#8217;s Arabic IDN (internationalized domain name), bringing the number of countries or territories with approved IDNs to 29. Here is the full list. As shown here, Malaysia joins a growing club of IDN holders! &#160; And here&#8217;s &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/11/09/from-morocco-to-malaysia-idn-growth-continues/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/11/09/from-morocco-to-malaysia-idn-growth-continues/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kazakhstan gets an IDN (and I get to update our IDN poster)</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/09/09/kazakhstan-gets-an-idn-and-i-get-to-update-our-idn-poster/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/09/09/kazakhstan-gets-an-idn-and-i-get-to-update-our-idn-poster/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:31:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cyrllic]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=5240</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet Kazakhstan has joined a fast-expanding group of countries and regions that now have IDNs (28 and counting). I&#8217;ve highlighted Kazakhstan in the map above. The IDN is қаз. While getting approval for an IDN doesn&#8217;t guarantee a country will actually do &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/09/09/kazakhstan-gets-an-idn-and-i-get-to-update-our-idn-poster/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/09/09/kazakhstan-gets-an-idn-and-i-get-to-update-our-idn-poster/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>What the heck is an IDN and why you should care</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/08/16/what-the-heck-is-an-idn-and-why-you-should-care/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/08/16/what-the-heck-is-an-idn-and-why-you-should-care/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:04:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Domain names]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Global By Design]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Global navigation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Web Globalization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[UX Magazine]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=5180</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet Here&#8217;s a new article I&#8217;ve written for UX Magazine on the emergence of internationalized domain names (IDNs). I view IDNs as an inevitable (albeit awkward) evolution of the Internet. And here are the previous two articles I&#8217;ve written for UX Magazine: Select &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/08/16/what-the-heck-is-an-idn-and-why-you-should-care/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/08/16/what-the-heck-is-an-idn-and-why-you-should-care/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>South Sudan needs a country code</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/07/09/south-sudan-needs-a-country-code/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/07/09/south-sudan-needs-a-country-code/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:47:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Web Globalization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[South Sudan]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=5145</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet So it&#8217;s official now. The Republic of South Sudan is a country. In case you&#8217;re curious what you have to do to become a country, here&#8217;s a brief list. The list fails to mention the need for a country &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/07/09/south-sudan-needs-a-country-code/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/07/09/south-sudan-needs-a-country-code/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The top 10 country codes (and the fall of China)</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/06/15/the-top-10-country-codes-and-the-fall-of-china/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/06/15/the-top-10-country-codes-and-the-fall-of-china/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:11:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Verisign]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=5015</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetVerisign published its quarterly industry brief a few weeks ago. In it, the guide includes the top 10 ccTLDs, reprinted below: There are now more than 81 million registered ccTLD domains, which comprise about 40% of all registered domain names. Verisign says ccTLD &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/06/15/the-top-10-country-codes-and-the-fall-of-china/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/06/15/the-top-10-country-codes-and-the-fall-of-china/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Making sense of internationalized domain names</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/06/13/making-sense-of-internationalized-domain-names/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/06/13/making-sense-of-internationalized-domain-names/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:55:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=5057</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet Paul Sawers of The Next Web has written an in-depth article on the evolution of internationalized domain names (IDNs). It&#8217;s a great article for quickly getting up to speed on how non-Latin domains work on the Internet and how &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/06/13/making-sense-of-internationalized-domain-names/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/06/13/making-sense-of-internationalized-domain-names/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>India: One country, many IDNs</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/06/06/india-one-country-many-idns/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/06/06/india-one-country-many-idns/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:36:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[India]]></category> <category><![CDATA[EURid]]></category> <category><![CDATA[UNESCO]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=5038</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetIf you&#8217;re interested in learning more about IDNs, UNESCO and EURid recently released a report on the evolution and challenges of IDNs. It&#8217;s a good read and it highlights some of the struggles that countries and registries face and taking &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/06/06/india-one-country-many-idns/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/06/06/india-one-country-many-idns/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Think outside .com: A map of the world&#8217;s IDNs</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/02/21/think-outside-com-a-map-of-the-worlds-idns/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/02/21/think-outside-com-a-map-of-the-worlds-idns/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 01:40:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Arabic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[India]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=4571</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetIf you&#8217;ve been following this blog for awhile, you know I&#8217;m a fan of internationalized domain names (IDNs). Over the past year or so, ICANN has approved more than 20 IDNs across a range of countries, scripts and languages. I&#8217;ve &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/02/21/think-outside-com-a-map-of-the-worlds-idns/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/02/21/think-outside-com-a-map-of-the-worlds-idns/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Japanese IDNs are losing momentum</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/02/07/japanese-idns-losing-momentum/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/02/07/japanese-idns-losing-momentum/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:55:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=3525</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet I am bullish on internationalized domain names (IDNs). I view them as a natural evolution of a multilingual Internet. But I also am well aware that there are those who says IDNs are more hype than substance. That they &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/02/07/japanese-idns-losing-momentum/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/02/07/japanese-idns-losing-momentum/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The next Internet revolution will not be in English</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/12/04/the-next-internet-revolution/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/12/04/the-next-internet-revolution/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 15:58:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Arabic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Business globalization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Global By Design]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[India]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Languages]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Software Localization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Translation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unicode]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Web Globalization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Baidu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Latin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yandex]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=4100</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet This visual depicts about half of the currently approved internationalized domain names (IDNs), positioned over their respective regions. Notice the wide range of scripts over India and the wide range of Arabic domains. I left off the Latin country &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/12/04/the-next-internet-revolution/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/12/04/the-next-internet-revolution/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>US opposes ICANN on gTLD rollout</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/12/02/us-opposes-icann-on-gtld-rollout/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/12/02/us-opposes-icann-on-gtld-rollout/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 01:39:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ICANN]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=4183</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetJust as ICANN preps for the rollout of its much-hyped gTLD program, the US Dept. of Commerce comes along and makes a scene. I read the Dept. of Commerce letter and it basically says that ICANN hasn&#8217;t prepared fully for gTLDs &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/12/02/us-opposes-icann-on-gtld-rollout/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/12/02/us-opposes-icann-on-gtld-rollout/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>If Russians are wary of Cyrillic domains, who&#8217;s buying them?</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/11/16/russian-idns/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/11/16/russian-idns/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 03:29:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yandex]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=4115</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet About a year ago, the NY Times ran an article with the headline: Russians Wary of Cyrillic Web Domains. As someone who has long been bullish on the future of internationalized domain names (IDNs), I caught a fair amount &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/11/16/russian-idns/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/11/16/russian-idns/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>I&#8217;m huge in Japan</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/11/01/im-huge-in-japan/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/11/01/im-huge-in-japan/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 03:26:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sato]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yunker]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=3904</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetMy last name happens to be a rather popular brand name in Japan. The Yunker product is a health tonic and has been around since the late 1960s &#8212; just like me. Unfortunately, I have not yet figured out how &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/11/01/im-huge-in-japan/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/11/01/im-huge-in-japan/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>IDN update: Korea and India join the party</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/09/27/idn-update-korea-and-india-join-the-party/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/09/27/idn-update-korea-and-india-join-the-party/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:46:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bulgaria]]></category> <category><![CDATA[India]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Korea]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=3789</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet To date, there have been 33 internationalized domain name (IDN) requests across 22 languages. Most recently, India and Korea passed the string evaluation stage with their IDNs. I&#8217;ve updated my IDN page to include these new domains. India is particularly &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/09/27/idn-update-korea-and-india-join-the-party/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/09/27/idn-update-korea-and-india-join-the-party/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gruber gives up on his ✪ IDN</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/09/24/gruber-gives-up-on-his-%e2%9c%aa-idn/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/09/24/gruber-gives-up-on-his-%e2%9c%aa-idn/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 20:36:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unicode]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=3840</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetTech pundit John Gruber threw in the towel on his domain ✪df.ws. He writes: What I didn’t foresee was the tremendous amount of software out there that does not properly parse non-ASCII characters in URLs, particularly IDN domain names. Twitter &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/09/24/gruber-gives-up-on-his-%e2%9c%aa-idn/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/09/24/gruber-gives-up-on-his-%e2%9c%aa-idn/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Apple iPhone 4 improves international support</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/07/02/apple-iphone-4-improves-international-support/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/07/02/apple-iphone-4-improves-international-support/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:48:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IME]]></category> <category><![CDATA[iOS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[keyboard]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=3608</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetThe iPhone is a global success story. And one of the reasons for this success can be attributed to the device&#8217;s support for more than 30 languages. But with the iPhone 4 update, Apple continues to push ahead on the &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/07/02/apple-iphone-4-improves-international-support/">Continue reading <span
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=3597</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetICANN gave approval to Chinese IDNs &#8212; for China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. This is a significant development &#8212; particularly since China was one of the major forces pushing ICANN to support IDNs. To give you an idea of how &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/06/28/chinese-idns-have-arrived/">Continue reading <span
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=3265</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetICANN announced today that its first full-length IDN has gone live. Here it is: http://وزارة-الأتصالات.مصر Give it a test drive. I just did (on the Mac) and Firefox, Safari, and Chrome all worked fine. Here is Safari: Safari is unique &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/05/06/the-dawn-of-a-new-url/">Continue reading <span
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=3059</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetA few weeks back I asked Where is China&#8217;s IDN? ICANN not only answered my question about China, but also about a host of additional countries (and territory) that had applied for fast-track IDNs. Here are the most recent IDN &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/04/04/icann-approves-idn/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/04/04/icann-approves-idn/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Where is China&#8217;s fast-track IDN?</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/03/08/china-idn/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/03/08/china-idn/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:11:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Domain names]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=1922</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tweet In January of this year, ICANN announced that four fast-track IDNs had made it through linguistic approval &#8212; effectively clearing the way for commercialization. Oddly missing from that list was China&#8217;s IDN. One of the reasons ICANN initiated a &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/03/08/china-idn/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/03/08/china-idn/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ICANN and the Internet ecosystem</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/02/24/icann-and-the-internet-ecosystem/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/02/24/icann-and-the-internet-ecosystem/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:21:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=2811</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetLast month, Rod Beckstrom, President of ICANN, spoke at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Here&#8217;s the video. It&#8217;s a great introduction to how ICANN has evolved and where it&#8217;s headed. And, yes, Rod does talk about my favorite &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/02/24/icann-and-the-internet-ecosystem/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/02/24/icann-and-the-internet-ecosystem/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Bangladesh applies for an IDN</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/02/22/bangladesh-applies-for-an-idn/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/02/22/bangladesh-applies-for-an-idn/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:47:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=2803</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetSeventeen countries have applied for IDNs so far, but we only know the details on four of them: Saudi Arabia (SA): السعودية Egypt (EG): مصر United Arab Emirates (AE): امارات Russian Federation (RU): рф Yesterday, Bangladesh announced that it too &#8230; <a
href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/02/22/bangladesh-applies-for-an-idn/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/02/22/bangladesh-applies-for-an-idn/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The first of the fast-track IDNs</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/01/22/the-first-of-the-fast-track-idns/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2010/01/22/the-first-of-the-fast-track-idns/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:00:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Arabic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Country Codes (ccTLD)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IDN (Intl. Domain Name)]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=2679</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetICANN shed some light on its fast-track application process today, announcing the first four countries to pass the string evaluation of the process. Here they are: Saudi Arabia (SA): السعودية Egypt (EG): مصر United Arab Emirates (AE): امارات Russian Federation &#8230; <a
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