INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL & INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
22 March 2013
GROW GLOBAL NEWS
growglobal.com – An Export Communications Review provides small and medium-sized UK companies with impartial and objective advice on how to improve international communication & attract more international visitors to websites, increasing competitiveness in existing and future export markets. It builds also builds confidence & know-how to trade successfully with overseas customers.
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languageadvantage.com – With over 200 million French-speakers around the world, International Francophonie Day or Journée Internationale de la Francophonie, is a great chance to shout out about the French language! Every year on the 20th March, this day celebrates and promotes cultural diversity and the French language. Events take place around the world to encourage people to learn the French language further and to champion its culture with concerts, exhibitions, talks and forums.
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INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL NEWS
bbc.co.uk – YouTube, the video sharing site owned by Google, has announced it has passed one billion regular users. Announcing the milestone on its blog, the site said a recent growth in smartphones had helped boost the numbers visiting the site every month. YouTube’s popularity provides Google with a lucrative channel through which to sell advertising, alongside its core search business. Read more>>
comscore.com – comScore presents the 2013 UK Digital Future in Focus, its report on prevailing trends in changing digital behaviour, online video, mobile and search, including a special review of social, shopping and silver surfers. Read the key insights from the report. Read more>>
pulsosocial.com – Fnbox has released the results of its latest investigation of Latin America’s internet industry. Entitled 2013 Latin America Internet Market Research & Outlook, the study takes a look at the current state of affairs in Latin American internet and provides insights as to what’s on the horizon. Read more>>
ilo.org – Web accessibility – good for society, good for business. Making the Web accessible to people with disabilities is the right thing to do. For a business, it can also mean added revenue and protection from lawsuits. Read more>>
twitter.com – Twitter are a global information network, with a robust developer ecosystem and a website available in six languages. Twitter users are even more geographically diverse — over 60% of registered Twitter accounts come from outside the US. There are Twitter users in the large countries you’d expect, some smaller countries you might not expect (like the Vatican City) and even one in outer space. Read more>>
comscore.com – comScore presents 2013 France Digital Future in Focus, its French report on prevailing trends in changing digital behaviour, online video, mobile and search, including a special review of social, shopping and silver surfers.. Read the key insights from the report. Read more>>
INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
guardian.co.uk – E-commerce provides an array of opportunities to small retailers. With new mobile and tablet devices, consumers can buy without leaving home. At the end of October 2012, around one in seven British shops were left vacant. With high rents and rising rates, people running smaller retail firms could be forgiven for thinking that the future looks very bleak indeed. Not so – e-commerce provides a valuable opportunity for retailers to boost sales and drive customers into their shops. Read more>>
as-coa.org – With a growing number of broadband networks and increasing mobile connectivity, Latin America has seen a boom in internet usage. There are an estimated 255 million internet users in Latin America and the Caribbean, representing around 43 percent of the region’s population. Argentina leads the region in terms of internet penetration at 68 percent, according to a 2012 Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers study. Chile, Uruguay, and Colombia follow with the highest penetration rates in Latin America, with more than 50 percent having online access. Read more>>
guardian.co.uk – SMEs may think that exporting requires physically setting up overseas, but the e-commerce opportunities are vast. An increasing number of small businesses are turning to the internet and their e-commerce websites to sell their products overseas, bypassing traditional and expensive routes to export. Website Freelancer.co.uk analysed 2,200 small businesses in the UK and found a 42% increase in the number selling their products online and a 36% rise in the number of small businesses selling their products overseas via their e-commerce sites. The survey also found that a large number of startups in the last year began trading exclusively online, with a 32% increase on the year before. Read more>>
OTHER INTERNATIONAL NEWS
BBC News – Scottish Independence: Referendum to be held on 18 September 2014>>
BBC News – Cyprus banks will stay closed until Thursday>>
Forbes – The world’s youngest billionaires: 29 under 40>>
Huffington Post – St Patrick’s Day: 10 Irish pubs around America worth visiting>>
BBC News – Eurozone and IMF agree 10bn-euro Cyprus bailout deal>>
BBC News – HSBC faces new money laundering claims in Argentina>>
BBC News – China’s Suntech Power in $541m debt default>>
BBC News – Argentina expanded 1.9% in 2012>>
BBC News – Pakistan’s Ashraf government makes history>>
BBC News – Chinese President Xi Jinping in Russia for first foreign tour>>
BBC News – Zimbabwe votes on constitution plan>>
BBC News – Boris Johnson defends City bankers on French radio>>
BBC News – Lima’s first woman mayor Villaran ‘survives recall vote’>>
BBC News – Hugo Chavez coffin arrives at Caracas museum>>
Guardian – What can British business learn from the Olympics?>>
BBC News – Culture shock for Amazon chief’s son who left rainforest for New York>>
BBC News – New Pope election sparks Brazil-Argentina barbs>>
BBC News – Briton denies Buddha tattoo was ‘disrespectful’>>
BBC News – Mexico deadly fireworks explosion in Tiaxcala state>>
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