INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL & INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
29 March 2013
GROW GLOBAL NEWS
growglobal.com – Sarah Carroll ran two free one-day Make It Global Marketing & Communication Workshops on 13 and 20 March 2013 in London. Day 1 focused on getting your website ready for international trade, and day 2 focused on international social media opportunities.
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languageadvantage.com – Semana Santa is Holy Week in the Christian calendar in Spain. Activities include joyful fiestas to solemn processions, with highlights on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Saturday depending on which city or village you’re in. Crosses, lanterns and candles all feature in the processions. It is celebrated every year from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday.
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INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL NEWS
comscore.com – Smartphones have hit the mainstream in the U.S., with 54 percent of the mobile audience using smartphones. In a recent webinar, comScore Senior Vice President of Mobile Mark Donovan, shared key insights from their 2013 Mobile Future in Focus whitepaper, covering U.S. and international mobile market dynamics and what they mean for the coming year. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – Net address regulator Icann has launched a database to allow businesses to register their brands, ahead of the release of a raft of new domain names. It is hoped the Trade Mark Clearing House (TMCH) will mitigate concerns about cyber-squatting and trademark infringement. Nearly 2,000 new suffixes, known as generic top-level domains (gTLD), will be introduced later this year. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – Yahoo has spent ‘dozens of millions’ on an app created by UK teenager Nick D’Aloisio. The Summly app summarises news stories from popular media companies. The app itself will now close, but its features will be used in mobile products at Yahoo, where Mr D’Aloisio has been given a job. Read more>>
entrepreneur.com – In his book ‘Ultimate Guide to Twitter for Business’, online marketing expert Ted Prodromou offers an easy-to-understand guide to using Twitter that will help small-business owners generate leads and connect with customers. In this edited excerpt, the author offers 10 ideas for effectively using Twitter as a marketing and sales tool. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – Scientists say it is remarkably easy to identify a mobile phone user from just a few pieces of location information. Whenever a phone is switched on, its connection to the network means its position and movement can be plotted. This data is given anonymously to third parties, both to drive services for the user and to target advertisements. But a study in Scientific Reports warns that human mobility patterns are so predictable it is possible to identify a user from only four data points. Read more>>
INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
reuters.com – China’s economic growth could slow sharply in the years ahead due to declining productivity and an aging population, according to a U.S. Federal Reserve study. Trend growth could slow gradually to around 6.5 percent by 2030. Read more>>
dhlguide.co.uk – Here are some useful tools and guides for you to download to help kick start your company’s global growth. Read more>>
worldbank – How open is your country’s budget? Has its openness ranking improved over the past few years? The International Budget Partnership has released the 2012 Open Budget Index along with an interactive data browser to see how a country’s scores and ranking have changed over time. Read more>>
OTHER INTERNATIONAL NEWS
BBC News – Quantas-Emirates deal gets final backing from Australia>>
BBC News – Cyprus making ‘superhuman’ effort to reopen banks by Thursday>>
Forbes – Forbes’ billionaires world map>>
Forbes – The world’s most expensive cities for luxury real estate>>
BBC News – Cyprus MPs in key bailout talks>>
BBC News – Xi Jinping: Russia-China ties ‘guarantee world peace’>>
BBC News – Opposition takes Syria seat at Arab league summit>>
BBC News – Obama ends Middle East trip with visit to Petra ruins>>
BBC News – Lebanese PM Mikati’s cabinet resigns amid growing crisis>>
BBC News – Obama vows extra $200m to Jordan to help Syrian refugees>>
BBC News – London’s tube map creator Harry Beck gets blue plaque>>
BBC News – Royal College of Art secret postcard sale>>
BBC News – Louvre is most visited venue of 2012>>
BBC News – Why are the French drinking less wine?>>
BBC News – Nigerian author Chinua Achebe dies>>
BBC News – Saudi Arabia ‘threatens Skype ban’>>
BBC News – Egypt’s opposition protesters clash with Islamists>>
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